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Great Plains
The federal government had passed an act that designated the entire Great Plains as one enormous reservations, or land set aside for Native American tribes. -
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Treaties
The government changed its policy and created treaties that defined specific boundaries for each tribe. Most Native Americans spurned the government treaties and continued to hunt on their traditional lands, clashing with settlers and miners-with tragic results. -
Massacre at Sand Creek
Most of the Cheyenne, assuming they were under the protection of the U.S. government, had peacefully returned to Colorado's sand creek reserve for the winter. -
The Ambushed
The warrior Crazy Horse ambushed Captain William J. Fetterman and his company at Lodge Trail Ridge. Over 80 soldiers were killed. Native Americans called this fight the Battle of Hundred Slain. Whites called it the Fetterman Masscre. -
Treaty of Fort Laramie
Skirmishes continued until the government agreed to close the Bozeman Trail. In return, the Treaty of Fort Laramie, In which the Sioux agreed to live on a reservation along the Missouri river, was forced on the leaders of the Sioux in 1868. -
Gold Rush
Colonel George A. Custer reported that the black hills had gold "from the grass roots down," a gold rush was on. -
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Red River War
in late 1868, war broke out yet again as the Kiowa and Comanche engaged in six years of raiding that finally led to the red river war onto 1874-1875. -
Custers Last Stand
in early june 1876, the Sioux and Cheyenne held a sun dance, during which sitting bull had a vision of soldiers and some native Americans falling from there horses. -
the dawes act
in 1887, congress passed the dawes act aiming to Americanize the native americans. -
wounded knee
the seventh cavalry- custers old regiment- rounded up about 350 starving and freezing Sioux and took them to a camp at wounded knee creek in south Dakota.
