Unit 2 Day 3 Native Americans Struggles of

Unit 2 Day 3 Native Americans Struggles of the Plains Indians SS. 912. A. 2. 7 – Review the Native American Experience EQ: How did the migration of settlers to the Western territories of the US affect the Plains Indians?

Cultural Differences Native American way of life • Nomadic • Buffalo • No concept of land ownership Lifestyle threatened by • Farmers, ranchers, miners

What was the US response to the “Native American problem” Step 1 – Push them West Step 2 - Assimilation Step 3 – Reservations Step 4 – Destroy their way of life (kill ‘em)

Turn and Talk: What do you see?

The Reservation System The Indian Peace Commission established a reservation system They promised to compensate ($$) Native Americans Indian Ring Scandal • ***Payments rarely arrived. Starvation led to violence***

The Dawes Act and Other Policies of Assimilation The Dawes Act gave plots of land to Native Americans but failed as a policy of assimilation. The Citizenship Act granted citizenship to all Native Americans. Carlisle School for assimilation

Final Clashes Battle of Little Bighorn, 1876 Wounded Knee Massacre, 1890 Flight of the Nez Perce, 1877

Wounded Knee As you watch the video, answer the questions from the next slide in your journal. Video link: https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=dc 7 f. Zonj. D 1 M

Wounded Knee Massacre � Instructions: Answer the following questions in your journal. � 1) What was the Ghost Dance and how did the Gov’t respond to it? � 2) Describe life on the reservations � 3) How did Big Foot respond to the US military? � 4) What happened to the children?

Today’s Activity Assignment Options (Pick one task to complete) Task 1: Create an annotated (detailed with summary) timeline that highlights the conflicts between Native American populations and the US government --Use pgs. 83 -87 to get your information --Timeline must include at least 5 events/conflicts between Native Americans & US Gov’t Task 2: Create an illustration with at least 5 examples of conflicts between the Native Americans and US Gov’t --Draw imagery that depicts the struggles between Native Americans and the US Gov’t