ANTH 1006 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Powder River Country, George Armstrong Custer, Fetterman Fight
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15-20 buffalo annually to support a family. Oregon trail and transcontinental railroad (completed 1869) Buffalo nears extinction bc of commercial hunting. Bovine disease brought on by domestic cattle. Fetterman massacre (red cloud was never defeated) Gold discovered on sioux reservation in 1874. Led to lakota protest to federal gov. Panic of 1873, president grant decided gold would help america pay debt off. Albert"s father, afraid of hawk rode with crazy horse. Us sustained successful campaign against lakota who rejected reservation life. 1st generation reservation indian (born in 1879) Black elk joins wild west show in 1886. Hoped to learn secrets of wasichus (the white man) 1887 traveled to england, performed before queen victoria. Those who did not perform dance would perish. Sitting bull was killed in 1890 because the white men feared he would use his powers. 200-300 lakota were killed, mostly women and children. Children of afraid of hawk take their father"s surname and an anglo first name.
