reservations Flashcards
what is a missionary
someone who travels to a place to convert others to their religion
what are 3 politcial reasons for how Indian lived on reservations
- in early 1880s US gov set up special councils in tribes, taking over the chiefs powers
- gov increased food rations/ medical supplies in return for good behaviour in Plains Councils
- many Indians joined the Indian Agency Police so were fed, clothed and sheltered
what are 3 economic reasons for how the Indians lived
1.Plains not allowed to leave reservations to hunt, the buffalo herds were wiped out
2. long term impact of policies meant the reservations were full of poverty and lack of opportunity
3. government provided handouts of food so hunting the buffalo no longer necessary
what are 3 educational reasons for how Indian lived on reservations
- christian missionaries converted Indians to their faith
- ceremonies like the sun dance were banned, reducing power of medicine man
- children taken from parents, diagreeing led to food rations getting withheld
what are 3 living condition reasons for how Indian lived on reservations
- quality on reservation land was poor and unhealthy
- farming was not usual to the Indians so many of them failed at it
- loss of their traditional lifestlye (nomadic life) led to alcoholism, depression and diseases spread
what are 2 reasons reservations were shrinking for plains Indians
- following the dawes act in 1887 Indians forced into further reductions in reservation size
- 6 small Sioux reservations created, other old surplus land was sold
what machine was used to pump water out the grounds to help farmers irrigate land
windmill
whats was barbed wire used for
to fence off crops, protecting them from livestock and other animals
what kind of diseases spread throughout reservations
measles and flu
what is an area of land reserved for tribes under a treaty with the united states
Reservations
