1. Native American Struggles Chapter 18, Section 3 Pgs. 542-547

2. Nomadic • Moving from place to place with no permanent home

3. Reservations • Tracts of land set aside for Native Americans

4. Nomadic Way of Life • In the case of the Plains Indians, it was traveling vast distances following their main source of food – the buffalo.

5. Importance of the Buffalo • The buffalo was used to meet all the essential needs of the Plains Indians. The meat was food, the hide was used for clothing and shelter, the bones were used for tools, weapons, jewelry, etc.

6. Reservation Policy and Its Effects • Many Native Americans accepted the reservation policy at first. • Pockets of resistance remained and some refused to make the move. • Some abandoned reservation life after trying it b/c of the poor conditions.

7. Fetterman Massacre • Crazy Horse, a Sioux military leader, lured troops into a deadly trap. • 80 soldiers were killed in an ambush.

8. Sand Creek • Chief Black Kettle brought several hundred Cheyenne to negotiate a peace deal. • They camped at Sand Creek. • Colonel Chivington led a surprise attack on the Cheyenne killing hundreds.

9. Little Bighorn (Custer’s Last Stand)

10. Black Hills

11. Dawes Act

12. Ghost Dance and Wounded Knee