Warm Up #6 What would you do to save your culture? Explain
the plains indians
Treaty of Ft. Laramie (1851) Colorado Gold Rush (1859)
Sand Creek Massacre “Kill and scalp all, big and little!” – Colonel John Chivington Sandy Creek, CO Massacre November 29, 1864 150 innocent killed and no punishments to the commander.
The Fetterman Massacre 80 soldiers and Captain Fetterman massacred December 21, 1866 By Crazy Horse and Red Cloud
2nd Treaty of Ft. Laramie (1868) Treaty of Medicine Lodge Creek (1867) Reservation Policy
Gold Found in the Black Hills of the Dakota Territory! 1874
Gen. George Armstrong Custer The Battle of Little Big Horn 1876 Gen. George Armstrong Custer Chief Sitting Bull
Nez Percé tribal retreat (1877) Chief Joseph I will fight no more forever! Nez Percé tribal retreat (1877)
Geronimo, Apache Chief: Hopeless Cause
Indian Reservations Today
Chief Big Foot’s Lifeless Body Wounded Knee, SD, 1890 Some 300 Sioux men, women, and children lay dead. This was a turning point for Native American resistance on the Plains
Crazy Horse Monument: Black Hills, SD The Memorial does not accept federal or state funding. The project is financed by admissions and contributions. Crazy Horse Monument: Black Hills, SD Lakota Chief
His vision of the finished memorial. Korczak Ziolkowski, Sculptor Crazy Horse Monument His vision of the finished memorial.
Mt. Rushmore: Black Hills, SD
Carlisle Indian School, PA Dawes Severalty Act (1887): Assimilation Policy Carlisle Indian School, PA
the myth & legend of the west
The Traditional View of the West
William “Buffalo Bill” Cody’s Wild West Show
“Buffalo Bill” Cody & Sitting Bull
The near extinction of the buffalo. Destruction of the Buffalo Herds The near extinction of the buffalo.