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Native Americans and Civil Rights
1865-1887
aims of native Americans
live according to tribal customs
sel-determination
nomadic lifestyle
buffalo
sacred to them, used in every part of NA life
numbers greatly reduced due to white settlers and railway companies
settlement destroyed Plains Indians way of life
westward expansion
Mainfest Destiny - God's will to colonise and settle America
1830 Indian Removal Act gave Andrew Jackson power to remove NA onto reservations
NA unwilling, US gov aggressive with policy
Government Treaties
Fort Laramie 1868
established Great Sioux Reserve that comprised the Great Sioux Nation
overruled in 1871 Congress decided to relocate tribes and change reservation boundaries without consultation
1867 Medicine Lodge Treaty
loosing land, massive effect on lifestyle, ability to hunt buffalo
promises of food not always kept, worsened by Civil War = Plains Wars
Civil War
Sioux and Cheyenne hostile to white settlers and army presence
forts established on the Plains to protect white settlers
essential government aid promised in treaties 1861-65 but government had other prioritises
Sand Creek Massacre 1864
Wounded Knee Massacre 1890
Government Policy
Homestead Act 1862
gave farmers 160 acre plot free on the condition they farmed on it for 5 years
Pacific Railroad Act 1865
NA had no control of land and no rights of citizenship. Under total jursidcation of the law under US
some degree of self determination
lead to government policy of assimilation