Native American Struggles

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Native American Struggles

• Chapter 18, Section 3
• Pgs. 542-547

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Nomadic

• Moving from place to place with no permanent home

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Reservations

• Tracts of land set aside for Native Americans

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Nomadic Way of Life

• In the case of the Plains Indians, it was
  traveling vast distances following their main
  source of food the buffalo.

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Importance of the Buffalo

• The buffalo was used to meet all the essential
  needs of the Plains Indians. The meat was food,
  the hide was used for clothing and shelter, the
  bones were used for tools, weapons, jewelry, etc.

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Reservation Policy and Its Effects

• Many Native Americans accepted the reservation
  policy at first.
• Pockets of resistance remained and some refused
  to make the move.
• Some abandoned reservation life after trying it
  b/c of the poor conditions.

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Fetterman Massacre

• Crazy Horse, a Sioux military leader, lured
  troops into a deadly trap.
• 80 soldiers were killed in an ambush.

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Sand Creek

• Chief Black Kettle brought several hundred
  Cheyenne to negotiate a peace deal.
• They camped at Sand Creek.
• Colonel Chivington led a surprise attack on the
  Cheyenne killing hundreds.

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Little Bighorn (Custers Last Stand)
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Black Hills
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Dawes Act
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Ghost Dance and Wounded Knee