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Life changed after the Civil War. Native Americans. Interaction and Conflict. All information taken from the curriculum guide; images from a variety of Google images and audio/video taken from Unitedstreaming.com. The slaughter of the Buffalo. Moved to Reservations. clarke.public.lib.ga.us.
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Native Americans Interaction and Conflict All information taken from the curriculum guide; images from a variety of Google images and audio/video taken from Unitedstreaming.com
Moved to Reservations clarke.public.lib.ga.us
Interaction • opposition by American Indians to westward expansion (Battle of Little Bighorn, Sitting Bull, Geronimo) • forced relocation from traditional lands to reservations (Chief Joseph, Nez Percé) • reduced population through warfare and disease (Battle of Wounded Knee) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC42z0cCf_U&list=PL88639D52BD5FA0C7 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQDkefN5-bk
Conflict: Battle of Little Bighorn • General George A. Custer • Acting on his own initiative, he launched a three pronged attack against the largest groups of Native American warriors ever assembled on the Great Plains • The Native American forces turned on Custer and killed all of them. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sn5SXMKS1xU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OktYwRRwTio
Sitting Bull • Led his people to victory at the Battle of Little Bighorn • After the victory, he took his people to Canada to avoid the reservation system • In 1881; his people were facing starvation he led them to Montana and gave up his rifle hoping to show that he became a friend of the Americans.
Geronimo • Outnumbered by American and Mexican forces • Refused to acknowledge the American occupation of the American west. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eum4xW4c4X8
Chief Joseph • US government had taken 6 million acres back from the Nez Perce after the gold rush in 1864 restricting the tribe to a reservation in Idaho, Chief Joseph inherited this trouble. • Surrenders to the US government and moves his tribe to the Oklahoma reservation where many died of disease • 1879, he spoke with President Hayes and his people were moved back to the Northwest but not to Idaho but another reservation in Washington READ THE ARTICLE ON CHIEF JOSEPH