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| Network of farmers' organizations that worked for political and economic reforms in the late 1800s |
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| Law that banned discrimination in public facilities and transportation |
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| Specific area set aside by the federal government for the Indians' use |
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| 1864 incident in which Colorado militia killed a camp of unarmed Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians |
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| Sioux chief respected as a fighter and spiritual leader |
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| Battle of the Little Big Horn |
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| 1876 battle in which the Sioux defeated U.S. troops led by Colonel George Custer |
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| Leader of the Nez Percés who surrendered after trying to lead a group of Indian refugees to Canada |
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| 1890 confrontation between U.S. cavalry and the Sioux that marked the end of Indian resistance in the Ghost Dance War |
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| To adopt the culture and civilization of the dominant group in a society |
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| Dawes General Allotment Act |
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| 1887 law that divided reservation land into private family plots |
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| Self-appointed law enforcer |
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| Transcontinental railroad |
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| Rail link between the eastern and western United States |
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| Rail link between the eastern and western United States |
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| Land given by the federal government for building railroads |
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| System in which ranchers did not fence in their property, allowing cattle to roam and graze freely |
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| 1862 law in which the government offered farm plots of 160 acres to anyone willing to live on the land for five years, dig a well, and build a road |
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| African Americans who migrated from the South to the West after the Civil War |
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| Crop such as cotton and tobacco that is grown not for its own use but to be sold for cash |
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| Native Americans fought back against killing of the buffalo. Battles were fought for months. Colonel Ranald Mackenzie burned down their food and killed Comanche horses. Comanches and Kiowas were devastated and forced to go the reservations since of the loss and the endangered buffalo population. They were dependent on government agents for food but yet again, years later federal government would break its promise. |
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| A hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback. |
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| town that grew up around railroad lines, where cattle were held before being shipped east |
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