1. The Movement West and Its Impact on American Indians
SOL 4a

2. SOL 4a--Go West! Why? Reason 1…
Opportunities for Land ownership...homestead act of 1862 (160 acres)

3. SOL 4a--Go West! Why? Reason 2…
technology (Train) makes it safer and quicker to get West

4. SOL 4a--Go West! Why? Reason 3…
Opportunity for wealth (gold and silver is discovered)

5. SOL 4a--Go West! Why?
Reason 4…
they wanted an adventure

6. SOL 4a--Go West! Why? Reason 5…
Desire for a new beginning for former enslaved African Americans

7. SOL 4a--Impact on Indians
Opposition by American Indians to westward expansion (Battle of Little Bighorn, Sitting Bull, Geronimo)--TAKE NOTES ON VIDEO CLIPS
Little Big Horn
“Custer’s Last Stand”...he and all of his men were killed
USA--led by Custer and Reno (250 soldiers)
American Indians--Led by Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse
Fought near the banks of Little Bighorn River
Gold was found in the Black Hills...Prospectors began to trespass onto Indian land...so Custer and his men sent in
Custer thought he was up against a few hundred warriors and attacked from the North while Reno attacked from the South
Reno retreated and survived
Custer and all of his men were killed

8. SOL 4a--Impact on Indians
Forced relocation from traditional lands to reservations (Chief Joseph, Nez Percé)
II. Chief Joseph
leader of the Nez Perce (Oregon)
Because of a treaty in 1855 peace between the Nez Perce and U.S. lasted for many years
Gold was discovered on the Nez Perce land in US gov’t tried to move them to another reservation in Idaho
He knew his 200 warriors was no match for US army...tried to escape to Canada to join up with Sitting Bull
Walked 1400 miles fighting fourteen battles, but eventually ran out of food, blankets, and warriors...He was less than 10 miles from the Canadian border when he was forced to surrender (1877)
Was force to live on a reservation in Oklahoma and later in Idaho
Spent rest of his life fighting peacefully for the fights of his people...even met with President Hayes and President Roosevelt
“All men were made by the Great Spirit Chief. They are all brothers.”

9. SOL 4a--Impact on Indians
Reduced population through warfare and disease (Battle of Wounded Knee)
III. Battle of Wounded Knee
Last major confict between US Army and American Indians
1890 near Wounded Knee Creek South Dakota
AE performing the famous Ghost Dance hoping to return to their old ways
Tried to arrest Sitting Bull...but ended up killing him
Colonel Forsyth had 500 soldiers...lined up Chief Spotted Elk’s people to take away their guns...nobody is sure what happened (legend of deaf warrior Black Coyote)...US Army fired upon entire village killing more than 200, many were women and children

10. Geronimo http://www.biography.com/people/geronimo-9309607#synopsis
IV. Geronimo
Apache Chief
Born in Arizona on property that was claimed by the Mexican Government
Great Hunter
His wife, children, and mother were killed by the Mexican Government
He wanted revenge and led many raids into Mexico
Later the US acquired land, so he began to raid American Settlements
Captured in 1886 and spent the rest of his life as a prisoner of war...was paraded around like a puppet in the 1904 World’s Fair

11. SOL 4a--Impact on Indians
Assimilation attempts and lifestyle changes (e.g., reduction of buffalo population)

12. SOL 4a--Impact on Indians
Reduced their homelands through treaties that were broken

13. Today’s American Indian