Native Americans APUSH
What is Chief Joseph's famous quote?
"I will fight no more forever"
What was the motto of Carlisle Indian School?
"Kill the Indian, save the man"
What did the Dawes Act try to do?
-Americanize/assimilation of Indians -breaks up reservation and gives each indian family 160 acres of land -rest of land is sold
Where did CHief Joseph and the Nez Perce go?
1300 mile retreat
How much land did each Indian family get from Dawes act?
160 acres
What fraction of Indians lived in the Great Plains?
2/3
How many men did Custer take to war at the battle of little big horn and what happened to them?
220 they all died
What did Helen Hunt Jackson write?
A Century of Dishonor
Who is one of the most famous people on the Wild West Show?
Annie Oakley
Who did Geronimo take with him when he fled?
Apache warriors
Who leads the group of Indians who leave reservation to continue ghost dance?
Big Foot
Where was the gold found?
Black Hills
Who had the show the Wild West Show?
Buffalo Bill
What was the most well know boarding school for Indians?
Carlisle Indian School
What Indians leave reservation before Sand Creek Massacre?
Cheyenne Indians
Who led the Nez Perce?
Chief Joseph
Who has to force the Indians back on the reservation during Sand Creek Massacre?
Colonel Chivington
Who surveys the reservation before the battle of little big horn?
Colonel Custer
Who were the leaders of the Sioux and what were their positions?
Crazy Horse (military leader) Sitting Bull (religious leader)
Where are Crazy Horse and his men taken after they are captured?
Fort Robinson in Nebraska
Who fled from the reservation with Apache warriors?
Geronimo
Where did most Indians live?
Great Plains
Who wrote the book A Century of Dishonor?
Helen Hunt Jackson
Who is ordered to arrest Sitting Bull?
Indian police
What is said to happen after the ghost dance?
Indians lifted into air White man covered in soil Buffalo and ancestors of Indians come back Indians come down from sky Everything would be like it was before white men
Who is the most famous graduate of Carlisle Indian School (greatest athlete)?
Jim Thorpe
Who did Chief Joseph lead?
Nez Perce
Who was the most powerful Indian tribe on the northern Great Plains?
Sioux
Where was the reservation the Sioux agreed to live on?
South Dakota
What was the last major military conflict between Plains Indians and US army?
Wounded Knee Massacre
Who had the vision of the ghost dance and what was his american name?
Wovoka Jack Wilson
Who catches up with the Indians lead by Big Foot?
army
Describe Dawes Act in one word
assimilation
Why are the bodies of those killed at Wounded Knee Massacre frozen?
blizzard hits
What was set up to Americanize Indian boys?
boarding schools
What animal was getting killed to much?
buffalo
What is "A Century of Dishonor" about?
claimed the US gov broke every treaty ever made with Indians
Where did the Nez Perce end up?
close to Canadian border
Why were the Nez Perce stopped?
cornered by US army
Why do things escalate for the Wounded Knee Massacre?
deaf indian doesnt know whats going on and refused to hand over weapons, someone fires but nobody knows who, so army starts firing on Indians
What happens to those killed at Wounded Knee Massacre?
freeze
What did Colonel Custer and his men find on the reservation?
gold
Why was Geronimo an embarrassment for the army and gov?
he continually eluded/tricked them
What happens to Sitting Bull while being arrested?
he is killed
What does Sitting Bull do after battle of little big horn?
him and his followers escape to Canada
Why do sioux warriors leave the reservation and prepare for war?
hundreds of people are sneaking on the reservation to mine for gold
What happens to Crazy Horse after he is captured?
killed while trying to escape
Who was Buffalo Bill?
known for his traveling Wild West Show that re-enacted Western events and included world-renowned sharpshooter Annie Oakley
Why did Cheyenne Indians leave reservation before Sand Creek Massacre?
raid neighboring farms for food
What did the Wild West Show do?
re-enact Western events
Where were Indians moved to?
reservations
What happens to land not given to Indians?
sold
What do the Indians do after they kill Custer and his men?
split up and go in diff directions
How does Sitting bull feel about ghost dance?
supports it
What does the army tell the Indians to do at Wounded Knee Creek?
turn over their weapons
What is raised when the army finds the Indian camp during the Sand Creek Massacre?
white flag
What does Chivington order his men to do at the Sand Creek Massacre?
wipe out Indians
