Plains Indians—Assessment concepts Genesis & essence of the conflict between Europeans/Americans and American Indians? Common Themes of Plains Indians. Dominant Native American cultures of Great Plains. What are the Periods of Federal Indian Policy? What are the short-term & long-term implications of major Treaties, Policies, court cases and Acts? What was/is the motivation for these Government actions?
Plains Indians assessment questions— 3. What are the reasons & implications of Poverty on many of Montana’s Reservations. What are some of the indicators, predictors and costs of Poverty for all people? 4. What is the Legal Justification for the Cobell Lawsuit? -Do you interpret this ruling as supportive or not supportive of traditional democratic ideals?
NORTH AMERICAN NATIVE AMERICAN/INDIAN/FIRST PEOPLE CULTURE AREAS
BLACKFEET
CURRENT BLACKFEET RESERVATION--USA
SIOUX—HORSE & BUFFALO CULTURE!
NATIVE PEOPLE AND FIRE HORSE RACING
TRADITIONAL SIOUX TERRITORY—Minnesota and the Dakotas
CURRENT SIOUX RESERVATIONS IN YELLOW
CHEYENNE---WYOMING AND COLORADO
CHEYENNE
COMMANCHE—NORTH TEXAS
COMMANCHE—TRADITIONAL TERRITORY
COMMANCHE BISON HUNTING---GEORGE CATLIN
Common Theme? HORSE BUFFLO/BISON NOMADIC: for a reason Warfare…..
DOGS AND NATIVE PEOPLE—BEAST OF BURDEN, PROTECTION, TRANSPORTATION & FOOD
THE WOLF CAME IN TO SIT BY THE MANS FIRE---GENETIC DIVERSITY!
Its hard to believe, but Snigglet , Bob, Timber and Lucy share almost identical DNA with a Wolf!
MADISON BUFFALO JUMP!
PLAINS INDIANS—HORSE AND BUFFALO CULTURE
THE KEY TO PLAINS INDIAN SURVIVAL
ALCOHOL, GUNS, METAL, HORSE!
AGREEMENT OF 1851/FORT LARAMIE TREATY: POLICY OF CONCENTRATION/DIVIDE AND CONQUER
FORT LARAMIE TREATY--1851
SIOUX MORALITY: RED ROAD OR BLACK ROAD? YOU DECIDE….
AMERICA 1854—THE KANSAS NEBRASKA ACT: *RAIL ROAD *FARMING *INDIANS LOSE 18.5 MILLION ACRES.
1859 COLORADO GOLD RUSH!
GOLD RUSH--
SAND CREEK MASSACRE/CHIVINGTON MASSACRE—1864: GOLD AND THE CIVIL WAR
SAND CREEK---FEAR & FRUSTRATION FUELS THIS MASSACRE
SAND CREEK MASSACRE
MASSACRE PAINTING BY WITNESS, HOWLING WOLF--1864
Detail from The Sand Creek massacre, painted on elk hide by Northern Arapaho artist Eugene Ridgely
“THE BLOODY BOZEMAN”
“THE BLOODY BOZEMAN”—PIONEER FEMALE WESTERN WRITER & MISSOULA RESIDENT, DORTHY M. JOHNSON
SIOUX--CRAZY HORSE ??? Legend says he was Never photographed—photo on left may be C.H. “he was a gentle warrior, a true brave, who stood for the highest ideal of the Sioux. Notwithstanding all that biased historians have said of him, it is only fair to judge a man by the estimate of his own people rather than that of his enemies. Pencil drawing of CH
“You are fools to make yourself slaves to a piece of fat bacon, some hard-tack and a little sugar and coffee *Sitting Bull “…to Christianize and civilize the Indian and to train him in the arts and peace” *President U.S. Grant