BELL WORK 9/28/2012

On a blank sheet of paper name the four groups of people who moved west and briefly explain why they decided to go (pull/push factors)

NATIVE AMERICAN WARS1860-1890Goal 4

SAND CREEK MASSACRE Fall of 1864 a band of Colorado militia came

upon an unarmed camp of Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians, who were under US Army protection. The troops opened fire killing men, women, and children.

SAND CREEK MASSACRE

U.S. Army killed Native Americans

Most of the dead were women and children.

Force Native American’s onto reservations.

BATTLE OF LITTLE BIG HORN/CUSTER’S LAST STAND June 1876 The last and

greatest Native American victory over US forces in the West.

General Custer and all his men recklessly rushed into battle and were slaughtered by Sioux Indians under the leadership of Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse.

SITTING BULL

Sioux Indian chief who fought to defend the Sioux way of life from white settlers.

NEZ PERCÉ WAR

1877Nez Percé Tribe led

by Chief Joseph that tried to escape to Canada, only to be caught 30 miles from the border and forced to relocate to reservations in Oklahoma.

BATTLE OF WOUNDED KNEE 1890 Last notable conflict

between the US army and Native Americans.

The battle was sparked by white concerns regarding the “Ghost Dance”.

When soldiers tried to arrest Sitting Bull, a gunfight broke out that killed the Sioux leader and ultimately led to the deaths of more that 150 Native Americans.

Think of a time when you were forced to do something you didn’t want to do. What was it? How did you react? How did you feel before/during/after?