1. What does this source suggest about Indian and White attitudes towards land by 1854?

2. Lesson Objectives
To identify the key reasons why the Whites wanted to move to the Plains by 1850
To analyse the key points of the Fort Laramie Treaty in 1851 and how it reflected land policy towards the Indians
To explain the process of Concentration and how the whites moved onto Indian land

3. What was the Permanent Indian Frontier?
In 1832, the US Government granted the Native Americans the Great Plains
This was to belong to them forever
The whites had no interest – referred to it as the Great American Desert
However...this would change for a number of reasons and ultimately led to the struggle for the Plains

4. The West The East The Great Plains P.I.F, 1832
Mountain Men, 1820s and 30s
Oregon
First Farmers,
1830s and 1840s
49ers
1840s
Mormons 1840s
California
Homesteaders, 1850s,
Cattlemen 1860s
1851 – First Fort Laramie Treaty
1868 – Second Fort Laramie Treaty

5. What implications will the Fort Laramie Treaties have on the Native American way of life?

6. What was the cycle of conflict?

7. Would the Fort Laramie treaty lead to a lasting peace? Why?
What were the most important and least important reasons why there was conflict between the whites and the Native Americans?
Would the Fort Laramie treaty lead to a lasting peace? Why?