INDIAN WARS NORTHERN PLAINS SIOUX AND CHEYENNE RESISTANCE

SIOUX AND CHEYENNE RESISTANCE • Several Sioux tribes fought to stay on their land

SIOUX AND CHEYENNE RESISTANCE • Sheridan begins winter campaign • Aborted until spring •

BATTLE OF ROSEBUD CREEK • Crook made first contact • Mainly cavalry • Moved

BATTLE OF LITTLE BIG HORN- 6/25/76 • Terry and Gibbon met up from the

CUSTER’S LAST STAND • Custer moves a day early • Confident of success; unaware

AFTERMATH OF LITTLE BIG HORN • Defeat angered the army who became even more

GHOST DANCE • NA religion popular amongst Sioux • Extremely emotional • Call to

BATTLE OF WOUNDED KNEE • December 29, 1890 • Seventh cavalry was sent to

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INDIAN WARS: NORTHERN PLAINS

SIOUX AND CHEYENNE RESISTANCE • Several Sioux tribes fought to stay on their land protect their hunting grounds • Buffalo being hunted to near extinction • Gold found in the Black Hills within Sioux Reservation • Several Native bands join other non-treaty tribes

SIOUX AND CHEYENNE RESISTANCE • Sheridan begins winter campaign • Aborted until spring • Three columns under Crook, Gibbon, and Terry against Powder River • Terry’s 7 th Cavalry led by Custer

BATTLE OF ROSEBUD CREEK • Crook made first contact • Mainly cavalry • Moved north from Wyoming • Sioux and N. Cheyennes met forces at Rosebud Creek • Tactical draw; Crook withdraws to supply base in the South

BATTLE OF LITTLE BIG HORN- 6/25/76 • Terry and Gibbon met up from the east and south • Unaware of Crook’s engagement in Rosebud Valley • Track Natives across Wolf Mountains towards Little Big Horn • Strategy: • Custer moves along Rosebud River and attacks from South • Terry and Gibbon move from the north, trapping the Natives

CUSTER’S LAST STAND • Custer moves a day early • Confident of success; unaware of massive Native concentration • Split forces to identify location • Major Reno ordered to charge the camp; Custer hides out of sight to flank enemy • Reno forced to retreat • Custer surrounded by Natives and company is massacred

AFTERMATH OF LITTLE BIG HORN • Defeat angered the army who became even more ruthless • Greatly increased number of troops to Great Plains • Natives eventually surrender due to pressure/futility of resistance • Sitting Bull escapes to Canada

PINE RIDGE CAMPAIGN

GHOST DANCE • NA religion popular amongst Sioux • Extremely emotional • Call to original way of life • Army began Pine Ridge Campaign (1890) • Several engagements to disarm and control Natives

BATTLE OF WOUNDED KNEE • December 29, 1890 • Seventh cavalry was sent to round up a group of Indians at Wounded Knee when an ‘excited’ Indian fired a shot • The soldiers then open fired • More than 300 Indians killed in minutes