1. LEQ: How did the actions of Americans influence the lives of Native Americans?

2. Bell Ringer: Analyze one reason as to why reconstruction in the South failed.

3. Conflict- Overview Government policies support settlement of west
Destruction of Native American culture and land
Government forced Natives to reservations

4. Conflict
Native Americans believed land couldn’t be owned

5. Indian Wars Decades of violence
Resulted in the Native Americans being forced to live on reservations

6. Indian Wars Sand Creek Massacre
Colonel Chivington attacks Cheyenne natives
Results: Congress condemned soldiers’ actions and Cheyenne and Sioux raid white settlers
Chivington was not punished

7. Indian Wars Battle of Little Big Horn Sioux Leader: Sitting Bull
American Leader: General Custer
Result: Victory for the Sioux

8. Indian Wars The Wounded Knee Massacre Rifle of Sioux man goes off
Sioux and Americans battle
Result: 300 Sioux men, women and children are killed.

10. Resistance in the Northwest
America takes back 90% of Nez Perce reservation land because settlers and gold miners wanted the land.
Chief Joseph reluctantly agreed.

11. Resistance in the Southwest
Geronimo, Apache leader, who fled from reservation in AZ
Raided Americans & Mexicans
His capture represented the end of resistance in SW

12. Life on the Reservations
Difficult to maintain traditions
Children were sent to English-only schools

13. Life on the Reservations
Purpose of Reservations:
Extend control over western territories
To force Native Americans to live like white Americans

14. Life on the Reservations
Americanization- removal of tribal identity in exchange for American ideals
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) federal agency that regulated reservations

15. Americanization

16. Life on the Reservation
Dawes Act
Broke up reservations and forced Native Americans to individually own property