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30 Cards in this Set
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Bureau of Indian Affairs
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The government agency responsible for managing American Indian issues
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John M. Chivington
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U.s Army colonel
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Sand Creek Massacre
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A battle that happen in sand creek
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Sitting Bull
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Lakota Sioux
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George Armstrong Custer
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Lieutenant colonel lead 600 members of the us army.
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battle of the little bighorn
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Last Victory for the Sioux. Took place at little bighorn
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Wovoka
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Religous movement known as the ghost dance
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Massacre at wounded knee
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This incident marked the end of the bloody conflict between soldiers.
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Chief Joseph
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Leader of Lez Perce
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Geronimo
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apache leader
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Sarah Winnemucca
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Thoc-me-tony, A paiute reformer
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Dawes General Allotment act.
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required that indian land be surevyed and that maerican indian families recceive an allotment of.
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Homestead Act
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permitted any ctizen or intended citizen to select any surceyed land.
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Us. Department of agiculture
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created in 1862 helped farmer adapted to there enviorment
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willa Cather
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Born in virginia in 1873 was one writer.
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Texas longhorn
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mix breed between a spanish cow and a english cow
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Long drives
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over land and trick
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railhead
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a town loacated along a railroad
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Open range
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Cattle Ranchers use public land know as <
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Joseph Glidden
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1874 illinois farmer
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barbed wire
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a cheap fencing material
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Patio Process
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used mercury to extract silver from ore.
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Willian H. Seward
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U.s Secretary of state
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Hydraulic Mining,
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Shot at high presure riped away gravel.
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Hard-rock mining.
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involved sinking deep shafts to obtain ore locked in veins of rocks.
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Comestock lode
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one of the worlds richest silver veins-500 million worth the percious metals
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Patio process
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used mercury to extract silver from one
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Willian h. Seward
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negotiated the purchase of alaska in 1867
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Hydraulic mining
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water shot in high pressure ripped away gravel and dirt to expose the minerals beneth
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hard rock mining
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involved sinking deep shafts to obtain ore locked in veins.
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