Treaties of Fort Laramie

1. Treaties of Fort Laramie Abby Bucco, Sam Talucci, Jake Bodenger

2. Treaty of 1851 • Between: United States treaty commissioners and American Indian Tribes. • Tribes: Cheyenne, Sioux, Arapaho, Navajo Crow, Shoshone, Assiniboine, Mandan, Hidastaand Arikara • Background: Sioux- a large powerful tribe that lived nearMississippi River Cheyenne- lived in North Dakota

3. Treaty of 1868 • Between: The United States and Native American tribes. • Tribes: Comanche, Kiowa, Cheyenne, Arapho and other southern plain tribes. • Background: • Signed by the us and all of the tribes • Medicine Lodge treaty – very similar to the treaty of fort Laramie.

4. Treaty of 1851 -Signed to give land to the tribes -Make peace between the Indians and the white settlers

5. Treaty of 1868 • “ensure the civilization” • Promised land to the Indians • Black Hills

6. Results of 1851 and 1868 1851: The Treaty of 1851 failed because neither side had the power to keep the agreement. 1868: Lakota War begins over the violation of the Fort Laramie Treaty .

7. Bibliogrphy • http://ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=42 • http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/resources/archives/four/ftlaram.htm • http://www.canku-luta.org/PineRidge/laramie_treaty.html