-Describe Native American culture.
- settled in small villages, hunted and planted crops.
- others hunted and gathered foods.
- not all tribes got along.
- many lived as a family
- no one was dominate
- land was shared by all the tribes.
-Why did settlers/people move to the Great Plains?
- people it was unsettled so they went along the railroad and wagon trail.
- so they went there to claim it.
- went there for gold and silver
-How did the US govt deal with Native Americans in the mid to late 1800's? What were their policies?
- they passed an act that gave Native Americans certain area of land.
- later it was changed to each tribe was given certain area of land.
- there was also a massacre on the Indiana.
-Describe a cowboy's life.
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