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May 20, 1217
Battle of Lincoln
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Bureau of Indian Affairs
They were to handle any trouble from or between the Indians and their traders. -
Indian Removal Act
Gave the federal government the right to settle upon negotiations with the Indians to pay to their land for land in the West. -
Billy the Kid
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Homestead Act
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Battle of Apache Pass
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Cheyenne Uprising
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Sand Creek Massacre
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Red Cloud's War
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Fedderman Massacre
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Fort Laramie Treaty
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Completion of Trans-Cont R.R.
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Indian Approprations Act
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Camp Grant, AZ Apache massacre
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Bill Cody's "Wild West Show"
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The Lakota War
This was the result of the Senate trying to negotiate with the Lakota Indians for access, for the miner's, of the Black Hill's with $6 million. The Lokato's wanted nothing to do with it and protected their land since the government wouldn't even with the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty. -
Battle of Little Bighorn
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Desert Land Act
This gave settlers permission to buy public land for $0.25 per acer with the limit of 640 acres. -
Pratt Boarding School
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A Century of Dishonor by Helen Hunt Jackson
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Dawes Act
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Wounded Knee Massacre
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Forest Reserve Act
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Carey Act
This was an unsccessful aproach to getting farmers and citizens to use the desert lands. -
Turner Thesis
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Capture of Nez Perce
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Capture of Geronimo
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Little Crow's War
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"Dead Man's Hand"
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End of Buffalo Population
