Rachel continued her slidshow today.-Restrictions on land-The midwest had Black feet Indians. She just had a picture up and it showed the different tribes the lived there.-Why settlers moved west- There was gold and they make "boom towns" were there was a lot of gold. There was more land for them to farm, adventure, and hunt.-First Restricted Land- The government set up reservations for the indians because white people were coming.-The Dawes Act- It was passed in 1877. If an indians had a wife and kids they got 160 acres of land. If and indian was by himself he got 80 acres of land. White people took advantage ot he the indians because they had never owned land before so the whites said they should sell it and they did.-Famous Battles- Massacre at Sand Creek, Death on the Bozeman Trail, Red River War, Custer's Last Stand Stand, and Battle of Wounded Knee.
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