The Massacre at Sand Creek
What is a massacre?
he indiscriminate, brutal killing of a large number of people or animals, often defenseless victims.
what US Cavalry commander led the 7th US Cavalry during the Indian Wars?
General George Armstrong Custer
Where was the Nez Precé originally from before being relocated?
idaho!!!!
what were native American children forced to change and why?
Native American children were forced to change their names to seem more American
who made the ghost dance?
Wovak
who was the local chief of Sand Creek?
Black Kettle
what tribe did Custer tried to take land from?
Lakota !!
what state was Native American tribes relocated to?
oklahoma
how many years were the native americans not allowed to sell their land?
25 years
why were the locals in south dakota afraid of the ghost dance?
they were afraid that it would cause an another rebellion
what group went to Sand Creek to take the land?
Colorado Volunteers
what did Custer find on the Lakota's territory
gold!!!
what was considered fashionable that almost made an entire species go extinct?
buffalo robes
what's the Dawes Act?
authorized the U.S. president to break up communal tribal lands into individual plots (160 acres for families, 80 for individuals) to force assimilation, promote farming, and sell "surplus" land to non-natives.
what's the ghost dance?
a movement that preached that the Native Americans would be freed and the buffalo would come back in 1888
what treaty was signed after The Massacre at Sand Creek?
1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie
what chief led the resistance against Custer?
Crazy Horse
how much land did the west request from the Nez Precé?
(a percentage)
90% of their land
what would happen to Native American children if they missed school?
a truancy officer would search the reservation for the absent child
what tribe was at wounded Knee?
sioux
Where was Sand Creek in America?
(what state and where in that state)
southeast Colorado
how many warrior did Crazy Horse recruit to fight back against Custer?
1200-1500
Where did Chief Joseph tried to bring his tribe to before being relocated to Oklahoma?
up north to canada
Why would the native Americans sell their land?
because they were forced to sell the land for railroads to be built to fund schools on the reservation.
what were the cause of deaths for the sioux?
being shot to death by US army and freezing to death trying to escape.