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Branch in the federal government that is in charge of keepinga solid relationship between the indians and the government.
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Goyaałé was the leader of Apache and fought against Mexico and Texas for the expanison into the Apache. Geronimo ended up surrendering to Texan authorities as prisoner of war.
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On May 28, 1830 the Indian Removal Act was passed. It allowed the president to negotiate with the indian tribe. They wanted their removal from the federal territory west of the Mississippi for ancestral homelands.
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A lode of silver was found in Nevada. Evan and Hosea Grosh founded this silver.
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United States laws that gave an applicant ownership of land at little or no cost.
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Little Crow was a cheif who made an agreement for the movement of his group of the Dakota to a reservation near the Minnesota River in exchange for goods and certain other rights
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Also known as Sand Creek Massacre. Cheyenne attacked wagon trains and stole food. Army reacted by attacking the camp at Sand Creek.
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It wasa 1,907 mile railroad that went across the western US to connect the Pacific Coast to connect with the Eastern US railroad network.
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This massacre took place in present day Idaho. US Army attacked Shoshone.
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675 cavalrymen attacked a village of Cheyenne killing over 100 indians.
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It was a dilemma between Lakota, North Cheyenne, and Northern Arapaho. They were fighting over the contorl of the Powder River in Northern Wyoming. Indians were victor4ious.
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Cowboys would move cattle long distances on horseback. 10 millin cattle were herded from texas to railroads in Kansas.
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Also known as Fetterman fight, was a battle during Red Clouds War. This battle was between Cheyenne and Arpaho Indians. Indians ended up killing all 81 men, which led to the withdrawl of the United States.
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Sioux aided the british during the war for independence
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This treaty was signed on April 29, 1868. It was ultimately between the US government and Sioux Nation. The Black Hills was recongnized the the US as part of the Great Sioux Reservation.
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It was created to weaken the authority of tribal leaders. This act ended the treatement of tribes as independent, sovereign nations.
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Group of Anglo-Americans, Mexican Americans, and Tohono O'odham Indians killed a hundred plus Apache men, women, and children who had surrendered to the U.S.
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Fought in the Montana Ceremony. It was led by Lieutenant Cone Georgre Custer and a band of Sioux and Cheyenne warriors. A lot of tribes had missed the deadline to move to reservations and this created conflict. Custer was unaware of the large about of indians fighting and he soon got outnumbered.
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This law was created to promote economic development for arid and public lands in the west. Poeple were able to now able apply for a desert land entry.
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A conflict between Nez Perce tribe and the United States army. Refused to give up ancestrial land in Pacfic Northwest and move to an Indian Reservation in Idaho.
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Was a frontieer outlaw in the Old American West. he was also a gunman who was involved in the Lincoln County War. Kileld his first person on August 17, 1877.
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Richard Henry Pratt founded the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in 1879. He wanted Indians to be able to reject tribal culture and adapt to white culture after the indian wars.
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Helen Hunt Jackson created this book to write about all the inequalties of the indians.
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It had the President of the United States survery American Indian Tribal and then divide the land up for individual indians. It happened so it could stimulate assimmilation of indians to main stream society.
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Main focus was to restrict practices of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
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Sioux against US Troops at Wounded Knee Creek. The army demanded the surrender of the Sioux weapons. The Sioux leader was shot.
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There was debate about public land policy and exploitative logging. They wanted to protect wooded areas as forest reserves. This law was signed by Benjamin Harrison
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Cody, known as Buffalo Bill, was a american scout. He played a role as a cowboy in many shows of the Old American West. He was the founder of the Buffalo Bills Wild West and took his company on a world wide tout.
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The Frontier Thesis was an argumenet. It led to the formation of the American Democracy. This Thesis was created by Fredrick Jackson Turner.
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This was an act to let private companies erect irrigation systems in western states and profit the sales of water.
