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11 Cards in this Set
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Bureau of indian affairs
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was the government agency responsible for managing american indian issues
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George Armstrong Custer
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600 members of the U.S army
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John M. Chivington
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raised a U.S flag above his lodge as a sing of peace
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sand creek massacre
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Suddenly the troops opened fire on this mass of men, women, and children, and all began to scatter and run
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sitting bull
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emerged as an important leader of sioux resistance.
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George Armstrong Custer
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A lieutenant, about 600 members of the U S army 7th cavalry reached the American Indian camp
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Wovoka
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A paiute Wovoka began a religious movement known as the Ghost Dance.
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Massacre at Wounded Knee
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The incident marked the end of the bloody conflict between solders and American Indians on the Great Plains
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Chief Joseph
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When the government ordered the Nez Perce killed four white settlers
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Geronimo
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Fled a reservation with about 75 followers
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Sarah Winnemucca
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Called attention to the problems of American Indians
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