1. Bell Ringer
Use Note Sheet 28 “Mining and Ranching” and also the daily warm-up Questions

2. Native American Conflict; Note Sheet page 27
Plains Indians
Native American Conflict; Note Sheet page 27
Daily Objective:
Describe how Indian life on the Great Plains was transformed between

3. Plains Indians Lifestyle
1. Nomadic (roam, follow herds)
2. importance of the horse and buffalo
3. communal living (shared) common use of the tribe’s land
Tribes: Sioux, Lakota, Cheyenne, Apache, Nez Perce

4. American Interests Mineral Wealth (gold/silver)
-transcontinental railroad building
(Massacre of the buffalo herds)
- Wheat farming potential (Homestead Act)

5. -Indians forced onto reservations: could not leave to hunt buffalo
Indian Restrictions
-Indians forced onto reservations: could not leave to hunt buffalo
-gov’t payment and supplies were not delivered as promised- starvation was common
-Indian Uprisings
-Dakota Uprising, 1862
Demanding timely food/ or hunt

6. -Massacre at Sand Creek, 1864
Early Conflicts
-Massacre at Sand Creek, 1864
over 200 women and children killed by troops
-Fetterman’s Massacre, 1866

7. -Gold found in the Black Hills
Indian Wars
-Gold found in the Black Hills
-Army sends George Armstrong Custer to protect Am. interests
-Little Bighorn, 1876
Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull lead warriors to defeat Custer and all his men in less than 20 minutes

8. -Led by Chief Joseph, they refused to go to reservation
Indian Wars con’t
-Nez Perce Indians, 1877
(Oregon/Washington)
-Led by Chief Joseph, they refused to go to reservation
-chased by the Army for over 1000 miles until captured
-”I will fight no more forever”

9. Assimilation
-”Century of Dishonor” by
Helen Hunt Jackson
Book that told of all the broken promises by the govt to Native Americans
-Dawes Act passed, 1887: broke up reservations into individual plots; forcing them to farm (ended tribal communal ownership of land)
160 acres to each family
(Ex. Of gov. policy of assimilation)
ASSIMILATE: Native American’s must give up their cultural beliefs and way of life and become part of white culture; become AMERICAN

10. End of the Indian Lifestyle
1. Assimilation (list examples)
2. destruction of the buffalo: Railroad companies hired hunting parties to kill buffalo
William Cody “Buffalo Bill” killed 4,800 bison in 8 months
Killed the main source of food, clothing and shelter of Plains Indians

11. -Ghost Dance Movement: trying to bring back their way of life
End of the Indian Wars
-Ghost Dance Movement: trying to bring back their way of life
Dance was outlawed
-Wounded Knee, 1890
massacre of several hundred unarmed Sioux
significant because:
-Indian Wars and Plains Indians era comes to an end; Indians will fight no longer; go to reservations

12. The Sand Creek Massacre and Battle of Little Big Horn
The Little Big Horn
1876
Sand Creek
1864
Wounded Knee
1890
The battles of Sand Creek, The Little Big Horn and the final battle at Wounded knee
ultimately resulted in the submission of the most fierce Indian tribes of the west.

13. Class Activities
Continue Watching Bury My Heart and Wounded Knee Movie
Update Ch. 26 Vocabulary
Homework due Wednesday= read Ch. 26 pg and outline EACH section heading with at least SIX facts

14. Native American Conflict; Note Sheet page 27
Plains Indians Day 2
Native American Conflict; Note Sheet page 27
Daily Objective:
Describe how Indian life on the Great Plains was transformed between

15. Bell Ringer
Use Note Sheet 27 “Plains Indians” and also the daily warm-up Questions

16. Impact of Western Expansion DBQ
Working in Partners:
Analyze each document and fill in the chart relating to the following prompt:
To what extent did western expansion affect the lives of Native Americans during the period and evaluate the role of the federal government in those effects.

17. Homework Finish outlining Ch. 26 pg. 612-624
Update Ch. 26 Vocabulary (brief matching quiz THURSDAY)