2. Vocabulary List 2
Find and define the following terms in your book (pgs 4-5; 83-87):
Nomads
Annuity
Fetterman’s Massacre ( p 84)
Indian Peace Commission (84)
Ghost Dance (p 86)
Assimilate
Allotment
Indian Reorganization Act (p 87)

3. 1862-1890 Conflict with Native Americans
Settling in the West
Conflict with Native Americans

4. I. Background A) Native American Culture
Hundreds of diverse tribal nations across the US for centuries
Had own form of democracy / social class

5. I. Background (Cont…) B) Warfare before Civil War
French & Indian War 1761
USA Settlers used smallpox blankets
8 million Indians lived in America before Columbus came.
50% killed by smallpox.

6. I. Background (Cont…) B) Causes of Conflict (Cont..)
1830 Trail of Tears - 5,000 died. Andrew Jackson’s Indian Removal Act

7. I. Background
Video on Trail of Tears

8. I. Background (Cont…) B) Differing views on: Land Ownership
No private property
All share land
Government
Tribal Leaders did not represent all indians
Settlers broke treaties with indians often

9. I. Background
Indian Cessions throughout the Years:

10. II. Pressure to Assimilate
A) US moves into Great Plains::
Young men want new life
***Homestead Act - easy land
Railroads - cheaper trvel
Miners want Gold
B) 150,000+ Indians forcibly moved into reservations
C) Assimilation - a minority group’s adoption of the way of life of a dominating culture.

11. III. Notable Conflicts A) Fetterman’s Massacre
Indians killed 80 soldiers on their way to gold mines in Montana
B) Battle of Little Bighorn (General Custer’s Last Stand)
Custer ignored orders
Sioux Indians slaughter 200 US soldiers
Public outcry after led to more troops going west
C) Battle of Wounded Knee
Ghost Dance - ritual celebrating day when whites go away and buffalo return
Army goes after dancers because federal authority banned ceremony.
300 indian men/women/children killed

12. IV. Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo
Buffalo Domestication the way of life for INdians
USA knew this, so they kill 30 million Buffalo
Army encouraged it. Buffalo hides were sold in the East.
Video on Buffalo use

13. V. Reservations A) Reservations set up worstland
Crowded, unsanitary, no economic opportunity
Regulated by the corrupt Bureau of Indian Affairs
B) By 1890, all Native Americans defeated and in reservations

14. VI. Dawes Act of 1887 A) 1871 - Native Americans no longer own nation
B) Dawes Act - Government attempt to assimilate
Citizen if 25 years on land
Allotted:
160 Acres for families
80 for single adults
40 for each child
BUT Indians do not farm. Sold land to speculators.
THUS Indians lost 86 MILLION of their 130 million acres of land
C) Could not sustain way of life without Buffalo.
dependent on Buffalo for food, clothing, fuel and shelter.

15. Homework
WIkipedia the following 5 terms. Write a brief summary for each term in your notebook. Quality > Quantity.
1) The Grangehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_National_Grange_of_the_Order_of_Patrons_of_Husbandry
2) People’s Partyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People's_Party_(United_States)
3) Coinage Act of 1973
4) Cross of Gold Speechhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_of_Gold_speech
5) Gold Reservehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_reserve

16. Homework
WIkipedia the following 5 terms. Write a brief summary for each term.
Quality > Quantity.
1) The Grangehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_National_Grange_of_the_Order_of_Patrons_of_Husbandry
2) People’s Partyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People's_Party_(United_States)
3) Coinage Act of 1973
4) Cross of Gold Speechhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_of_Gold_speech
5) Gold Reservehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_reserve