Treatment of Native Americans

By jhoffer
  • The Gnadenhutten Massacre

    The Gnadenhutten Massacre

    A group of militiamen from Pennsylvania killed 96 Christianized Delaware Indians, this showed the growing contempt for Native people.
  • Office of Indian Affairs

    Office of Indian Affairs

    Was created to resolve the land issues between Native and Americans. Established by the Congress of 1832, and in 1869, Ely Samuel Parker became the first Native American to be appointed the position.
  • Indian Removal Act of 1830

    Indian Removal Act of 1830

    Created the act of forcing Native Americans off of their ancestral lands to make way to European settlement.
  • Reservation System

    Reservation System

    To prevent Native Americans from being on land that American settlers wanted to have, resulting in the Indian Wars.
  • Indian Appropriations Act of 1851

    Indian Appropriations Act of 1851

    Authorized the establishment of reservations in Oklahoma and inspired the creation of reservations in other states too.
  • Sioux Treaty of 1868

    Sioux Treaty of 1868

    Agreement between white settlers and Native Americans who agreed to settle within Black Hills reservation in the Dakota Territory, intended to end conflict caused by westward expansion.
  • Battle of Little Bighorn

    Battle of Little Bighorn

    Fought by White Settlers and Native Americans, marked the beginning of the end of the Indian Wars
  • Dawes Act

    Dawes Act

    Federal law passed by President Cleveland that gave him the authority to confiscate and redistribute tribal lands in the American West.
  • Wounded Knee

    Wounded Knee

    The US Army surrounded an encampment of Sioux Indians near Wounded Knee Creek, in South Dakota. While attempting to disarm the tribe, a shot was fired and the US Army opened fire causing a massacre of over 100 people.
  • US Indian Reorganization Act

    US Indian Reorganization Act

    Issued a "new deal" for Native Americans, making them "reorganize" and create their own tribal governments.