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There were over 30 tribes of Great Plains Native Americans each with their own cultures and ways of life. Many of the tribes stayed mobile and their life depended on hunting bison. Some of the tribes stayed set and grew their own food while occasionally hunting bison.

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The Native Americans in the Southwest mostly inhabited modern day New Mexico and Arizona. The pueblo people lived in Colorado. The habitat they lived in was fairly arid with just about 4 inches of rain a year. This caused many Native Americans to start using irrigation to farm crops. The Southwest Native Americans settled along rivers or sources of water like the Colorado River and the Rio Grande.

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Hopeless (broken) treaties with the Native Americans 

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Hopeless (broken) treaties with the Native Americans 

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There were hundreds of treaties signed between the US and the settlers with the Native American Tribes. From 1778 - 1781, The US government signed 368 treaties with the Native Americans. Many of these treaties were made promising peace or land to tribes but the settlers soon broke these treaties to keep expanding the US.

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The homestead act was an act passed that allowed any adult citizen that had never used arms against the US government to claim 160 acres of land for a very low price if they grew crops on the land for 5 years. This was important because this encouraged many settlers to move west and start settlements with farms.

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the morning of 1864, a proclamation was sent to the west plains tribes, John Evans had told everyone to be friendly, while they negotiated peace, but the leader of the natives would not accept to the terms. at 6:30 on December first,the american army killed 230 natives.

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John Bozeman was a man who in the 1860s, decided to go to the west in Colorado to find gold. However, Bozeman decided he could make more money guiding the miners than looking for gold himself.

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On September 1778, for nearly a 100 year period from the revolutionary war to the end of the civil war, 368 treaties were broken and would change the relationship between the Americans and the natives for years.

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In the Summer of 1874, The US government launched a military attack on the Plains Native Americans to force them onto reservations. However, The Native Americans revolted against this and attacked the Americans, starting a war. This has a huge affect on the power of Native Americans because they were forced into reservations and lost their land.

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In 1876, there was a huge battle in the Montana Territory with around 3,000 native Americans and 600 US soldiers. The Native Americans completely wiped out Custer and his men and killed all of them. This battle had a big affect because the US lost many soldiers but it also made the US focus a lot more power on the Native American removal.

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The Great Sioux War took place in 1876, also know as the black hills war. it was a series of battles and negotiations form 1876 - 1877. An alliance was made between the Cheyenne and the Lakota Sioux against the Americans. Historians believed that the Lakota Sioux were at the center of the war, but others believe that the Cheyenne were the main target of the battle. The battle of little big horn also took place during this time.

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Around the 1870s, the US citizens hunted and killed the bison nearly to extinction. Very often, men simply killed the Bison for sport and didn't even eat or use anything from the bison's body. This caused many of the Plain's people to have to find a new source of food and it had a huge affect on their life style.

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October 5 1877 chief leader Joseph surrendered his forces to General Nelson A at bear paw mountain in Montana territory. this ended the Nez Perce war.

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The Ghost Dance was a traditional dance started in 1890 that was passed down in native tribes and was supposed to reunite the living and the dead.

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December 29 1890, the United States Military slaughtered 150-300 Lakota natives in the Wounded Knee Creek.

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The South West Tribe resistance was a series of confrontations and conflicts between Native American tribes that didn't want to go live on a reservation and the US army. This affected the overall conflict between Native Americans and the US because the Native American's rebelling got lots of attention from the US government.

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The Homestead Act of 1889 or Oklahoma Land Rush allowed Americans to settle and occupy land that was formally the Native American's land. This allowed America to expand even more and gave them even more power against the Native Americans.

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Life on Native American Reservations was very hard for most tribes, especially tribes who wanted to keep their lifestyle. Also, lots of the land was very hard to farm on and there wasn't that much natural resources. Tribes that were mobile were forced to stay in a certain area This had a huge affect because many Native Americans were willing to give up their lifestyle and rebelling Indians had much less people.

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In 1887, the Dawes act was passed under president Grover Cleveland. This act allowed government to break up tribal lands, they wanted to assimilate the natives.

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After the Native Americans were forced to live in their reservations, the government started forcing them to become more "american" and civilized. For example, they were forced to go to school or work, cut their hair, change their names to more English names, and they were forced to live an american life style. This got rid of most native american rebels except for the ones who refused to embrace the American lifestyle.

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Starting in the 1870s, for about 30 years, construction of railroads, greatly increase. About 170,000 miles of rail roads were laid in 1871 - 1900. This had a huge affect on America'a westward expansion because it allowed much more travel, trade, and helped with lots of other things too.

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American life in the west was very hard to say the least. It included lots of long days and the settlers also had to work very hard to maintain their farms or jobs. They usually had pretty bad homes that didn't have very good living conditions. This was important because these people settled the land that is still used today and they boosted out economy.

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The mining industry around the 1900s was very dangerous. Many children had to work long days in the mine and were always in danger. The mines could be flooded, the roof could collapse, explosions, and many other things. It was pretty common for people to die in the mine. This had a huge affect because it helped a lot with industrialization of the west.

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The cattle industry started when the Europeans brought cattle with them. Cattle farms were very popular in Mexico but when Texas became a part of the US, we also got a lot of cattle from Mexico. The industry started out slow because there was a low demand for beef but then with the help of the railroads, it became very popular in the US. This is important because it set the base for cow farming and we still farm cattle for their beef.

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During the time period of the 1800s and the 1900s farmers expressed dissatisfaction with there work, because of harsh weather conditioners and high prices for crop and soil.

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The populist party was political group of people who intended to strengthen political democracy. They collapsed in the 1890s though. They had a pretty big affect on the politics and leadership of the US.