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A group of militiamen from Pennsylvania killed 96 Christianized Delaware Indians, this showed the growing contempt for Native people. -
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. -
Created the act of forcing Native Americans off of their ancestral lands to make way to European settlement. -
To prevent Native Americans from being on land that American settlers wanted to have, resulting in the Indian Wars. -
Authorized the establishment of reservations in Oklahoma and inspired the creation of reservations in other states too. -
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. -
Fought by White Settlers and Native Americans, marked the beginning of the end of the Indian Wars -
Federal law passed by President Cleveland that gave him the authority to confiscate and redistribute tribal lands in the American West. -
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. -
Issued a "new deal" for Native Americans, making them "reorganize" and create their own tribal governments.