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Plains Indian Wars

Plains Indian Wars. Treaty of Ft. Laramie. Signed on September 17, 1851 United States treaty commissioners and representatives of the Cheyenne, Sioux, Arapaho, Navajo Crow, Shoshone, Assiniboine, Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara nations .

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Plains Indian Wars

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  1. Plains Indian Wars

  2. Treaty of Ft. Laramie • Signed on September 17, 1851 • United States treaty commissioners and representatives of the Cheyenne, Sioux, Arapaho, Navajo Crow, Shoshone, Assiniboine, Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara nations. • Treaty sets forth traditional territorial claims of the tribes as among themselves • The Indians guaranteed safe passage for settlers on the Oregon Trail in return for promises of an annuity in the amount of fifty thousand dollars for fifty years.

  3. Treaty cont. • The Native American nations also allowed roads and forts to be built in their territories • The treaty produced a brief period of peace • Broken by the failure of the United States to prevent the mass emigration of settlers and miners

  4. Sand Creek Massacre • November 29, 1864 • Colorado militia led by Colonel John Chivington • 110 Arapaho and Cheyenne women and children were killed • Initially reported as a great victory over a mighty opponent • Eventually, an official investigation took place • No charges were brought against those who participated • Ended Chivington’s shot at a political career

  5. Colonel John Chivington

  6. George A. Custer • Leader of the 7th Cavalry Division • Assigned to protect surveyors of the Northern Pacific Railroad • Gained the image back East as a famous Indian fighter • Generally, his encounters with tribes were massacres

  7. Battle of Little Big Horn • AKA Custer’s Last Stand • June 25-26, 1876 • Near the Little Bighorn River in eastern Montana Territory • Most famous battle of the Great Sioux War • Custer and his men were killed • As years have passed, image of Custer has changed from hero to villain

  8. Sitting Bull Chief of the Sioux Indians Arranged alliance with Sioux and Cheyenne

  9. Crazy Horse Chief of the Lakota Indians Fatally wounded by a military guard while allegedly resisting imprisonment at Camp Robinson in present-day Nebraska

  10. Geronimo Apache Chief

  11. After the surrender of Geronimo, he is taken around the country and placed on display

  12. Chief Joseph • Leader of the Nez Perce • Attempted to lead his people from being placed on a reservation by fleeing to Canada • Leads U.S. troops on 1170 mile chase • Joseph surrenders on Oct 5, 1877 • “We will fight no more forever” • His people were placed in Indian Territory (OK) • 1879, Chief Joseph meets with President Hayes • 1903, Chief Joseph meets with President T Roosevelt • Died September 1904

  13. Chief Joseph

  14. Dawes Act of 1887 • Authorized the President of the United States to survey Indian tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Indians. • The objective of the Dawes Act was to stimulate assimilation of Indians into American society • Individual ownership of land was seen as an essential step. • The act also provided that the government would purchase Indian land "excess" to that needed for allotment and open it up for settlement by non-Indians.

  15. Ghost Dance • Started by Paiute Indian prophet Wovoka • Vision that Jesus Christ had returned to earth as a Native American • He preached that: • White man would vanish from native lands • Buffalo would return in abundance • Dead ancestors would be returned • Warriors wore “Ghost Shirts” believed to repel bullets • Caused alarm with U.S. govt that another uprising was being planned

  16. Wovoka

  17. December 15, 1890 • U.S. troops arrest Sitting Bull for not stopping his people from practicing the Ghost Dance • During the arrest Sitting Bull is killed

  18. Wounded Knee Massacre • December 29, 1890 • U.S. troops were making camp with captured Sioux Indians at Wounded Knee Creek in South Dakota • Troops were confiscating weapons when shots were fired • 150 men, women, and children were killed • Historically, considered to be the end of conflict between the U.S. govt and Native Americans

  19. American Indian Movement (AIM) • Founded in 1968 in Minneapolis, Minnesota • AIM agenda focuses on spirituality, leadership, and sovereignty • Nov 1969-Jun 1971 AIM occupies Alcatraz Island • 1972, activists marched across country on the "Trail of Broken Treaties“: • Took over the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), occupying it for several days • 1973, activists led a 71-day armed standoff with federal forces at Wounded Knee

  20. Russell Means AIM Activist

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