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Fort Laramie Treaties
A treaty was signed between the Cheyenne, Sioux, Arapaho, Navajo Crow, Shoshone, Assiniboine, Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara and other Plains tribes to agree on the extent of their territories and to allow passage across these territories in exchange for payments to the tribes. -
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Sioux Wars
The Lakota resisted against the settlers and prospectors in order to keep their hunting lands, so the Americas killed many Lakota. -
Treaty of 1868
The Treaty of 1868 was a Trearty between the Lakota and the Americans to create a reservation for the Lakota. -
Dakota are Tried
Over a course of six weeks, over 393 Dakota are tried for "murder and other outrages." -
Continental Railroad finished
This caused conflict between the Lakota and the Americans because the trains were in Lakota territory, and men were shooting bull from the trains that were used for food, shelter, clothing, and held religious importance to the Lakota. -
Red Cloud Speaks
Red Cloud speaks to New Yorkers on how the Americans have mistreated the Lakota. He demands respect and help from the government. -
Battle of Little Bighorn
General Custer attacked an Indian settlement. Sitting Bull, Gall, Crazy Horse, and many Cheyenne leaders defeated Custer and the 7th Calvary and Custer lost all 200 men in the battle. -
Jack Wilson has a vision
He claimed that if the five-day dance was performed in the proper intervals, the performers would secure their happiness and hasten the reunion of the living and deceased. Wilson said that God gave him powers over the weather and that he would be the deputy in charge of affairs in the western United States, leaving current President Harrison as God's deputy in the East. -
Battle of Wounded Knee
Marks the end of the Siox Wars against the Americans. Over 250 members of the Big Foot band are killed.
