Industrialization Notes: Native Americans
Plains Indians Dakota Sioux- Uprising (1862) Over 650 killed Afterwards, over 300 Sioux warriors were sentenced to death Largest mass execution in American history
Lakota Sioux Dec Red Cloud unsuccessfully appealed to the gov. to end white settlement on the trail Crazy Horse ambushed Fetterman Sand Creek (Fetterman’s Massacre)
Treaty of Fort Laramie Sioux forcibly agreed to live on a reservation along the Missouri river
Indian Peace Commission Removed all Indian tribes onto reservations away from the routes of U.S. westward expansion
Battle of Little Big Horn June 25, 1876 Col. Cluster and his troops were all killed Led to future defeat of the Sioux
Assimilation Native Americans would give up their beliefs and way of life and become a part of white culture
Impact on Native Americans Dawes Act Intended to “Americanize” Native Americans by distributing reservation land to individual owners Destruction of the Buffalo
Battle of Wounded Knee U.S. soldiers slaughtered 300 unarmed Native Americans Brought an end to the Indian Wars
Cattle and Cowboys Cattle becomes big business Cowboys emerge