1. the
plains
indians

2. Treaty of Ft. Laramie (1851) Indian peace for money from U. S
Treaty of Ft. Laramie (1851) Indian peace for money from U.S. government
Colorado Gold Rush (1859)

3. Bison: Key to Plains Indians

4. Plains Indians and Whites
Introduced by whites that changed Plains Indians way of life
A) Horses
B) Guns
Over time, Plains Indians would lose out to the whites because of
A) disease: measles and smallpox
B) technological superiority of whites
C) population
D) power

5. Solving the Plains Indian “issue”
1. destroy their way of life by killing the Bison
2. make peace treaties and force them on to reservations
3. Was there another option? Could nomadic, warrior groups be allowed to stay as independent entities on the Plains??

6. Colonel John Chivington
One of the great atrocities in American History Sandy Creek, CO Massacre of 250 Indians unprovoked attack against the Cheyenne November 29, 1864

7. 80 soldiers massacred December 21, 1866
Capt. William J. Fetterman
80 soldiers massacred December 21, 1866
Indian attack that tried to prevent white development of Montana gold fields

8. 2nd Treaty of Ft. Laramie (1868) Treaty of Medicine Lodge Creek (1867)
Reservation Policy

9. Gold Found in the Black Hills of the Dakota Territory! 1874
Established as an Indian reservation in 1868
White prospectors moved into the area searching for gold

10. Gen. George Armstrong Custer
The Battle of Little Big Horn 1876
Gen. George Armstrong Custer
Chief Sitting Bull

11. Custer’s Last Stand

12. Nez Percé tribal retreat (1877)
Chief Joseph I will fight no more forever!
Nez Percé tribal retreat (1877)

13. Geronimo, Apache Chief: Hopeless Cause

14. Helen Hunt Jackson
A Century of Dishonor (1881); description of the disgraceful way in which whites had treated the Indians

15. Dawes Severalty Act (1887): Assimilation Policy
Carlisle Indian School, PA
Tried to turn Indians into homestead farmers

16. Arapahoe “Ghost Dance”, 1890: they would be immune to soldiers’ bullets

17. Chief Big Foot’s Lifeless Body Wounded Knee, SD, 1890
“official” end of the Indian wars

18. Indian Reservations Today

19. Crazy Horse Monument: Black Hills, SD
Lakota Chief

20. His vision of the finished memorial.
Korczak Ziolkowski, Sculptor Crazy Horse Monument
His vision of the finished memorial.

21. Mt. Rushmore: Black Hills, SD

22. the myth
& legend
of the west

23. 20th century 1924: Indians receive full citizenship
1934: Indians receive limited-self government to reservations

24. Foxwoods Casino

25. The Traditional View of the West

26. William “Buffalo Bill” Cody’s Wild West Show

27. “Buffalo Bill” Cody & Sitting Bull

28. Legendary Female Western Characters
Calamity Jane
Annie Oakley

29. The Fall of the Cowboy Frederick Remington

30. what were the
long-term effects
of the westward
experience?

31. The near extinction of the buffalo.
Destruction of the Buffalo Herds
The near extinction of the buffalo.

32. Yellowstone National Park First national park established in 1872.

33. National Parks

34. With President Theodore Roosevelt
Conservation Movement
John Muir
With President Theodore Roosevelt