HIST 2620 1nd Edition Lecture 7 Outline of Last Lecture I. Southern Farmer’s AllianceII. Populist PartyIII. Election of 1896 Outline of Current Lecture II. DefinitionsIII. Grant’s Peace PolicyIV. 1867 Medicine Lodge TreatyCurrent LectureDefintions: Ethnogenesis-combination of cultures to make a new culture; Example: Comanches went from a hunt walking group to adopting horses as their main transportation; they were a business oriented tribe; they would trade with other tribes; traded horse to the Spanish; if soldiers or white people captured women, the women would not leave the Comanches because it was a group everyone wanted to be a part ofAgency-buildings on reservations where management took place Reservation- land assigned to the tribes given by the government; the reason for a reservation system was because it kept the tribes from being extinct, and the provided all of the tribes needsProblems with the system: they had to get them to practice American culture; they banned their religions, changed their clothing and reconstructed how buildings and homes were built; they had to make a transition from hunting to farming; since women did most of the labor work American culture wanted the men to do the labor work and women learn how to become housewives These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.Grant’s Peace Policy-the goal was to minimize military conflict with the Indians, Indians were to stay on reservations where they would receive government aid and training supervised by religious denominations-Indians were no longer allowed to engage in disputes or send war parties off the reservations; the Army's job was to force them back-assimilate the Indians into American society; any Indian could leave thereservation at any time and join the larger society, and have full citizenship1867 Medicine Lodge Treaty- a U.S. Indian Peace Commission signed three treaties at Medicine Lodge Creek -One treaty was made with the Kiowa and Comanche- second confederated the Plains Apache with the Kiowa and Comanche-the third was negotiated with the Arapaho and Cheyenne-the U. S. promised the tribes peace and protection from white intruders in return for amity and relocation to reservations in western Indian Territory-The Indian agent’s role was charged to oversee reservation affairs such as construction of buildings, employee residences, and schoolhouses; He was also an agent of civilizing measures incorporated in the treaties-Both the United States and the tribes failed to follow articles in the treaties-Indian annuity goods and rations were delayed producing starvation, sickness, and material deprivation among the tribes -The tribes continued raiding and taking captives outside their reservations in violation of the
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