Westward Expansion
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- Buffalo 1820
- Manifest Destiny 1845
- Gold Rush 1849
- "Life was serene when the buffalo used to roam and I was living in my tipi. It was just us for thousands of years."
- Railroads 1869
- "Then one day, the white settlers showed up. They had their idea of stealing our resources and land. There were a lot of people but many of them were farmers.
- Exodusters (Post Civil War)
- "Many years later, there was a surge of people who rushed to the creeks and fought with each other for something they found in the sand. Apparently, what they found was worth something of value.
- Dawes Act 1887
- "The Transcontinental Railroad was completed in 1869. One day this giant thing called a steam locomotive came chugging through my people's land that was once peaceful and full of buffalo".
- "Exodusters also came out west. They were sick of the harsh life in south and wanted a better future."
- "Soon we were assimilated into US culture. We had to go to school and learn English as well as wearing different clothing."
- Battle of Wounded Knee
- Long Drive
- The End
- "The most horrible day of my life was the Battle of Wounded Knee. A gunshot went off. No one knows who shot. Suddenly, I could not believe what I saw. About 200 of my people were killed by US troops on December 29, 1890.
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- "Later, many cattle were rounded up by cowboys and put onto freight trains. The cattle would supply US cities with beef.
- "Today, there are not a lot of Native American reservations left. The US is a great country, but I wish my people had been treated better when it was settled."
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