https://padlet.com/200900302/fcr4ow8cizocfl88 Native Americans and The US Government en-us 2021-02-16 00:49:46 UTC 2021-02-16 01:10:32 UTC hello@padlet.com 200900302 https://padlet.com/200900302/fcr4ow8cizocfl88/wish/1205180150 Beginning in 1831, the US government mandated the forced removal of Native Americans. 4,000 Cherokee died on this journey. The Trail of Tears continued for the next 50 years.]]> 2021-02-16 00:52:22 UTC https://padlet.com/200900302/fcr4ow8cizocfl88/wish/1205180150 200900302 https://padlet.com/200900302/fcr4ow8cizocfl88/wish/1205182162 The Fort Laramie treaties were among the first made between Native Americans and the US government. IT established the reservation system. This system split the Native Americans tribes into two large colonies, however, the tribal system was more fluid than the government realized, leading to problems with allotted territories.

]]> 2021-02-16 00:53:56 UTC https://padlet.com/200900302/fcr4ow8cizocfl88/wish/1205182162 200900302 https://padlet.com/200900302/fcr4ow8cizocfl88/wish/1205183371 The Homestead Act allowed people to own land in the west if they lived on it for a number of years. However, the land already had occupants. As settlers moved west, they continued to push Native Americans off their land.

]]> 2021-02-16 00:54:59 UTC https://padlet.com/200900302/fcr4ow8cizocfl88/wish/1205183371 200900302 https://padlet.com/200900302/fcr4ow8cizocfl88/wish/1205184779 At Sand Creek, Colonel J. M. Chivington led a militia. They attacked and killed 400 Native American men, women, and children. The Native Americans believed they had been promised immunity.]]> 2021-02-16 00:56:12 UTC https://padlet.com/200900302/fcr4ow8cizocfl88/wish/1205184779 200900302 https://padlet.com/200900302/fcr4ow8cizocfl88/wish/1205186153 The completion of the transcontinental Railroad brought an influx of white settlers to the West. These settlers killed off buffalo for sport and invaded Native land. Both of these factors harmed and diminished Native Americans society and way of life.]]> 2021-02-16 00:57:20 UTC https://padlet.com/200900302/fcr4ow8cizocfl88/wish/1205186153 200900302 https://padlet.com/200900302/fcr4ow8cizocfl88/wish/1205187694 White settlers flooded onto Native American reservations when it was declared that they held gold. Native Americans fought back and federal troops tried to return them to the reservations. A battle ensued and the native American forces wiped out 250 men.]]> 2021-02-16 00:58:24 UTC https://padlet.com/200900302/fcr4ow8cizocfl88/wish/1205187694 200900302 https://padlet.com/200900302/fcr4ow8cizocfl88/wish/1205189634 Two views were generally held of Native Americans; either they would be forced to assimilate through education, or through violence. There was little respect for Native culture. Even in the non violent route, food was often withheld to ensure assimilation.]]> 2021-02-16 00:59:57 UTC https://padlet.com/200900302/fcr4ow8cizocfl88/wish/1205189634 200900302 https://padlet.com/200900302/fcr4ow8cizocfl88/wish/1205192479 The Dawes Act further divided Native American land. It gave each person a certain amount of land and sold the rest. This made it easier to take land from Native Americans as generations passed.]]> 2021-02-16 01:02:19 UTC https://padlet.com/200900302/fcr4ow8cizocfl88/wish/1205192479 200900302 https://padlet.com/200900302/fcr4ow8cizocfl88/wish/1205193807 Upset with the Ghost Dance, federal troops moved on a group of Native Americans. In the massacre that followed, 150 Native Americans were killed. At least half of the people killed were women and children.]]> 2021-02-16 01:03:22 UTC https://padlet.com/200900302/fcr4ow8cizocfl88/wish/1205193807 200900302 https://padlet.com/200900302/fcr4ow8cizocfl88/wish/1205194785 Native Americans from the Sioux Nation were promised land in a treaty. However, the government violated the treaty and allowed settlers to take the land. The Sioux sued the government in court, but lost in the Supreme Court.]]> 2021-02-16 01:04:12 UTC https://padlet.com/200900302/fcr4ow8cizocfl88/wish/1205194785