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