NATIVE AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS TIMELINE
P/L/S DATE EVENT SIGNIFICANCE G/B
183 - Indian Removal Act - increased westward expansion,
L 0 (allowed government to removed NA rights to land
exchange Indian land for
unsettled land)
L 186 - Homestead Act (gave free - increased westward expansion,
2 land to settlers) moved NA further onto reservation
L - Pacific Railroad Act lands
(authorised the construction - hastened the end of the
of the Union Pacific Railroad) Continental Frontier, increased the
S - Little Crow’s War (uprising rate of westward expansion, forced
of Dakota Sioux against NA to move onto reservations and
government) destroyed NA way of life
- forced Dakota Sioux onto poorer
land, causing deaths, revealed
neglect of NA
186 - Sand Creek Massacre - revealed harsh governmental
S 4 (massacre of Cheyenne and attitudes towards NA, resulted in
Arapaho by US army) NA being totally powerless
L 186 - Medicine Lodge Treaty - restricted NA to reservations
S 7 - Red Cloud’s War (US army - resulted in the Second Fort
defeated by Lakota Sioux) Laramie Treaty and convinced the
government to persuade, not force
L 186 - Second Fort Laramie Treaty - restricted NA to reservations, put
8 (between Lakota and NA under state law not tribal law,
government) ended the Red Cloud’s War
S 186 - Union Pacific Railroad - increased westward expansion,
P 9 completed moved NA further onto reservations
- Bureau of Indian Affairs - created off-reservation boarding
(BIA) formed (managed NA schools and promoted assimilation
land and provided
healthcare)
187 - Indian Appropriations Act - rendered all previous treaties
L 1 (NA become wards, nations worthless, destroyed tribal status of
not recognised) NAs, made it easier for government
to secure NA lands
187 - Battle of the Little Bighorn - led to ‘assimilate or die’ and
S 6 (General Custer and 7th destruction of NA way of life,
Cavalry defeated by Lakota change in government tactics
and Plains Indians)
188 - Indian Rights Association - recognised the struggle of NAs
S 2 formed (white NA activism and the need for government
group which aimed to give intervention, ignored the desires of
NAs citizenship) the NAs themselves
L 188 - Indian Act banned Sun - destruction of Na cultural
5 Dance practices and way of life, ignored
and dropped in 1951
188 - General Allotment Act - destroyed NA tribal
P/L/S DATE EVENT SIGNIFICANCE G/B
183 - Indian Removal Act - increased westward expansion,
L 0 (allowed government to removed NA rights to land
exchange Indian land for
unsettled land)
L 186 - Homestead Act (gave free - increased westward expansion,
2 land to settlers) moved NA further onto reservation
L - Pacific Railroad Act lands
(authorised the construction - hastened the end of the
of the Union Pacific Railroad) Continental Frontier, increased the
S - Little Crow’s War (uprising rate of westward expansion, forced
of Dakota Sioux against NA to move onto reservations and
government) destroyed NA way of life
- forced Dakota Sioux onto poorer
land, causing deaths, revealed
neglect of NA
186 - Sand Creek Massacre - revealed harsh governmental
S 4 (massacre of Cheyenne and attitudes towards NA, resulted in
Arapaho by US army) NA being totally powerless
L 186 - Medicine Lodge Treaty - restricted NA to reservations
S 7 - Red Cloud’s War (US army - resulted in the Second Fort
defeated by Lakota Sioux) Laramie Treaty and convinced the
government to persuade, not force
L 186 - Second Fort Laramie Treaty - restricted NA to reservations, put
8 (between Lakota and NA under state law not tribal law,
government) ended the Red Cloud’s War
S 186 - Union Pacific Railroad - increased westward expansion,
P 9 completed moved NA further onto reservations
- Bureau of Indian Affairs - created off-reservation boarding
(BIA) formed (managed NA schools and promoted assimilation
land and provided
healthcare)
187 - Indian Appropriations Act - rendered all previous treaties
L 1 (NA become wards, nations worthless, destroyed tribal status of
not recognised) NAs, made it easier for government
to secure NA lands
187 - Battle of the Little Bighorn - led to ‘assimilate or die’ and
S 6 (General Custer and 7th destruction of NA way of life,
Cavalry defeated by Lakota change in government tactics
and Plains Indians)
188 - Indian Rights Association - recognised the struggle of NAs
S 2 formed (white NA activism and the need for government
group which aimed to give intervention, ignored the desires of
NAs citizenship) the NAs themselves
L 188 - Indian Act banned Sun - destruction of Na cultural
5 Dance practices and way of life, ignored
and dropped in 1951
188 - General Allotment Act - destroyed NA tribal
