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Explore the significance of the buffalo in Native American life and the conflicting values regarding the buffalo between settlers and Native Americans. Delve into the Treaty of Fort Laramie, assimilation methods, and the impact of non-Native American cultures on Native communities. Reflect on historical events and consider the lasting effects on indigenous populations.
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Pick up reading on buffalo from the bin and answer these questions on your warm-up sheet: -How is the buffalo important to Native American life? -How do the settlers’ values regarding the buffalo differ from the Native Americans? WARM UP (3RD PERIOD )
Warm UP4th period Read “Buffalo Dusk” silently to yourself and answer the questions
Lesson Question How did non-Native American cultures impact Native Americans?
Vocabulary Assimilation Barb Wire Dawes Act Reservations Wounded Knee
Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868) • Takes place at Fort Laramie (Wyoming) • Concerns Black Hills region of South Dakota
Land promised in Black Hills. • NAs also get clothes, education, and farming equipment. • Government’s Goal: ASSIMILATETHE NATIVES
Assimilation methods in Treaty of F.L. • Each male, 14 yrs+ receives: “a suit of good substantial woolen clothing,” hat, new shirt, & socks, etc. • Each female, 12+ receives: flannel skirt, woolen hose, 12 yards of cotton domestics, etc. • “For the period of4 years after he shall have settled upon…reservation, 1 lb of meat & 1 lb of flour per day”
1874: General George A. Custer led an expedition into the Black Hills w/miners • seeking gold • Prospectors quickly moved to the Sioux' sacred land • US continued battle against Sioux in Black Hills • 1877: gov’t finally confiscated the land
Closer Come up with 2 bumper stickers or slogans that would memorialize the Treaty of Fort Laramie. State whose perspective you are representing for each • Ex: FORT LARAMIE: A WAY TO GET LAND! (US military) • Ex: Fort Laramie: The Treaty that Changed Our Lives Forever (Native Americans)