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1858-Discovery of Gold in Colorado - How did the discovery of gold affect the settlement of the West? Because of the discovery of gold, it sparked great interest in American citizens and hence caused a rapid increase of settlement in the West.

1864-Sand Creek Massacre - What happened at Sand Creek? Indinads are massacred at Sand Creek due to territorial disputes with American cavalry. (History.com) 1868-Treaty of Fort Laramie - What were the terms of the treaty? Why did it fail?  The United States recognized the Black Hills as part of the Great Sioux Reservation, set aside for exclusive use by the Sioux people. It failed because of gold which drove Americans and eventually American forces into the land which resulted in them confiscating it, henceforth going against the treaty.(Ourdocuments.gov)

1874-Invasion, by gold miners, of the Sioux’s Sacred Black Hills - Where are the Black Hills? Who was Sitting Bull? The Black HIlls are part of the Great SIoux Reservation Sitting Bull (c.1831-1890) was the Native American chief under whom the Sioux tribes united in their struggle for survival on the North American Great Plains. (History.com)

1876-Custer’s Last Stand - What happened at the Battle of Little Bighorn?

At the Battle of Little Bighorn  pitted federal troops led by Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer (1839-76) against a band of Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne warriors

1887-The Dawes Act - What was the Dawes Act? What did it do? What does it mean to “Americanize” the natives and why was this such a big deal? As a group, discuss if assimilation is good or bad. Write your group’s response with the Dawes Act section.

"An Act to Provide for the Allotment of Lands in Severally to Indians on the Various Reservations," known as the Dawes Act, emphasized severally, the treatment of Native Americans as individuals rather than as members of tribes. My group thinks this act is good because it emphasizes equality and one’s personal rights.

1890-The Ghost Dance Movement and the Battle of Wounded Knee - What was the Ghost Dance Movement and what happened at Wounded Knee Creek? Wounded Knee, located on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in southwestern South Dakota,was the site of two conflicts between North American Indians and representatives of the U.S. government. The Ghost Dance movement was a manifestation of Native Americans' fear, anger, and hope regarding the onslaught of white invaders, U.S. Army brutalization, and the U.S. legislative oppression of indigenous nations.(US history)

"Life on Indian reservations today” Summary

I found that Native American tribes exist today even though they are small in quantity. They live without modern amenities and in poverty nor are they recognized in our society today.

Discuss and answer this question: How much of the current condition of life on reservations can be traced back to the events of the late 1800s? Why/How did these events lead to the current condition of many Native Americans?  They both faced poverty and they are less in numbers today due to territorial disputes with natives which caused many casualties.

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This picture represents the peace that Lewis and Clark first created when they met the Native Americans.

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Lewis and Clark, because they explored the new territory, and brought back valuable information about the west, and showed that transcontinental travel was possible.

They impacted Native Americans because Lewis and Clark’s expedition changed by their contact with soldiers, fur traders, and missionaries.

A major person was Napoleon Bonaparte. He wanted to use the territory to create a colonial empire, but he ended up giving the territory to the United States. The territory doubled the size of the U.S

The president at the time was Thomas Jefferson.

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“We had on board a Frenchman named Charbonet, with his wife, an Indian woman of the Snake nation, both of whom had accompanied Lewis and Clark to the Pacific, and were of great service. The woman, a good creature, of a mild and gentle disposition, greatly attached to the whites, whose manners and dress she tries to imitate, but she had become sickly, and longed to revisit her native country; her husband, also, who had spent many years amongst the Indians, was become weary of civilized life.” —Excerpt from Henry M. Brackenridge, Views of Louisiana, 1814”

This is an important document because it describes what the Native Americans were like towards Europeans and describes how helpful you are.

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It all started with the Louisiana Purchase where Thomas Jefferson was deciding whether to purchase the land or not. Lewis and Clark both offered to go and explore the land to see if it was worth buying. They came back with many new discoveries about the West and that it was worth buying.