Native American Displacement Flashcards
Displacement
Havasupai, Yosemite, Blackfeet,
Havasupai
Grand Canyon
Army attempts to put tribe on a reservation
1881
Grand canon forest reserve established
1893
Diseases devastate Havasupai leaving only 166 left
1906
Theodore Roosevelt declared the Grand Canyon a National monument
1908
The bill to grant national park status to the area was passed and signed by Woodrow Wilson
1919
1920s
NPS encouraged the shift to wage labor in Grand Canyon Village
Tribal members unwilling to surrender their hunting and gathering traditions or other cultural aspects
Late 1930s
Confrontations with NPS include razing camp during tribal members absence to force Havasupai into park-controlled housing
Yosemite Indians
Yosemite Valley
Gold Rush
The first contact between Yosemite and whites as thousands invaded central Sierra Nevada
1851
The “discovery” of Yosemite Valley in 1851 occurred during a military campaign of central Sierra Nevada and plans to relocate the Indians to the San Joaquin Valley
Mid-1850s Yosemite
Developed relationship with nearby mining camps and # of Indians started to work for miners or panned gold for themselves
President Abraham Lincoln signed Yosemite Park Act 147 visitors but grew
1864
Tourism Grows Yosemite
1875