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South Dakota - A Time of Strife

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  • What did the Gordon Party do?
    Entered the Black Hills illegally to look for gold.
  • What did the Indians have to give up to end Red Cloud's War?
    They had to give up land. Before this, the land was everyone's... it didn't belong to any humans.
  • Where was Crazy Horse born?
    Rapid Creek in 1843
  • What year did the US government call a treaty council to end the fighting over the Bozeman Trail?
    1868
  • What caused Red Cloud's War?
    Oglala Lakota were opposed to the Bozeman Trail because they didn't want to give up more land
  • Who were the Indian leaders at the Bighorn River when Custer attacked?
    Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull and Chief Gall
  • Where did Sitting Bull and Gall go after the Battle of Greasy Grass?
    Canada
  • Where did Custer's expedition first find gold in the Black Hills?
    French Creek
  • What year was the Battle of Greasy Grass (Little Bighorn)?
    1876
  • How did the US Congress force the Lakota people to give up the Black Hills?
    They threatened to cut off payments (needed for survival after the buffalo were killed off)
  • What was Crazy Horse best known for?
    Courage in the war against the Bozeman Trail
  • What land was included in the Great Sioux Reservation?
    All the land west of the Missouri River to the border of what is now Wyoming.