American Indians

on a Closing
Frontier
HOW DID US AMERICAN INDIAN POLICY CHANGE
WITH WESTWARD EXPANSION?

Long History of Indian Removal

Westward Expansion

Indian Appropriations Act

Problems with Reservation Policy

A New Goal: Assimiliation

1871: New Government Policy

Suppressing American Indian

Culture

The Dawes Act and Allotment

Policy

Later American Indian

Appropriation Acts

The First Dakota War

Crushing the Rebellion

Red Clouds War

Treat of Fort Laramie

Black Hills Gold Rush

Battle of Little Bighorn

I will fight no more forever.

The Ghost Dance Movement

Wounded Knee

Wounded Knee