Work day for Project.Notes.:-Describe Native American Culture:Native Americans hunted, plated crops and steeled in small vilages. They abided by the Tribal law they traded and produced beatifully crafted clothes and tools. Native American way of life began to change. As the native peoples got horses and guns they were able to travel farther and hunt more efficiently. By the mid-1700s, almost all the tribes on the Great Plains had left their farms to roam the plains and hunt buffalo.-Why did settlers/people move to the Great Plains?:The settlers believed that owning land, making a mining claim, or starting a business would give them a stake in the country. They argued that the Native Americans had forfeited their rights to the land because they hadn’t settled down to “improve” it. Migrants streamed westward along railroad and wagon trails to claim the land. The discovery of gold in Colorado in 1858 drew tens of thousands of miners to the region.-How did the US gov't deal with Native Americans in the mid to late 1800's? What were their policies?While more settlers to move westward, the arrival of the railroads also influenced the government’s policy toward the Native Americans who lived on the plains. It was mostly women, children, and old men who were slaughtered. Scalps were taken, so were other dismembered body parts, later proudly displayed by the Militia in a theatre in Denver, to widespread acclaim. Congressional and Army investigations soon revealed this "victory" as a national scandal.-Describe a cowboy's life
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