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Fort Laramie Treaties of 1851 (and 1868) and the establishment of the reservation system

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Fort Laramie Treaties of 1851 (and 1868) and the establishment of the reservation system

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A treaty was made in 1851 with Native Americans in Wyoming near Fort Laramie. The treaty asked or more accurately coerced with money or with violence. Native Americans, Sioux were forced to have limited land in the west and stay on the reservations.The treat of 1868 was once again forcing Natives to sty on the reservations in exchange of Americans agreeing to not build anything on their territory, on Sioux land.

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An Act that let people acquire all the way up to 160 acres of land but they had to live on that land for a certain amount of years. They also had to pay 30$ and take care of the land. This deal persuaded people to relocate to the Great Plains, the catch was that most times the land given out had terrible soil.

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A massacre on Native Americans, 700 man military force from Colorado attacked a village of Cheyenne and Aparaho In Colorado. They killed about 163 Native Americans. Many of them were children and women, 2/3.

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1869-Completion of the Transcontinental RR

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1869-Completion of the Transcontinental RR

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It was completed in Utah, Promontory in 1869. Linked the California's railroad with the Eastern railroad. Stretched all the way from the west to the east and revolutionized transportation in the west.

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The new immigrants arriving and adapting to the American culture and customs.

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This was the last victory for the Native Americans. Colonel Custer and his men arrived at the reservation to attack the Indians but were swarmed by 2500 armed warriors along the Little Bighorn River. Around 250 officer were wiped out and two columns failed to come to their rescue. The Native Americans victory was short lived though.

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The Act tried to make Native American men essentially become like white settlers, it dissolved the tribal ownership of land. If the head of the tribe was similar to white farmers and settlers they were able to receive land and citizenship. They were given up to 160 acres of land. The land that was not given to the Native Americans was sold to railroads.

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The Sioux went to battle against Americans for all of their broken promises, they were convinced that they were indestructible. It was a battle between the Lakota Sioux, 150 Sioux were killed by the US troops. The battle started when the Sioux left the reservation to protest the Sitting Bull death.

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1980- United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians 

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1980- United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians 

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A Supreme Court case which ruled that the Sioux were entitled to land as a compensation for losing Black Hills. The Sioux wanted their land returned instead of money so they refused the money.