Treaty of Fort Laramie

Question 1

why did the government arrange a meeting at fort laramie?

Answer 1

indians were attacking groups of white settlers who were crossing their land

Question 2

what were the problems with the treaty?

Answer 2

many tribes could not understand english

many tribes had more than one chief

Question 3

who did the government choose to represent the whole sioux nation?

Answer 3

conquering bull

Question 4

what did the government produce?

Answer 4

a map to try and help pin down precise boundaries for the indians to stay within

Question 5

why could the indians not understand the concept of boundaries?

Answer 5

many followed buffalo and had done for centuries

Question 6

what did the treaty state the indians would do?

Answer 6

end fighting between tribes and allow migrants to use oregon trail in peace
allow surveyors from railroad companies to work on their land
allow roads to be built on their land
pay compensation if any members of their tribe broke the rules

Question 7

what did the treaty state the government would do?

Answer 7

protect the indians from white americans and stop migrants settling on their land
pay tribes a yearly payment if the terms of the treaty were met

Question 8

why did the treaty fail?

Answer 8

migrants regularly strayed off the oregon trail and onto indian land
wars continued between the tribes
US government began giving away land to homesteaders and railroad companies

Question 9

when was the treaty negotiated?

Answer 9

1851