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| Sand Creek Massacre | Cheyenne massacred in this Colorado Territory by U.S Army |
| Bureau of Indian Affairs | Government agency responsible for managing American Indian issues. |
| Sitting Bull | Sioux leader who resisted treaty to exploit Black Hills Gold by whites. |
| John Chivington | U.S. Army colonel responsible for Sand Creek Massacre |
| George Armstrong Custer | U.S. Army General; attacked Indians @ Little Bighorn & lost. |
| Battle of Little Bighorn | Indian camp attacked by Custer giving victory to the Sioux.r |
| Wovoka | Paiute Indian who began religious movement called Ghost Dance |
| Massacre at Wounded Knee | Creek massacre of Sioux Indians by 7th Calvary |
| Chief Joseph | Leader of Nez Perce tribe that resisted removal from homelands. |
| Geronimo | Apache leader; fled reservation and set up settlements in Arizon./Mex. |
| Sarah Winnemucca | Paiute reformer that drew attention to problems of American Indians |
| Dawes General Allotment Act | Gave Indian families 160 acres of reservation land for farming. |
| sod houses | Built by settlers out of heavy topsoil stacked like bricks |
| bonanza farm | Owned by large companies, operated like factories |
| Homestead Act | Allowed citizens to gain land up to 160 acres after 5 year residency. |
| Morrill Act | Granted +17 million acres of federal land to states. |
| Exodusters | African American settlers with Kansas Fever going West. |
| Benjamine Singleton | 70 yr. old former slave leader of African American exodus. |
| U.S Dept. of Agriculture | Set up in 1862 to help farmers adapt. |
| Willa Cather | Wrote about mid Western life. |
