1865-9 +ves 1865-9 –ves
1867 Medicine Lodge Treaty. 1862-7 Plains Wars. Tribes fought between
Reservations established. Gave NAs selves and gvt. Divisions between tribes
opportunity to establish farming meant no united front against gvt.
communities, get better healthcare. There Reservations. Poor quality of education;
were high death rates, so this was essential. still unable to get job if went away from
Made easier to preserve NA customs. reservations for educations, forced back to
reservations, then viewed as
untrustworthy. Lost land, so couldn’t follow
buffalo- lost nomadic life. Land given was of
poor farming quality; lost economic
independence. NAs more dependent on gvt
subsidies. Land given to males, tribal
women lost status; tribes losing matriarchal
structure.
1862 Homestead Act. Gave land for
farming
1864 Sand creek Massacre
1865-9 Union Pacific Railway.
Interventions into NA land.
1865 Creation of the Great Sioux Reserve