Historical Events
A place where Native American children were forced to learn
What is Boarding Schools?
Caused the Trail of Tears
Andrew Jackson
The Ghost Dance was a form of
Religion
The formal name for the act that caused the Trail of Tears
The Dawes Act
Reporters for Newspapers during the Massacre at Wounded Knee were mainly
White
Mining for Uranium to build weapons
Principle Chief of the Cherokees during the trail of tears
John Ross
The Trail of Tears moved Natives from here to there
Tabaco and guns
Native American women with children were peacefully trying to touch this
The Truce Flag
Fighting over fish
Walleye Wars
Last named who opposed John Ross
Ridge
Andrew Jackson's goal with Cherokee government
Create a rift between the two sides
Large amounts Native Americans were killed off through this death category
Disease
The Dawes Act called for Native Americans to receive this amount of a section of land for heads of households
1/4
The year of the 2nd major relocation act
1956
Started the first federal Native American boarding school
Richard Pratt
A petition
The Native American's last push against colonization was fought during this war
King Philip's war
Who wrote the poem we read on the Trail of Tears
Linda Hogan
A famous Sioux Leader that danced the Ghost Dance
Sitting Bull
Justice issuing the ruling in the Trail of Tears court case
The day and month Columbus arrived in America
October 12th
The specific disease that killed off most Native Americans
Smallpox
The Dawes Act was approved on this date
Feb 8th 1887