Plains Indians Arapaho Blackfeet Crow

Kiowa Comanche Northern Cheyenne Southern Cheyenne

Osage Sioux Pawnee Hidatsa Mandan Arikara Sarcee

Assiniboine And many more…

Native American: Plains Indians. Map. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Web. 15 Aug. 2011.

Indian Wars

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320,000

340,000

Total Indians (popu-lation)

Total Indians

Total number of Indian information from Native Americans in the Census, 1860–1890 By James P. Collins. http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2006/summer/indian-census.html#nt6 Indian Wars Map from Wikipedia.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Wars

The Merriam Report (1928)

Notable Politics (timeline)1804-1806; Lewis and Clark expedition encounters Native Americans1814; Andrew Jackson crushes Creek resistance in south1824; John C. Calhoun creates an Office of Indian Affairs1830; Indian Removal Act moves eastern Indians west of Mississippi1834; Congress establishes Indian Department within the Department of War 1838; Cherokee “Trail of Tears”1850-1870; plains Indians cede land in exchange for reservations1854; Upper half of Indian territory becomes part of Kansas Territory1864; Cheyenne and Arapaho families massacred at Sand Creek, Colorado1864-1868; Navaho long walk1869-1876; 200 pitched battles between Indians and US Calvary1874-1875; Red River War1876; Sioux and Cheyenne defeat Custer at Little Big Horn, Montana1877 Nez Perce leave Idaho for Canada1878-1879; Northern Cheyenne escape Indian territory1886; Geronimo (Apache) surrenders after 15-years1887; Dawes Severalty Act creates allotment system1889; Ghost Dance1890; Massacre at Wounded Knee, South Dakota1892; Five civilized tribes granted US citizenship1907; Indian territory becomes eastern half of Oklahoma1924; citizenship Act makes Indians citizens without impairing status as tribal members; Bureau of Indian Affairs formed1933; Bureau of Indian Affairs reformed; sales of Indian lands halted

http://www.animatedatlas.com/timeline.html; Dr Donald R. Sutherland, Bureau of Indian Affairs