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Native American Wars

Teacher: Alex Schwartz
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A shield of good luck worn or carried by a Native American. They usually represent the person they are made for.
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Gold was discovered here and miners entered Sioux reservations illegally. This broke their treaty
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A law developed in 1862 by Congress to promote settlement of the Great Plains
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Native American trained to heal the sick
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_______ Railway Act granted land to Union Pacific and Central Railroads
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A reservation is a legal designated piece of ____ where Native Americans were sent to live in order to keep peace
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Custer's "Last Stand" against Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse was at "The Battle of ________ ___ ____"
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Factors such as: the Civil War displaced thousands of farmers, former slaves and other workers, eastern farmland was getting too costly, and outlaws seeking refuge
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President when "The Homestead Act of 1862" was signed into law
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______ Act of 1887 tried to "Americanize" the Native Americans by giving them plots of land to farm and trying to push white schooling and Christianity on them
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_______ Land Grant Act stated that governments would be given millions of acres of western land to sell/raise money
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The process by which a person or groups language and/or culture come to resemble those of another group
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General who led the forces to get Native Americans back into their reservations in 1876
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The Trans Continental Railroad connected the Central Pacific and the _____ Pacific Railroads
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The ________ man was a doctor for the tribe. Some practices are still used today
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Native Americans believed this to be their "God"
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The ______ Appropriations Act of 1871 ended the governments policy of making treaties with Native American tribes
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Another name for indigenous
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Believed by Native Americans to "catch" and sort dreams
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Chief of the Cheyenne tribe who stated "One does not sell the earth upon which the people walk"
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A cleansing smoke bath used to purify the body or personal articles. It removes negative energy and promotes healing
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Chief of the Sioux Indian Tribe
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Factors such as: government incentives, land speculators, land grant acts, and new railways
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Plains Indians followed these animal herds for food and clothing
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Native Americans practiced this dance as a spiritual movement to restore themselves to prominence and destroy the European settlers
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The First Trans Continental Railroad was known as "The _______ of the rails"
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A "get-together" to sing, dance, feast, pray, visit and story tell
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The ideology that the United States was destined to expand from the east coast to the west coast
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Most colonists practice this religion
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A very strong tribe during the Native American Wars
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Bringing people of different races, or ethnic groups into equality, as in a society
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Used by Native Americans - the smoke is like prayers and words that go out and touch everyone
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Tent-like houses used by plains tribes made with a cone-shaped wooden frame and covered with buffalo hide