1. THE PLIGHT OF NATIVE AMERICANS 1850-1900

2. Trails West as of 1850

3. The development of the Railroad West is a major factor
Land ownership
Buffalo

4. EVENTS Fort Laramie (1851) Agreement not to attack the Oregon Trail
Accepted boundaries and $$$$

5. EVENTS Sand Creek Massacre (1864) Cheyenne and Arapaho
Settlers going to Pikes Peak
200 Native Americans dead

6. EVENTS
Treaties
Reservations

7. RESERVATION MAP

8. EVENTS Little Big Horn (1875) Sioux Gold prospectors
Custer vs. Crazy Horse

9. EVENTS
Chief Joseph (1870)
Leader of the Nez Perce (Idaho, Washington and Oregon)
“I am tired of fighting…”

10. AMERICANIZATION A Century of Dishonor-
Dawes Act—160 acres and American citizenship
Burke Act—1909 immediate citizenship if left tribe