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The Struggles of Native Americans in the Age of Railroads and Governance

Chapter 18, Section 3 explores the struggles faced by Native Americans during the railroad expansion era. Key figures like William Cody (Buffalo Bill) and Geronimo highlight the conflict between Native Americans and U.S. government policies. Buffalo Bill famously killed over 4,000 buffalo in a bid to prevent them from blocking trains. The chapter discusses the impact of the Battle of Little Bighorn, the Ghost Dance, and the Dawes Act aimed at dismantling Native cultural traditions. It reveals a history marked by loss, resistance, and the push for Indigenous rights.

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The Struggles of Native Americans in the Age of Railroads and Governance

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  1. Native American Struggles Chapter 18 Section 3

  2. Indian Life #20

  3. Railroad slaughtered for food Kept from blocking trains

  4. William Cody Buffalo Bill 1 Buffalo Bill with Sitting Bull He killed over 4,000 buffalo in 18 months. Hired by the railroad to prevent the buffalo from blocking trains & for food. In 1872 killed them for their hides.

  5. 2 Geronimo • In 1886, the last Native American to formally surrender to the United States. (Apache Indian)

  6. Battle of Little Bighorn Black Hills of the Dakotas: “No white person shall be permitted to settle upon or occupy.” Sitting Bull Gold was found… would not sell… Little Bighorn River… George Custer & his men lost their lives. 3 Indians later lost and Sitting Bull fled to Canada.

  7. Sitting Bull 4 Leader of the Sioux Indians. Shot and killed during a scuffle over the Ghost Dance.

  8. 310 Indian Reservations in U.S. today

  9. Wounded Knee South Dakota …1890 240 Sioux and 25 soldiers killed after a gun was fired Ghost Dance – ritual dance they thought was a war dance Sitting Bull killed Marked the end of armed conflict b/t whites & Indians 5 #22

  10. Dawes Act The goal was to eliminate 2 weaknesses of Native American life: the lack of private property and the nomadic traditions. The goal was to encourage Indians to become farmers and eventually American citizens. #23

  11. *Break up reservations *Indians become farmers *Children go to white-run boarding schools *Some reservations would be sold to support schooling *reservations divided-poor land - Indians #24

  12. Helen Hunt Jackson “It makes little difference…where one opens the record of the history of the Indians; every page and every year has its dark stain.”

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