Clash+on+the+Prarie

Section Vocabulary
 * Great Plains || The grassland extending through the west-central portion of the United States. ||
 * Treaty of Fort Laramie || The Sioux agreed to live on a reservation along the Missouri River in return for the closing of the Bozeman Trail. ||
 * Sitting Bull || Also known as Tatanka Iyotanka, the leader of the Hunkpapa Sioux who never signed the Treaty of Fort Laramie. ||
 * George A. Custer || A colonel who reported that the Black Hills had gold, "from the grass roots down." ||
 * assimilation || A plan under which Native Americans would give up their beliefs and way of life and become part of white culture. ||
 * Dawes Act || It broke up the reservations and gave some of the reservation land to individual Native Americans. The remaining land was sold to white settlers. ||
 * Battle of Wounded Knee || The slaughter of 300 unarmed Native Amerians. It marked the end to the Indian Wars. ||
 * longhorn || A type of cattle that was sturdy, short-tempered and accustomed to dry grasslands. ||
 * Chisholm Trail || The major cattle route from San Antonio, Texas, through Oklahoma to Kansas. ||
 * long drive || The three month overland transport of cattle by cowboys. ||