Let’s Take a Stand. Tribal strategies, Custer, and The battle of Little Bighorn.

The year is 1870 ● 20,000 non-Indian residents. ● Mines, businesses, Lumber important. ● Government wants to maintain this, protect citizens.

Lets control the map ● Railroad, mining, and ranching companies pressure government for land. ● Government pressures tribes. ● Sometimes use force: Ulysses S. Grant

I’ll bet my strategy is better than yours.

The Crow Strategy: Cooperation ● Crow natives pressured from all sides. ● Turn to U.S. government for help, eventually, they lose land, too.

The Salish Strategy: Economic Independence ● Without wild game, Salish turn to farming. ● Non-Native populations crowd large Salish farms. ● President Grant’s executive order calls for a move. ● Drought forces Charlot’s hand.

Sioux and Northern Cheyenne Strategy: Armed Resistance ● Gold discovered on Sioux territory, protected by treaty. ● Government and Sioux prepare for war. ● The Battle of Little Big Horn, Custer and his destroyed.

Really, you just did that? -Non-Natives seek revenge. -Burn food supplies, steal horses, Crazy Horse others ultimately surrender.