Daily Warm Up Name as many Native American tools/weapons, materials as you can In what ways are Native American and “White” American culture different from one another?
Culture Clash on the Prairie Westward Expansion and Native Americans
Eastern View of the West Easterners know very little about the West Believe land is controlled by “Savages” Developed tribes exist on the “Great Plains” Great Plains: Grassland in the West/Central US Sioux, Cheyenne, Pawnee Tribes
The Great Plains
Plains Indians The Horse and Buffalo Horses come to North America with the Spanish Become part of Native lifestyle Indians roam the plains to hunt Buffalo Meat for food, skins for clothing Bones for tools, hides for shelter
Products from the Buffalo
Westward Expansion American settlers begin to move West Lured by gold and silver Open land to own and farm Natives don’t believe in land “ownership” Land is roamed and shared, not owned
Government Intervenes 1830’s: US Gov’t makes GP one big reservation Protected lands for Indians to roam and hunt 1850’: Gov’t shrinks the size of Indian lands Indians ignore US gov’t, continue to hunt area Natives begin to clash with settlers
Westward Expansion
Culture Clash Massacre and Sand Creek Crazy Horse attacks US Soldiers 200 warriors, 500 women and children killed US Army responsible 150 more killed on November 29th, 1864 Crazy Horse attacks US Soldiers Kills 80 Fetterman Massacre
Treaty of Fort Laramie Sioux agree to live on reservation Plot of land along Missouri River Sitting Bull (Sioux Leader) refuses to sign Other Sioux leaders disagree with Sitting Bull Battles continue throughout the plains
Gold Rush in the Black Hills Gold discovered in North Dakota Indians protest Whites in Indian Territories Whites move in, Army protects them
Custer’s Last Stand George A. Custer commands the 7th Cavalry Orders men into Little Bighorn River Valley Crazy Horse, Gall, and Sitting Bull waiting Custer’s men are slaughtered The “Battle of Little Bighorn
Battle of Little Bighorn
Assimilation By 1876, the Indians are defeated Many people believe in assimilation Assimilation: Indians give up their culture Become part of White Society Dawes Act (1887): Reservations are broken up Land give to individual Natives Rest of land sold to settlers By the 1930’s, Natives lose 2/3 of their land
Wounded Knee December 28th, 1890: 7th Cavalry rounds up 350 Sioux Take them to a camp at Wounded Knee 7th Cavalry massacres unarmed Natives
Wounded Knee/Sitting Bull