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Mid 1800s. 1830 - President Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act into law. 1838 - The Cherokee are forced to march from North Carolina to Oklahoma. Thousands of them die along the way in what will be known as the Trail of Tears. . http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwBXOxQqkGc.
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Mid 1800s • 1830 - President Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act into law. • 1838 - The Cherokee are forced to march from North Carolina to Oklahoma. Thousands of them die along the way in what will be known as the Trail of Tears. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwBXOxQqkGc
Mid 1800s • 1851- Fort Laramie treaties were signed with the Plains tribes outlining their territories and outlining passages through territories for settlers in exchange for payments to the tribes. • 1855 - The Nez Perce sign an agreement with the U.S. Government which would later be rescinded when gold was discovered on the Nez Perce land.
Late 1800s • 1862 - The Homestead Act is passed by the U.S. government opening Indian land in the Midwest to settlers. • 1864 - Sand Creek Massacre takes place under US Cavalry led by Colonel John Chivington when he slaughters at least 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0UF71_-HZY
Late 1800s • 1876 - George Custer and the U.S. Army is soundly defeated at the Battle of Little Big Horn by Native Americans led by Sitting Bull in Custer’s Last Stand. • 1887 - Congress enacts the Dawes Act which carves existing Indians’ lands into 160 acre parcels to be distributed to individual Native American heads of households. • 1890 - The Wounded Knee Massacre takes place in South Dakota. Two hundred Native American women and children are killed.
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Picture Study • http://www.history.com/topics/american-indian-wars/photos#