What is a written agreement between two or more nations?
100
George Bonga
Who was an interpreter that was half Ojibwe and half African American?
100
The XY and the Northwestern companys.
What were the two main trade groups?
100
The U.S. wants to make the decisions right away and the Indians want to wait and talk it over with the rest of their people.
What is the difference between the way the U.S. make their decisions and the way the Indians make them?
100
8000lbs an 36ft.
How long was a canoe and how much weight could hold?
200
Sovereign
What is self ruling and independent?
200
Alexander Ramsey
Who wanted Minnesota to become a state and pushed the Native Americans to sign a treaty to give up most of their land?
200
They thought it would help the fur trade and it protected them from the Britsh.
Why did the U.S. government build Fort Snelling?
200
It was a document saying that the money they got through the treaty would be used to pay back the Fur Traders.
What was the third copy of the treaty?
200
It was because voyageurs had just died.
Why was it common to see clumps of crosses at difficult portages?
300
Social status
What is a position or rank of a person in society
300
The Native American Red Banner.
Who didn't want to sign the treaty of Mendota because of the past treaty's that have been broken?
300
When rations were cut short, when the Dakota did not want the Ojibwe trading, and when voyageurs refused to do their work.
What were some sources of conflict and tension between the fur trade?
300
They did not trust the U.S. and they did not believe in selling their land off.
What were some reasons that the Dakota did not want to sign the treaty?
300
James Goodue
Who came to the treaty meetings of Traverse des Sioux and reported the facts in the Minnesota Pioneer Press?
400
Rendezvous
What is an annual summer meeting of traders, clerks, voyageurs, and Native Americans.
400
The Native American Star Face.
Who told Alexander Ramsey that the Dokota were going to wait for members of the tribe and then make decisions?
400
Pigs Eye Landing
What was St. Paul called before 1837?
400
That if they signed the treaty they would get food and money.
What was the main reason the Indians signed the treaty?
400
In 1849.
When did Minnesota become a territory?
500
Portage
What is the place where boats or goods are carried overland from one stretch of water to another.
500
Lawrence Taliaferro
Who was an Indian agent that worked at Fort Snelling?
500
The woman had to clean the pelts, provide resources such as wild rice maple sugar, resources to fix canoes. They also served as translators. The men had to hunt the animals and paddle the canoe to the trading spot.
What were the roles of the Indian men and woman in the fur trade?
500
St. Paul, Kapaposia, Taylors Falls, Stillwater, and Marina.
What were some towns that were made after the treaty of 1865
500
2,000 dollars.
How much money were the Dokota supposed to get for the first two pieces of land they gave up?