class notes 1-2 Flashcards
kind of lament because of census bureau decision of no discernible frontier line, written by Frederick Jackson Turner
Frontier Thesis
The two biggest Indian tribes
Sioux, Cheyenne
territory reserved/preserved for them. Land that had been previously owned by them.
Reservation system
kills many buffalo
Buffalo bill Cody
attempt to build a road through the black hills. Bring settlers through the Sioux territory where they were not wanted
Bozeman Trail
Sioux chief-sets an ambush and massacre the workers of the Bozeman trail. Sioux victory and beginning of Sioux wars.
Red Cloud
Little big Horn-Sioux/Cheyenne tribes (sitting bull, crazy horse, and rain in the face) battle Custer. (Custer’s last stand) Custer is killed
June 15, 1876
leads the Apache Indians and takes on the US Army. Turns himself in, learns English, and converts to Christianity
Geronimo
- led the Nez Perce Indians, tries to flee to Canada, almost makes it, but is stopped by the Americans.
Chief Joseph
when did Wovoka led the Ghost Dance, saw himself as an Indian Messiah.
1890
led the Ghost Dance, saw himself as an Indian Messiah
Wovoka
encouraged copious consumption of Paiute. Catches on with the Sioux Indians at Wounded Knee, reports get to the government about the group of Indians, troops are sent in to surround Sioux.
Ghost Dance
1890- The Seventh Cavalry is sent in at Wounded Knee to disarm the Indians, the Indians start doing the Ghost Dance and there is a standoff that leads to a reverse massacre killing Indians.
Wounded Knee
she wrote “A Century of Dishonor”
Helen Hunt Jackson
Homestead Act for Indians. It required them to give up tribal life and they would be granted up to 120 acres of land.
Dawes Act
