False Battles
A massacre that involved the Lakota Chief Bigfoot and his band after American Calvary pursued them for fleeing their reservation and performing the Ghost Dance
What is the Wounded Knee Massacre
The name of the treaty that ended the Mexican-American War.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
This Indian Agent changed the whole structure of the Apachean culture at San Carlos including new courts, a police force, and cultural structures.
Who is Agent John P. Clum?
This court decision established the personhood of Indigenous peoples under the law
What is Standing Bear v. Crook?
This occupation by Richard Oaks and others in San Francisco occurred on a site that was recently closed.
What is Alcatraz?
A massacre of the Pinal and Aravaipa Apache peoples led by Chief Eskiminzin who were under the protection of the U.S. Army by a band of Americans, Mexicans, and Tohono O'odham
What is the Camp Grant Massacre
Name of the Act that allowed the government to separate Indian lands into individual plots of land for ownership.
What is the Dawes Allotment Act?
This individual created the first Indian Boarding School.
Who is Richard Henry Pratt?
This court decision established plenary power in 1892.
What is Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock?
This occupation occurred in Washington D.C. and included an administrative building that housed the agency responsible for Indigenous matters.
What is the Trail of Broken Treaties, or The Occupation of the BIA building?
A massacre that involved the Cheyenne and Arapaho peoples led by Chief Black Kettle and Chief White Antelope by Col. John Chivington
What is the Sand Creek Massacre?
This law allowed for the full citizenship of Native peoples after WWI
What is the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924?
This law made it a federal law for Indian children to attend school.
What is the 1898 Compulsory Attendance Act?
This court ruling established after an incident between Crow Dog and another Indigenous family on a reservation established that there was no federal jurisdiction on Indian lands.
What is Ex Parte Crow Dog?
What is the Wounded Knee Occupation?
A ceremony that promised the return of their leaders and protection and led to the unfortunate incident between
What is the Ghost Dance?
This law changed the whole structure of tribal governments but did not consider culture.
What is the Indian Reorganization Act?
This report exposed the circumstances in Indian boarding schools.
What is the Meriam Report?
This act changed the status of federal jurisdiction on Indian lands.
What is the Major Crimes Act of 1885?
What is Sovereignty?
Name of the Queen that controlled the Hawaiian Islands during the kingdom's annexation in the late nineteenth century.
This is a law that stated that all Native remains and artifacts held by institutions that receive federal funding repatriate these items to their respective peoples.
What is the Native American Graves and Repatriation Act?
This 19th century touring entity assisted in preserving traditional ceremonies and toured worldwide with prominent Indigenous leaders.
What is the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show?
This law formally ended the trust relationship between the United States and Indian nations.
What is HCR 108?
According to the Documentary "We Shall Remain," this individual was arrested under a false pretense during negotiations.
Who is Russell Means?