Changes to the Indian's way of life
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- Created on: 24-06-18 14:42
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- Changes in the way of life of the Plains Indians
- Impact of the railroads
- Land grants
- Took land away from tribes
- Reduced grazing for buffalo
- Disrupted hunts
- White settlers built fences
- Reduced grazing for buffalo
- Disrupted hunts
- Reduced grazing for buffalo
- 1862 Pacific Railroad Act
- Government could extinguish any Indian's rights to land
- Union Pacific ran through Pawnee lands
- 1870: The Pawnee agreed to move onto a reservation
- Other tribes such as Santee Sioux signed treaties to live on reservations
- Triggered conflicts between Indians and whites
- Land grants
- Impact of the cattle industry
- Cattle and buffalo both fed on grass
- As cattle numbers increased, buffalo decreased
- Some Plains Indians went to work on ranches
- Dependent on employment
- Some Plains Indians went to work on ranches
- As cattle numbers increased, buffalo decreased
- Cattle and buffalo both fed on grass
- Impact of gold prospectors
- Murdered Indians
- Forced them to move away from possible claims
- Men from all over the world brought diseases
- Indians had never been exposed, weak immune systems, died
- Rapid changes
- Travelled across any land (including Indian's) to reach Gold
- Red Cloud's War
- Impact of the railroads
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