 In 1851 federal government officials met with Indian nations near Fort Laramie in Wyoming.  The Indian nations signed the Fort Laramie treaty on September 17, 1851.

 Reservation- A limited area which is set aside for Native Americans  Fort Laramie Treaty agreement between United States and Oglala, Miniconjou, and Brul e bands of Lakota people  Wounded Knee- Indians agree to surrender and 300 people died after a shot rang out and began a fight.

 The Plains Indians hunted buffalo in the 1800’s when the buffalo herds started too dwindle.  The herds were important to the Indians because they were needed for food and clothing and as well the Native Americans used every part of the buffalo.

 Chivington Massacre - In 1864 an event in which 150 Native Americans were slaughtered  Sioux War – 1876 prospectors found gold in Black Hills region of Lakota government moved the reservation even further than they promised  Battle of Little Bighorn – 1876 Native American tribes waged war against white for refusal to stay off of tribal lands in the Black Hills.

 Chief Joseph – Leader of Nez Perces who refused to move to reservations  Susette La Flesche – Chief’s daughter who spoke about the destruction of the Native American way of life  Hellen Hunt Jackson – Author of Century of Dishonor

 The Dawes Act – The act encouraged Native Americans to become Farmers. It provided for some Native American lands to be divided up and given to individual families.