Treatment of Native Americans
“Kill the Indian Save the Man”
Settlement on Indian Land
Homestead Act Passed on May 20, 1862, the Homestead Act accelerated the settlement of the western territory by granting adult heads of families 160 acres of surveyed public land for a minimal filing fee and 5 years of continuous residence on that land.
Oklahoma Land Rush
Little Bighorn Video
Ghost Dance
Dawes Act A federal law intended to turn Native Americans into farmers and landowners by providing cooperating families with 160 acres of reservation land for farming or 320 acres for grazing.Native Americans
Indian Assimilation
Carlisle School
Meeting at White House
Carlisle School
Native Americans Assimilation to Christianity