# data[].attributes.body
Beginning in 1831, the US government mandated the forced removal of Native Americans. 4,000 Cherokee died on this journey. The Trail of Tears continued for the next 50 years.

# data[].attributes.headline
1851 - Fort Laramie Treaties (and 1868) 

# data[].attributes.subject
1851 - Fort Laramie Treaties (and 1868) 

# data[].attributes.body
The Fort Laramie treaties were among the first made between Native Americans and the US government. IT established the reservation system. This system split the Native Americans tribes into two large colonies, however, the tribal system was more fluid than the government realized, leading to problems with allotted territories.

# data[].attributes.body
The Homestead Act allowed people to own land in the west if they lived on it for a number of years. However, the land already had occupants. As settlers moved west, they continued to push Native Americans off their land.

# data[].attributes.body
At Sand Creek, Colonel J. M. Chivington led a militia. They attacked and killed 400 Native American men, women, and children. The Native Americans believed they had been promised immunity.

# data[].attributes.headline
1869 - Completion of the Transcontinental RR

# data[].attributes.subject
1869 - Completion of the Transcontinental RR

# data[].attributes.body
The completion of the transcontinental Railroad brought an influx of white settlers to the West. These settlers killed off buffalo for sport and invaded Native land. Both of these factors harmed and diminished Native Americans society and way of life.

# data[].attributes.body
White settlers flooded onto Native American reservations when it was declared that they held gold. Native Americans fought back and federal troops tried to return them to the reservations. A battle ensued and the native American forces wiped out 250 men.

# data[].attributes.body
Two views were generally held of Native Americans; either they would be forced to assimilate through education, or through violence. There was little respect for Native culture. Even in the non violent route, food was often withheld to ensure assimilation.

# data[].attributes.body
The Dawes Act further divided Native American land. It gave each person a certain amount of land and sold the rest. This made it easier to take land from Native Americans as generations passed.

# data[].attributes.body
Upset with the Ghost Dance, federal troops moved on a group of Native Americans. In the massacre that followed, 150 Native Americans were killed. At least half of the people killed were women and children.

# data[].attributes.headline
1980 - United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians 

# data[].attributes.subject
1980 - United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians 

# data[].attributes.body
Native Americans from the Sioux Nation were promised land in a treaty. However, the government violated the treaty and allowed settlers to take the land. The Sioux sued the government in court, but lost in the Supreme Court.