Key Terms
What are reservations?
Public Land where the U.S government required the Native Americans to live on
What happened during the Sand Creek Massacre?
A Colorado militia attacked a camp of Cheyenne and Arapaho men, women and children
Finish this sentence:
The U.S government kidnapped young Native Americans and sent them to___________
Boarding Schools
Who was Sitting Bull?
A war Chief for the Sioux Band of tribes
What happened at the Battle of Little Bighorn?
General Custer and his 250 men attack 2,000 Native Americans. All of general Custers men died. The Native Americans won the battle
The U.S Government made_________ illegal for Native Americans.
Tribal funerals
Tribal dances
Tribal Feasts
What does assimilation mean?
When someone is forced into the main culture of a society while giving up their culture
What was the Long walk of the Navajo?
Navajos were fighting for their land and lost the battle.
They were forced to walk 300 miles to a reservation
The U.S Government tried to weaken tribal culture by passing what Act?
The Dawes General Allotment act
What was the Dawes General Allotment Act
What was the Sand creek Massacre?
1864 incident where the Colorado militia attacked a camp of Cheyanne and Arapaho Natives