2. THE INDIAN PROBLEM-
fear against the unknown
New land and it’s odd-inhabitants.
Christopher Columbus wrote in his journal
after first contact with Natives: "The y sho uld
be g o o d se rvants . . . . I, o ur Lo rd be ing ple ase d,
willtake he nce , at the tim e o f m y de parture ,
six native s fo r yo ur Hig hne sse s. "
First White Settlers :
confusions,
fear and
violence.
3. THE REAL LOSERS OF THE
WAR OF 1812
32 month, between the United States of
America and The British Empire with their
Indian allies
Reasons for the war: trade restrictions by
Britain, the impressment of American
merchant sailors into the Royal Navy, British
support of American Indian tribes against
American expansion, etc.
Battle of Horseshoe Bend
Real losers- Status quo ante bellum, except
end of plans for an independent Indian State
4. PRESIDENT A. JACKSON
AND HIS INDIAN REMOVAL
ACT - 1830
7th President of USA and general – Andrew
Jackson.
From Jefferson’s acceptance of Native
Americans rights to Jackson’s military removal
of Natives
Five Civilized Tribes
5. THE TRAIL OF TEARS - 1831
Over 20,000 Cherokees were forced to march
westward along the Trail of Tears. About a
quarter of them died along the way.
6. THE TRAIL OF TEARS - 1831
According to
legend, a
Cherokee rose,
the state flower
of Georgia,
grew in every
spot a tear fell
on the Trail of
Tears.
8. 1851 – RESERVATIONS YEAR
Seeking for the final solution to the „Indian
Problem”
1851 Indian Appropriations Act
What is an Indian reservation?
Nowadays, there are 566 federally recognized
tribes in reservations.
9. TREATY OF FORT LARAMIE
-1851
Treaty of Fort Laramie was signed on
September 17, 1851
Treaty was signed between United States
treat commissioners and representatives of
the Cheyenne, Sioux, Arapho, Crow,
Assiniboine, Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara
nations
10. SHERIDAN’S CAMPAIGN
General Philip Sheridan
1831-1888
Born in Albany, New
York
„The only good Indian is
a dead Indian”
1866 – Fort Martin Scott,
Texas
1867 – head of the
Department of the
Missouri
11. ONE MAN’S DREAM IS ANOTHER MAN’S
NIGTHMARE – THE SIOUX TREATY AND THE
BLACK HILLS GOLD RUSH
1868 Treaty of Fort
Larami, known as
The Sioux Treaty
1874 – gold was
found in The Black
Hills and the Gold
Rush began
1877 – U.S.
governement
confiscated The
Black Hills
12. GREAT SIOUX WAR OF 1876
Battle of Little Bighorn 1876 – Custer’s army
vs Chayenne and Sioux forces
General George Custer 1839-76
Sitting Bull 1834-1890
„George Washington of Sioux’s” W.H. Murray
Crazy Horse 1840-77 – chief of the Lakota, a
warrior and a Holy Man
13. GREAT SIOUX WAR OF 1876
General Custer Sitting Bull Crazy Horse