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Native Americans protested at Wounded Knee South Dakota, in 1973 to say they were getting abused with their civil rights. Their demonstration resulted in an armed stand off between members of the American Indian Movement and law enforcement agents. Wounded Knee had been the site of a massacre of Sioux people in 1890

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when two cultures mix into one for example if an american Indian becomes part of american culture

people who are desperate usually take part in assimilation

a lot of native Americans had to take part in this or else they would be sent to reserves

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it was an incident where american militia soldiers killed hundreds of surrendering Cheyenne and Arapaho. The massacre took place at the banks of Sand Creek in what is now southeastern Colorado.

the leader of the massacre was Colonel JohnChivington who was also american

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he was the leader of the Indians at the battle of little bighorn where lieutenant Custar died

he was a famous medicine man and leader of the Hunkpapa band of the Tenton Sioux

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it was a religious dance that native Americans believed in

they thought it would provide food for them by bringing back animals from the dead

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he lived from (1829 - 1909)

he fought against Indian reservations and escaped 3 times

he attacked settlers for more than 10 years

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it was signed in 1851 by native american leaders

was created to stop the native Americans from moving around and to make them stay in one spot

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it granted hundreds of people land

it broke up american indian tribal land in the U.S.

it hoped to encourage american Indians to become farmers

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He became the chief of the Nez Percé in the north west

he traveled a little bit over 1600 miles ( 2574.95 kilometers )to escape being brought to an Indian reservation

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he was the leader of the Indian oglala tribe and was in the tenton Sioux that killed general custer

he defeated George Custer in battle

Crazy Horse was killed by a bayonet after refusing to go into a prison cell

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they were the 9th and 10th cavalry

they were formed way back in 1866

they were originally created to capture outlaws and law breakers

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this battle was between the Indians and U.S. troops

General Custer had led a U.S. army to the black hills now called south Dakota to fight

the Indians won the battle by killing 200 american soldiers