Chapter 17 Indians

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"indian country"

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indian reservation or land owned by the federal government held for indians.

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chivington massacre
(sand creek massacre)

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the colorado territorial militia attacked and destroyed the cheyenne and arapacho indians encamped in southerm colorado territory, mostly women and children.

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red cloud

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oglala lakota (sioux) leader lived in northwestern wyoming after treaty of fort laramine he lead his people to the reservation life.

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fetterman masscare

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red clouds war. slaughter of captian fetterman and 79 of his men by sioux. fought in powder river country in wyoming. armys worst defeat.

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buffalo soldiers

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black soldiers

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red river war

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when US army tried to remover comanche, kiowa, southern cheyanne, and arapacho indians from the southerm plains and put them on reservations. took place in texas. military won.

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sitting bull

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sioux was famous for his major victory in the batlle of little big horn. was killed at a reservation when they were trying to stop the support of the ghost dance movement.

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crazy horse

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war leader of oglala lakota sioux. battle of little bighorn. fetterman massacre. was one of first leaders to move to reservation.

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george armstrong custer

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fought in civil war and indian wars. died at battel of little big horn when he didnt wait for other troops and divided his troops. commanded the 7th calvary.

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nez perce tribe

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tribe of NA who live in the pacific northwest. cheif joseph.

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cheif joseph

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nez perce tribe. when general howard tried to make the tribe move to a reservation he resisted and is known as a peacemaker.

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wovoka

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jack wilson. religious leader who founded the ghost dance movement.

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ghost dance

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believed the dances would speed up the arrival of a new era and the end of white men.

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wounded knee massacre

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in result of the ghost dances. attack of the lakota by militia and the pine ridge indian reservation.

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assimulation

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the changeing into another culture becoming something new. white were trying to make indians do this.

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court of indian offenses

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was ment to destroy indian customs and religious practices and to control the navajo people. many traditional NA practices were made crimes.

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dawes severality act

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regarded NA in oklahoma divided up land into individuals and gave leftover land to railroads and whites.

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extermination of buffalo

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to make indians want to move the governmant hired people to kill much of the buffalo population so they would need the governement for food and clothes.

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buffalo bill cody

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buffalo bills wild west. reinterpertaed indian fights for entertainment.

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gold rush of 1849

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gold was found in california and people cam from all over. foutry niners.

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overland trail

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was used when people were coming west in search of gold and wealth.

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homestead act of 1862

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sold land to promote settleing in the west and gave large amounts of the land to states.

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timber culture act of 1873

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adjusted the homestead act to fit the western conditions. said you could clain 160 additional acres if you planted a quarter of it with trees in 4 years.

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timber and stone act of 1878

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applied only to uncultivatable land with a value of only timber or stone. could buy up to 160 aces for 2.50 an acre.

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national reclamation act

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set aside most proceeds from public land sales to finance irrigation projects.

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"hydralic" society

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cities that came because of irrigation systems, canals, and dams that moved water to dry areasand made cities possible.

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romualdo pacheo

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native who served as governor of california then in congress.

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las gorras blancas

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secret organization of spanish americans. attacked people who didnt belong in their lands.

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instant cities

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created in the west with the increasing population due to gold rush and railroads.

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placer mining

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required little skill, money, or technology. used a shovel, washing pan, and needed a good claim, thats all.

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comstock lode

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ore worth $3876 a ton.

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chinese exclusion act

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suspended immigration of chinese laborers fro 10 years.

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foreign miners tax

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charged foreign miners a $20 monthly liscensing fee.

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vaqueros

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mexican cowboys. they developed branding, roundups and roping.

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wyoming stock growers asscoiation

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group created of and for ranchers so they would follow the rules of the land.

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exodusters

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blacks who moved west claiming there new freedom.

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dry farming

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type of farming that compensated for lack of rain by slowing evaporation.

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national grange

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group of farmers who provided social, cutural, and educational activities. banned envolvement in polotics.

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bonanza farms

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large scale farms withnew efficient farming technology and were owned by companies and ran like factories.

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turner thesis

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discounted the then-dominant "germ theory" of American history, which argued that American political and social character evolved directly from European antecedents. Turner instead contended that Europeans had been transformed by the settlement of North America, a process that produced a distinct American mentality and culture far different from European precedents. Turner outlined progressive stages of settlement, dominated by the taming of the frontier from exploration through urban development, all the while maintaining that the experience of westward movement across the American continent was responsible for creating the independence and resourcefulness that comprised the heart of American character.

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7th calvary

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fought and lost at the battle of little bighorn. was commanded by custer.

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"crowd nobody"

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i dont know hahaha

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great plains

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where 2 thirds of the NA lived. sioux, blackfoot, cheyenne, crow, arapaho, pawnee,kiowa, and comanche. the plain idians were nomadic and warlike and depended on horse and buffalo.