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Sioux War
Battle occured after the govenment failed to deliver payment that had been promised to them in the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux. -
Sand Creek Massacre
Union troops killed several hundred Indian women and children in Colorado -
Geronimo
Apache Chief who led a rebellion against white American settlement of the Southwest in the 1870s and 1880s. -
Sitting Bull
Sioux Chief who helped defeat General George Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn. -
Battle of Little Big Horn
General George Armstrong Custer made his infamous last stand. -
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Battle of Little Bighorn
General George Armstrong Custer made his infamous last stand. -
Chief Joseph
Nez Perce' Chief in the Pacific Northwest; opposed white expansion westward and relocation to reservations. -
Nez Perce' War
US Army founght the Nez Perce tribe when they refused to give up land to white settlers. -
Dawes Severalty Act
Congress authorized President of United States to survey American Indians tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual indians. -
Ghost Dance Movement
a Native American Movement that called for a return to traditional ways of life and challenged white dominance in society. -
Battle of Wounded Knee
Hundred's of Native Americans died at this battle during the army's attempt to end the Ghost Dance Movement.
