Acts and Treaty's
An act that removed Indian land from tribal possesion, redivided it, and distributed it among individual Indian families. Designed to break tribal mentalities and promote individualism.
Dawes Act
vast grassland between the mississippi river and the rocky mountains home to the Sioux, Cheyenne, and others
Great Plains
American Indian chief, he led the victory of Little Bighorn
Sitting Bull
a breed of sturdy, long-horned cattle brought by the Spanish to Mexico and suited to the dry conditions of the southwest
Longhorn
Process by where a group gives up much of its own culture and takes on the culture of the majority
Assimilation
the treaty requiring the Sioux to live on a reservation along the Missouri River. Sitting Bull did not sign the treaty
Treaty of Fort Laramie
the major long drive route north from Texas to Ablilene, Kansas, where cowboys drove herds of cattle to the railroads to be shipped back East for huge profits
Chisholm Trail
Discovered gold in Black Hills of South Dakota, his seventh cavalry division was decimated by the Sioux at the battle of Little Big Horn
George Custer
Refers to the overland transport of cattle by the cowboy over the three month period. Often ended at the railheads where they would be shipped to meat processing facilities and across the US
Long Drive
US soldiers massacred 300 unarmed Native American in 1890. This ended the Indian Wars.
Battle of Wounded Knee (1890)
an act which allowed 160 free acres to any “head of household”
Homestead Act
became famous for being a place where the Chisholm Trail met the railroads
Abilene Kansas
attempted to assimilate Native Americans
The Dawes Act of 1887