Plains Indian War (unit 2, lesson 4)
Great Cheyenne War
The Great Sioux War of 1876 might better be called the ___.
never to fight again
The Nez Perce's Chief Joseph vowed ___.
Cheyenne
The Sioux had taken land in South Dakota from the __
Ghost dance
The Sioux people turned to their ancient ways and performed the ___ in hopes of getting help from the spirits.
Black hills
The Sioux would not stand by and watch the ___ be desecrated by miners.
Montana
The state not included in the Nez Perce reservation was
wounded knee
The tragedy at ___ is viewed as the end of armed resistance by the Indians
Crazy Horse died
he was bayoneted while resisting being placed in prison
Indian Couple
receive 160 acres from the reservation
Unmarried Indian
receive 40 acres
unclaimed land
sold to settlers
battle at Little Bighorn
was lost because General Custer showed poor judgment and was outnumbered
the U.S. occupation of the Black Hills was illegal
In 1980, the Supreme Court ruled that ___.
Dawes Act
1887 law that distributed reservation land to individual Native American owners
