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A young girl named Mary Campbell was kidnapped and absorbed into an Indian tribe. She lived happily and was returned to her family, but the story stroke fear into the hearts of US citizens. After that, they were afraid of Indians, which led to increased conflict later. Things were worse for them in later years due to Americans viewing them as savages. -
It was created as a way of managing and overseeing federal trade and treaty regulations with Native American tribes. -
It was an act authorized by Andrew Jackson, and meant all the Indians were relocated to places west of the Mississippi River. It ended up being known as the Trail of Tears -
It was a system that designated lands to the Indian people to keep them off the land that the white people wanted to settle. -
It was a report that stated that the Indian people were declining in population. It revealed how bad things were and about government corruption. -
Also called the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868, It created the Great Sioux Reservation. -
96 Christian Delaware Indians were killed by Pennsylvania militiamen, who believed they were responsible for white settlements. -
Also called the Dawes Severalty Act, it authorized the breaking up of tribal lands into individual plots. The only Native Americans who could accept the individual allotments could become US citizens. -
A shaman of the Northern Paiute tribe named Wovoka had a vision that God had appeared to him and promised a land of love and peace. He founded a movement called the Ghost Dance, prophesying a reunion of Indian tribes. They believed it could be used to combat the US Army, but it didn't work as the Wounded Knee Massacre happened later. -
This was also called the Wounded Knee Massacre, and it was one of the most prominent battles of the Indian Wars due to the extreme amount of bloodshed and carnage. Hundreds of Native Americans were killed.