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Native Americans during the Western Expansion

Native Americans during the Western Expansion. Dan Starry, Evan Stohl, Amanda Watsula. The Life of Native Americans after the Civil War. Large populations of Native Americans lived on the lands beyond the Mississippi River (today known as ‘The West’)

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Native Americans during the Western Expansion

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  1. Native Americansduring the Western Expansion Dan Starry, Evan Stohl, Amanda Watsula

  2. The Life of Native Americans after the Civil War • Large populations of Native Americans lived on the lands beyond the Mississippi River (today known as ‘The West’) • Because of white settlement, the Natives were forced out of their eastern lands. Tribes such as the Winnebago, Cherokee, and Chippewa were resettled in the western half of the United States.

  3. Native American Population

  4. Disrespected, indeed • Most of the Klamath, Chinook, Yurok, and Shasta tribes were destroyed or beaten into submission. • The Native Americans were forced to live in small reservations that did not allow them to hunt for food. • Tribes, such as those in California, were killed by contagious diseases that were brought by white settlement.

  5. Famous Leaders of the Native Americans • Black Kettle – led 700 followers from the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes to a white camp for peace. The campers clubbed, stabbed, and scalped the Natives. (Chivington Massacre) • Red Cloud – leader of Sioux tribe, ambushed Captain William J. Fetterman and his 82 soldiers (Fetterman Massacre) • Sitting Bull – famous medicine man • Chief Joseph – led the Nez Perce tribe on a flight to Canada, defeating the pursuing army, but ran out of supplies and surrendered.

  6. Conflict turns to Pain :Wounded Knee Massacre • Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer captured a group of Native Americans (under the leadership of Big Foot) and brought them to an army camp at Wounded Knee Creek. A shot was fired, most likely by a Native American, and two hundred men, women, and children were killed.

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