Plains Indian

Quanah Parker

    Just before the Civil War the tens of
thousands of Plains Indians were still
free to roam over 1/2 the country.
    1.  White settlers and Indians clashed for
                    land rights
    2.  Blackfeet, Dakotas, Cheyennes, Crows, 
        Comanches, Sioux, Pawnee, and Omaha.
    3.  Indians depended upon the buffalo
    4.  Railroads hired buffalo hunters
    5.  By 1885 fewer than one thousand left
    6.  the Indian way of life was destroyed
Watch 2 min Buffalo Hunting video:

 
 
 Indian tepee

Read the second column of page 345.  Write
a short summary about how the Plains Indians
lived before and after the Europeans brought
the horse.

Watch Dances With Wolves Buffalo Hunt:  14 min  video.

   

    Plains Indian Wars  with the Indian
way of life threatened war was inevitable.
Whenever Indians went on the warpath,
the federal government sent in troops.

Sioux Chief  Red Cloud

Black Hills South Dakota

    Red Cloud  - powerful Sioux chief
    Black Hills  -  were promised to the
Sioux by the federal government in
exchange for peace  Deadwood

    Gold discovered / treaty breached /
                                    war ensued
 

Little Big Horn  most famous battle  of
the Sioux War
    Custer's Last Stand George Armstrong
Custer foolishly led his army into a trap
led by Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull

Crazy Horse Memorial

Sitting Bull and Buffalo Bill

Watch Custer's Last Stand 9 min video

  Chief Joseph leader of the Nez Perce
tried to lead his people to Canada but
were captured 30 miles from border.
    Geronimo  last of the Apache Plains
            Indians to surrender
    Ghost Dance Religion - stirred up
            Indian aggression by Wovoka

    What eventually happened to Sitting Bull p 348
                killed while resisting arrest
    Describe the tragic ending to the
            Battle of Wounded Knee p348 
         Women children and warriors were murdered
  Watch Wounded Knee 14 min video :

    Helen Hunt Jackson - famous novelist
who pointed out that the Indians had often
been treated unjustly

    Dawes Act  this law broke up the
tribal bands and assigned each Indian
160 acres  In 1924, Congress granted
full U.S. citizenship to all Indians.
 

    Legacy of the West  very colorful and exciting part of American History
    Read pages 350-352 and define the following:
    dime novels
    Kit Carson
    Buffalo Bill
    Jesse James
    Pecos Bill, Paul Bunyan
    Calamity Jane
    Annie Oakley
    Name 5 western songs.

                Western movies

Photo Credits:

Video: Dances with Wolves video

Lesson Objectives

Students will learn

OBJECTIVES: Students will be able to:

1. list

2. explain the difference between

3. describe the

4. chart on a map the

5. define the terms

6. Explain the significance of

Knowledge: Recall of data.

Comprehension: Understand the meaning, translation, interpolation, and interpretation of instructions and problems. State a problem in one's own words.

Application:
Use a concept in a new situation or unprompted use of an abstraction. Applies what was learned in the classroom into novel situations in the workplace.

Analysis:
Separates material or concepts into component parts so that its organizational structure may be understood. Distinguishes between facts and inferences. 

Synthesis:
Builds a structure or pattern from diverse elements. Put parts together to form a whole, with emphasis on creating a new meaning or structure.

Evaluation:
Make judgments about the value of ideas or materials.