Native American Plight

(Period: Growth and Transformation)

Synopsis:

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Historical synopsis courtesy of A Hypertext on American History from the colonial period until Modern Times by Department of Humanities Computing, University of Groningen, The Netherlands and the former United States Information Agency (1953-1999).

Key Events:

• 1887 Dawes Act - an ultimately unsuccessful law that sought to solve the problem of Native American lands being unfairly denied them (This law was superseded in 1934 by the Indian Reorganization Act)

Key People:

• Sioux and Apache Native Americans - those tribes from the Great Plains that were the most formidable opponents in resisting America's expansion.
• Geronimo - a prominent Apache Chief
• Helen Hunt Jackson - author of "A Century of Dishonor" which told of Native American hardships that resulted from American expansion