HISTORY 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Sand Creek Massacre, Great Sioux Reservation, Dawes Act
28 Sep 2016
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Homestead act (1862) granted 160 acres of land for to people to settle the west if they would live on that land for 5 years. Bozeman trail trail route that led the sioux tribe to their reservation. Sand creek massacre (1864) colorado militants were ordered to kill all the native americans on the sand creek massacre, did nothing to soften congress" idea to resettle the na. Treaty of ft laramie (1868) concluded red could"s war, created the great sioux reservation and ended the construction of the bozeman trail, victory for na was short lived however. Wounded knee massacre (1890) many tribes turned to leader wovoka who had a vision that if tribes would unite to perform dance-the tribes would be united, bison would come back, and white people would disappear. Troops sent to stop this ghost dance and opened fire on the na, ended na resistance in the west.
