chapter 5 cultures clash on the prairie. settlers push westward culture of white settlers differed...
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Chapter 5Cultures Clash on the Prairie
Settlers Push Westward
• Culture of white settlers differed greatly from Native Americans– Sought new land, gold,
PROFIT!
• Natives believed land could not be owned
Settlers Pushed Westward
• Whites argued the Natives had forfeited their rights to the land b/c they hadn’t settled down– Most native tribes were
nomadic
– Why were they nomadic?
Settlers Pushed Westward
• How do you think natives benefited from the use of horses? (Introduced to them by the Spanish in the 1500’s)
• How do you think the settlers and natives differed in their purposes for hunting buffalo?
Clash
• 1834 Federal government designated the Great Plains as land set aside for Native Americans
• 1850’s Government further restricts tribes to individual areas– How do you think the
Indians reacted?
Massacre at Sand Creek
• U.S. Army Commanders attack a Cheyenne camp and kill 150 Indians, mostly women and children
Death on the Bozeman Trail
• Crazy Horse (Sioux) attacks white settlement on the Bozeman Trail– 80 U.S. soldiers killed
• Battle of the Hundred Slain OR Fetterman Massacre– Which name was given
by whites?
Red River War
• 1874-1875 Comanche continue to resist white expansion
• U.S. military ordered to place friendly tribes in reservations– Hang all warriors– Burn villages– Bring women and
children to camps
Custer’s Last Stand
• Crazy Horse, Gall, and Sitting Bull kill all of Custer’s men at the Little Bighorn River– Sioux were later
defeated
– Sitting Bull forced to surrender to save his people from starvation
Check It Out
• Page 205 Shrinking of Native Lands
• Page 207 Importance of Buffalo
• Page 206 A Personal Voice
What should be done with the Indians?
• Debate– Use the information from your notes and Chapter 5 (Especially
section 1)
• Get out a sheet of paper– Write your designated role at the top
• Mediators• Native Americans• White settlers
• Work as a group to create arguments for your side– Make each person a character
• For example: You could be the wife of a white settler or a Native American child
Government Supports Assimilation
• Native Americans would give up beliefs and way of life and become part of the white culture
• 1887 Dawes Act– Aimed to
“Americanize” the Indians
• Why is this ironic?