NA resistance and conflicts

Question 1

What happened at Sand Creek Massacre

Answer 1

• 1864
• US troops led by John Chivington attacked a peaceful Cheyenne and Arapaho village in Colorado
• killing over 150 men, women and children
• Many of whom had already surrendered

Question 2

What was the Battle of Little Bighorn?

Answer 2

• 1876
• The Sioux and Cheyenne tribes led by Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse defeated General Custers 7th Cavalry
• 200 soldiers were killed

Question 3

Impact of Little Bighorn on NA

Answer 3

• temporary victory, led to harsh US retaliation
• US sent more troops to crush resistance
• the Great Sioux Reservation was broken up and NA were forced onto smaller reservations

Question 4

Impact of Wounded Knee Massacre on NA

Answer 4

• ended Native Armed resistance in the US
• The Ghost dance movement (a spiritual resistance movement) was suppressed by the US gov

Question 5

What was the Wounded Knee Massacre

Answer 5

• 1890
• US troops surrounded 300 Sioux who were leaving their reservations
• opened fire, killing over 200 men, women and children

Question 6

what happened at the Occupation of Alcatraz?

Answer 6

• 1969-1971
• NA activists, led by American Indian Movement, occupied the abandoned federal prison for 19 months
• demanded the return of NA lands

Question 7

Impact of Occupation of Alcatraz on Natives

Answer 7

• attracted national media attention to NA rights
• inspired protests such as the Bureau of Indian Affairs takeover 1972

Question 8

What happened at the Siege of Wounded Knee

Answer 8

• 1973
• American Indian Movement occupied Wounded Knee for 71 days, protesting corrupt leadership and broken treaties
• violence broke out leading to 2 deaths and many arrests