You can find your documents here.
Search the following terms in whole or in part to find the link that corresponds to your topic (I'm doing this from memory so if the name doesn't match your topic, no big deal):
Tom - 1864-65 Sand Creek massacre
Josh - 1868 -1874 Buffalo Harvest (of course we know there are no buffalo in the U.S... only bison)
Eric - 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty
Brendan - 1876 Chief Red Horse, an eyewitness account of the Battle of Little Bighorn
Walt - 1876 George, Herendon, Custer's Last Stand
J - 1877-1879 Chief Joseph, selected statements by the Nez Perce leader
Syd - 1884 The pursuit and capture of Chief Joseph
Alex - 1890 The massacre at Wounded Knee
Zach - 1890 Lakota Accounts of Massacre at Wounded Knee
After reading and analyzing your primary source, leave a comment giving a brief summary analysis. Remember, no babies.
2 comments:
From the primary source that I read about Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce I am able to infer the devastating impact that U.S. policy in the late 1800s had on plains tribes. Joseph describes a double standard that existed between white settlers and indians. The Indian Wars from the post Civil War era were waged upon a people who were "guilty" of breaking laws that whites systematically ignored. By the late 1870s at least some tribes were on the verge of total destruction by virtue of the Reservation system without legal or political recourse.
From the Fort Laramie Treaty document i was able to extract that the US government was trying to settle the hostility of the Native American/ US relationship. It states that Native Americans shall get storage facilities that are no less than $2,500 and no more than $3,000. The native's were also able to receve jobs such as a blacksmith or a farmer. one conflicting part is that the Native Americans is that they will have to surrender their land and allow construction on the land. This treaty would not last because soon there would be more conflicts
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