HIST 151 1st Edition Lecture 6 Outline of Last Lecture I Chapter 17 The Contested West 1865 1900 Outline of Current Lecture II Chapter 17 The Contested West 1865 1900 cont 5 Civilized Tribes Creeks Choctaws Chickasaws Cherokees and Seminoles United States Office of Indian Affairs Dawes Act Custer s Last Stand Current Lecture 5 Civilized Tribes Creeks Choctaws Chickasaws Cherokees and Seminoles Why were they civilized o They were property owners spoke English taught their children American ways exchanging goods and services and participated in monotheism Why did the Americans dislike the Natives o They were living east of the Mississippi The Seminoles are different because they fought against the Americans for their territory and won Americans gave up on trying to take the Seminole land early in the 1900 s The 5 civilized tribes were the last remaining tribes east of the Mississippi All tribes besides the Seminoles were required to move across the Mississippi into the land area of Oklahoma Native American resistance grows militaristically and judicially United States Office of Indian Affairs The Dawes Act Office of Indian Affairs created to fix what was broken in Native American life 1868 Reservations established to provided location safety security and some forms of nourishment o Created with good intentions but was ultimately a misguided approach The Dawes Act was established in 1887 to replace the Reservations o Natives preferred Reservations Native Americans given 160 acres each could sell it after 25 years private property was a burden hard to maintain with a small family Natives preferred reservations because everyone was close together there was a sense of community 50 of the Native American territory was repossessed by the Federal Government 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 o In order to keep acreage Natives must speak English wear westernized attire and use American currency Custer s Last Stand Also Known as Battle of Little Big Horn located in Montana in 1876 Federal Government deeded the property believed to have gold Commissions Lieutenant Colonel Custer to take a regimen of soldiers north to look at and survey the area had to answer the questions o Are there hostile or friendly natives o Are there any resources o Any white settlers Custer arrives to Montana and is met by 1 000 Sioux warriors Surrounded Custer and wiped out his whole regimen except for one a Scout one who was half Sioux and half American o Sent the scout back to Washington with a warning they will not surrender reservate or assimilate o Horrible decision on the Sioux s part 30 years of war 1860 1890 known to be the Indian American War Continue to read or begin reading Booker T Washington s Up From Slavery The book quiz will be held Friday
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