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The treaties were singed with the "chiefs" of various "tribes. It marked the boundaries for territories of each tribe and attempted to separate Indians into 2 sides. These treaties marked the beginning of the reservation system in the West.

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This law allowed a settler to acquire as much as 160 acres by living on it for 5 years. It only costed about $30. Before this, land had been sold, but now it was given away for free.

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This event was the massacre of the Cheyenne and Arapaho peoples. Nearly 400 Indians were killed by Colonel J. M. Chivington's militia. Women were shot while praying, children were killed, and brave Indians were tortured, scalped, and mutilated.

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At this event, 25 year old Lieutenant Lyman S. Kidder and his 10 man patrol were sent to deliver a message. They were tortured, mutilated and killed by a group of Lakota Indians. They joined forces with nearby Cheyenne Indians.

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Completion of Transcontinental Railroad of 1869

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Completion of Transcontinental Railroad of 1869

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The completion of this railroad connected the east and the west as well as the north and the south. This railroad helped increased settlement in the west. It had also helped decrease the cost of transporting goods.

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This was partially caused by the Fetterman massacre. The Fetterman massacre was the massacre of 82 soldiers and civilians in Wyoming's Bighorn Mountains. This was one of the few short-lived Indian triumphs in the plains war.

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Christian reformers forced the Indians to give up their tribal religions and assimilate to white society. They often starved them, but were also responsible for their education. In 1884, these reformers joined with the military men and persuaded the government to outlaw the sacred Sun Dance.

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This was the misbegotten offspring of the movement to reform Indian Policy. It reflected upon the forced migration, separations, and other pains caused by the Americans. It said that if Indians behaved themselves, then they would be able to get full title to their holdings and citizenship, in 25 years.

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At this battle, an estimated 200 Indian men, women and children were killed. However, only 29 invading soldiers died. This fight occurred when the "Ghost Dance" cult reached the Dakota Sioux.

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United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians of 1980

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United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians of 1980

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The Americans paid for the land that the Sioux nation was not selling. As a result, the Sioux nation was forced out of their sacred land. The ruling entitled the Sioux to compensation.