1. The West
The West
The West

2. Growing Conflict
Years following the Civil War there is increasing conflict between Native Americans, settlers and the U.S. Government

3. Time line of Indian Wars
1862 – Dakota Sioux Uprising over failures to pay annuities to the Sioux
1864 – Sand Creek Massacre over conflicts between Native Americans and settlers
1876 – Battle of Little Bighorn – Last major victory of the Native Americans over the U.S. Army
1877 – Nez Perce – unsuccessful flight to avoid the reservations. Chief Joseph – “I will fight no more forever.”
1890 – Wounded Knee - Last major Native American Conflict

4. Solutions: Americanization
Movement to Reservations: Force Native Americans to move to the Reservations by killing their main food source of the buffalo Poorly funded loss of tribal culture
Dawes Act – 1887: Divided reservations into allotments (sections) and encouraged Native Americans to become land owners and encouraged assimilation (to absorb a group into another culture)

5. Buffalo Pictures

6. Indian Schools
Native American children were encouraged to separate from their families and attend school to learn the “white man’s ways” These schools often left the children conflicted about which culture they would belonged
The most famous of these schools were the Carlisle School in Pennsylvania