Changes in the West: The Indian Wars Recap Worksheet

provided basic needs of Indians
lured thousands of men west
lead most Plains tribes to adopt a nomadic lifestyle
Hunting, farming villages
nomadic hunting, gathering
one huge reservation
attack on a peaceful village of Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians in the Colorado Territory; an estimated 100 Indians were killed
1868, agreement between the U.S. and the various tribes of the Wyoming Territory
six years of raiding of US settlers and outposts by varying Indian tribes
General Custer's defeat by the Sioux
Hunkpapa Lakota leader
process by which a person's or group's culture come to resemble those of another group
authorized the President of the United States to survey American Indian tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Indians.
ritual to regain lost lands
US Cavalry kill 300 unarmed Indians on the Dakota reservation
location that serves as a market center or shipping point for cattle
opened up settlement in the western United States,
used to separate pastures on ranches
herding of animals that lasted about three months
a campaign for state control of railroads and grain elevators, especially in the north central states