1. Subjugation of Indians in the West
APUSH – Spiconardi

2. Buffalo
“Kill every buffalo you can. Every buffalo dead is an Indian gone.”
~ Lt. Col. Richard Irving Dodge. U.S. Army

3. Buffalo
After the introduction of the horse by the Spanish, Native American culture shifted
Changed from farming and hunting on foot to mounted buffalo hunting

4. Buffalo
Buffalo herds often ripped up train track and caused a problem for the railroads
Railroad companies would often feed their workers buffalo meat

5. Buffalo Tanning Tanneries paid hunters $ 1 to $3 for hides
Hides were sent east to be used as belts on industrial machines
Hunters often left carcasses and other potential uses of the buffalo were wasted

6. Buffalo
What are some of the consequences for Indians due to the rapid decline of the buffalo population?

7. Buffalo
A cold wind blew across the prairie when the last buffalo fell, a death-wind for my people.
Sitting Bull

8. Government Policy: Remaking Indian Life
Using the documents and info presented in the mini lesson, create a thesis answering the following question:
What was the goal/purposed of the U.S. government’s policy towards Indians between 1869 and 1900?

9. Document 3
Document 4

10. Indian Response Elk v. Wilkins (1884)
John Elk, an native American born on a reservation, but moved to Omaha, sought to become a U.S. citizen and exercise his right to vote in the election of 1880
Supreme Court ruled that Indians born on reservations are born on land not under U.S. jurisdiction, so 14th and 15th amendments do not apply to Indians

11. Indian Response Ghost Dance
Religious revitalization movement in which Indians believed sacred dances would
Bring a return of the buffalo
Bring a great storm that would drive whites back across the Atlantic
Allow Indians to practice their ancestral customs

12. U.S. Response: Wounded Knee 1890

13. Can the U. S. policy towards Indians be labeled genocide
Can the U.S. policy towards Indians be labeled genocide? Why or why not?
Genocide  the deliberate killing or extermination of people who belong to a particular racial, political, or cultural group