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Bureau of Indian Affairs~ boarding schools
The Bureau of Indian Affairs is an agency of the federal government of the United States. Responsible for the administration and management of 55,700,000 acres of land held in trust by the United States for American Indians, Indian Tribes and Alaska Natives. They founded additional boarding schools that were usually harsh and deadly, especially for younger children. -
Homestead Act 1862
A law that any adult citizen, intended citizen, or anyone who has never borne arms against the US Government could claim 160 acres of surveyed Government land. -
Morrill-Land Grant Act 1862
U.S. statues that allowed for the creation of land-grant colleges in U.S. states using the proceeds of federal land sales. -
Pacific Railroad Act of 1862
A series of acts of Congress that promoted the construction of a "transcontinental railroad" in the U.S. by authorizing the issuance of government bonds and grants to the railroad companies. -
Sand Creek Massacre
A massacre of Cheyenne and Arapaho people by the U.S. Army in the American Indian Wars. -
Exodusters
A name given to the African Americans who migrated from the states along the Mississippi River to Kansas, as part of the Exodusters movement. It was considered the very first migration of colored people following the Civil War. -
Medicine Lodge Treaty, Chief Satanta , 1868
An overall name for three treaties signed near Medicine Lodge, Kansas. It was between the U.S. Federal government and Southern plains indians and was intended on bringing peace to the area by relocating the Native Americans. -
Crazy Horse and the Red Cloud, Fort Laramie Treaty in 1868
A conference was held at Fort Laramie, Wyoming to result in a treaty with the Sioux. The treaty was meant to bring peace between the whites and the Sioux. -
Great Sioux War 1876-1881
A series of battles and negotiations between the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and the United States. The cause of the battle was from the U.S. government trying to obtain ownership of the black hills. -
Little Big Horn, 1876
Known as the "battle of the Greasy Grass" or "Custer's Last Stand". It was an armed engagement between combined forces of the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes. -
Chief Joseph 1877
Leader of the Wallowa Band, and led his people through the Rocky Mountains -
Dawes Severalty Act 1887
Provided land to the -
Massacre at wounded knee 1890
A massacre of several hundred Lakota Indians- that included women and children- by the United States Army.
