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MAJOR EVENTS IN NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY
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Sioux on the hill above the Wounded Knee
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There are many events in Native American history.
Many of them deal with broken promises and terrible events.
Here are some important events that happed from when Europeans first came to North America to present days.
These events little by little destroyed the Native American cultures and took over their land.
It made America into what it is today.
Click on the year to learn more about the event.
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Birthday for Pocahontas
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Massasoit signs treaty with the Pilgrims
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Samoset signed the first land deed in America
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Celebration of the First Thanksgiving
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Opechancanough attacks colonists
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Joliet and Marquette chart Mississippi
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William Penn signed a treaty with the Delaware Indians
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The Tuscaroras and colonists are in war
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Pequots petitioned Governor for help
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The French and Indian War (1754-1763)
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Cherokees and British have disagreement
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The Cherokee delegation travels to London
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The Treaty of Paris
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Proclamation of 1763
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Pontiac's Rebellion
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The Iroquois League sides with British
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The rise of the Great Sioux Nation
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Sacagawea guides Lewis and Clark
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William Henry Harrison raids Tecumsah's settlement
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The Broken Arrow Council
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Battle of Horseshoe Bend
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Treaty of Indian Springs
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The grand council at Prairie du Chien
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The Cherokee Phoenix
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Indian Removal Act
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Black Hawk's War
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The 2nd Seminole War
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The Oregon Trail
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Trail of Tears.
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Gold discovered
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Treaty of Fort Laramie
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The Brule Sioux attack settlers
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Civil War Begins
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Sand Creek Massacre
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The Battle of One Hundred Slain
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Bozeman Trail closed off by Indian attacks
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Treaty of Medicine Lodge
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Sioux Indians
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Union Pacific gets Indian land
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Battle of the Washita
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The Buffalo War
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Gold discovered in Black Hills
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Battle of the Little Big Horn
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Nez Perce defeated
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Geronimo sent to prison
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Act passed to make Indians settle on small farms
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Congress divided the Great Sioux Nation reservation
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Massacre at the Wounded Knee Creek
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U.S. government wants to make Indians "civilized"
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Citizenship Act Passed
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Indian Reorganization Act
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Termination Policy
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End of the Termination Policy
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Native Americans today face many issues. Since the white man came, Native tribes have lost their land, livelihood and lots of their traditions. Government of the USA is still trying to solve the issues facing the Native Americans, through their Bureau of the Indian Affairs.
IMAGE SOURCE:
Northwestern University. Library., Evanston, Ill.
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.award/iencurt.cp03023