By: Abby Toller, Tobin Niebrugge, Hailey Daniels Indians at War CULTURE The Native American ways of life existed on the Great Plains. Abided by the tribal law and traded and produced beautifully crafted tools and clothing. Family Life Small extended family groups Same language Young Men Trained to become hunters and Warriors Young Women- butchered the game and prepared the hide, and sometimes got to choose their own husband Believed in powerful spirits that controlled the world Shamans- men or woman that had a particular sensitivity to the spirits; medicine men or women. Myths, stories, and games taught children proper behavior and culture. No individual leader Council instead of force Moving Time White and Native American culture was very different. Natives wanted land. Settlers didnt want to give them a stake in the country The Natives hadnt settled their land. They found GOLD in Colorado in Mining Camps Fortune seekers from all over Government Railroads brought more settlers West into the Natives territory. Government passed an Act Great Plains as one enormous reservation just for the Native Americans. Created Treaties that gave boundaries to each tribe. Natives didnt obey or accept the boundaries. Angry Indians Massacre at Sand Creek Killed over 150 inhabitants Death on The Bozeman Trail Natives The Battle of The Hundred Slain Whites The Fetterman Massacre Treaty of Fort Laramie Sitting Bull Battles Continue Treaty was unsuccessful. Red River War Gold Rush on the Black Hills. George A. Custer Leader of troops that was defeated by the Sioux and Cheyenne, and also claimed that gold was present on the Black Hills. Cluster makes a last attempt to get gold and defeat the Indians. Assimilation Assimilation- a plan under which Native Americans would give up their beliefs and way of life and become part of the white culture. The Dawes Act 1887 aiming to Americanize the Native Americans, and broke up reservations. The Destruction of the Buffalo Shooting buffalo becomes a sport. The Battle of Wounded Knee The Sioux continued to suffer. The Ghost Dance- a ritual that gave promise that the natives way of life would be restored. The BATTLE Custer rounded up 350 starving and suffering Sioux and took them to a camp called wounded knee. Demanded Natives to give up their weapons A shot was fired (not sure which side) and open fire began Indian Wars and an entire era to a bitter end. Extra Sourcespeople-plainspeople-plains