Loss of Land
Where all the allotment land was given after an "Indian" owner died
What were... open auctions
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What white settlers believed that the Navajo tribe's sheep were doing the reservations
What is... overgrazing
Keep traditions and values alive in dying Native communities
What is... passing down stories
Announced that Americans had settled all land out West, ending the frontier
Who was... the U.S. Census Bureau
The abandonment of Native customs, languages, and lifestyles to adopt the white Americans way of life
What is... assimilation
A powerful spiritual movement that was claimed to "bring about the return of Indian ways"
What was... the Ghost Dance
One of the most valuable resources for white settlers, found on Native land
What is... gold
Act the broke up reservations and turned "Indians" into individual property owners and U.S. citizens
What was... the Dawes Act
The law that allowed Natives to remain Natives and into modern life without giving up their heritage and culture
What was... the Indian Reorganization Act
Sold to whites after they became individual land owners
What was... the "surplus" of reservation land
What the Natives aimed to do by refusing abide by the white supremacy
What is... preserving cultural identity
"Indian" prophet from the shores of Pyramid Lake spread the idea of the Ghost Dance
Who was... Wovoka of the Paiute Tribe
Calculated that in 1891 alone, one-seventh of all Native land would be sold to non-Natives
Where young Native children were forced to go in order to erase their heritage
What are... boarding schools
The battle in which the Lakota and Cheyenne warriors killed the soldiers responsible for the massacre at the Washita River
What is... the Battle of Little Big Horn