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The Americans were hunting the Buffalo to near extinction and the Indians didn’t like that.

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1. Why did the Native Americans and the US Government go to war?
2. What were the key battles?
3. What were the outcomes of these battles? Who won?
4. What were the effects of the wars on the Native Americans?

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Kids learn about the Battle of the Little Bighorn (also called Custer's Last Stand) including the leaders, what caused the battle, interesting facts, and the aftermath.

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Native Americans were forced on to smaller and smaller lands

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Native Americans tried to flee to different parts of the continent

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The Native Americans who tried to flee were lied to and betrayed and taken to reservations where many of them died.

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The Native American numbers were severely decreased because many were massacred in battle

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Native Americans were put on trial and executed unjustly.

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There were land disputes.

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The Native Americans and the settlers had cultural differences which rose arguments.

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The last major conflict was at wounded knee.

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The US government slaughtered around 150 Native Americans.

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Some Native Americans were killed unjustly which fueled the fire.

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Another reason is because of the unfair treaties.

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The Plains Indian Wars ended with the Wounded Knee massacre in South Dakota and on December 29, 1890, the U.S. Army killed about three hundred Native Americans, two-thirds of them being unarmed women,  elderly and children.

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I would say that no one really won these battles, it was a very bloody end for all. Many innocent people or soldiers from both sides died and a lot of land was destroyed. Which is kind of ironic because many of the battles were about the ownership of the land.

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The Little Bighorn ocurred on June 25th to the 26th 1876
Near the the Little Bighorn river Montana U.S. the war was against the plains Indians: The Lakota Dakota Northern Cheyenne Arapaho Sioux and the American Army’s the crow scouts and the Arikara scouts.