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21 Cards in this Set
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Euro-Americans
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-Americans with European influence or ancestry
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Transcontinental
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-all the way across the continent
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Treaties
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-agreements between governments
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Sovereign
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-independent and self-governing
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Reservations
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-land that tribes reserved for their own use through treaties
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Annuities-
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annual payments in the form of food, equipment, supplies, and funds the U.S. government owed a tribe by treaty
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Assimilation-
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when one culture is absorbed into the majority culture).
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cede
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-give up
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Ratify-
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formally approve
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Manifest Destiny-
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the idea that the United States had a moral duty to expand its culture across the continent
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Assimilate-
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be absorbed
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Mainstream- |
majority
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Emigrants -Indigenous-native
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-people moving from their home country to settle in a new place
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Counting Coup-
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earning respect by touching an enemy or taking his horse, usually without killing him
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Civil Rights
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fundamental rights
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Indigenous |
-native
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Chief Charlot- |
-Salish leader- fought to keep the Bitterroot Valley for his people
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Chief Joseph-
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Nez Perce leader-accompanied people (escape) on their fight from Organ to MT
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Chief Plenty Coups
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-Crow leader-believed that helping the US would ensure his tribe’s survival
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Chief Red Cloud- |
-Lakota Leader-fought to prevent the illegal use of the Bozeman Trail by settlers
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Chief Dull Knife
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Northern Cheyenne leader-led his people in an escape from Oklahoma
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