Native Americans of the West Corn Planter Seneca

Native Americans of the West

Corn Planter • Seneca tribe • 1732 -1836 • First fought with the British, but took part in Indian treaties with the American government • One of the most valiant warriors of superior sagacity and eloquence

Sitting Bull • Hunkpapa Sioux (Dakota Sioux) • 1831 -1890 • Escaped into British Territory, and through the mediation of Dominion officials, surrendered on a promise of pardon in 1880 • Most recognizable Indian of the world

Crazy Horse • Lakota tribe • 1849 -1877 • Fought to prevent American encroachment • Stole horses from the Crow Indians before he was thirteen, and led his first war party before turning twenty

Chief Joseph • Nez Perce` tribe • 1840 -1904 • Denounced the United States, destroyed his American flag and his Bible, and refused to move his band from the Wallowa Valley or sign the treaty that would make the new reservation boundaries official • First to convert to Christianity and an active supporter of the tribe’s longstanding peace with whites

Chief Seattle • Suqwamish & Duwamish tribe • 1786 -1866 • In 1855, the governor of Washington Territory called together the tribes to propose a new treaty, which would be controlled by the government • Converted to Christianity

Captain Jack • Modoc tribe • 1837 -1873 • U. S. Government relocated the Modoc people to the Klamath Indian Reservation in southwest Oregon • Hanged for the murder of General Canby

Cochise • Chiricahua Apache tribe • 1812 -1874 • Fought the Mexicans • Falsely accused of kidnapping a young white American boy

Red Cloud • Lakota tribe • 1822 -1909 • Fought in the Fetterman’s Massacre • Gained prominence for his leadership

Kicking Bear • Oglala tribe • 1853 -1904 • U. S. Army stopped the Ghost Dance with the Wounded Knee Massacre • Attracted the most attention for advocacy of the Ghost Dance

Black Kettle • Southern Cheyenne tribe • ? -1868 • Government sought to resolve the situation by demanding that the Southern Cheyenne sign a new treaty ceding all their lands save the small Sand Creek reservation in southeast Colorado • Escaped harm at the Sand Creek Massacre