Trans-Mississippi West | Invasion from the West | Road to the Battle of the Little Bighorn | Battle of the Little Bighorn | Miscellaneous |
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Who is the Salish?
This Montana tribe invited Christian missionaries to their territory
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What is gold?
The discovery of this precious metal prompted the westward movement of Americans
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What is the Black Hills?
Gold was found in this area of Sioux territory
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Who are the Sioux and Cheyenne?
The two tribes present at the battle
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Who is William Clark?
According to Salish history this man fathered a child with a Salish woman
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What is the First Fort Laramie Treaty?
This was a peace agreement between the U.S. and several plains tribes, including the Sioux, Cheyenne, and Crow
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Who is John Bozeman?
This man found a easier trail into the southwestern Montana mining fields
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Who is Sitting Bull?
This famous Sioux leader was part of a group that went to D.C. for treaty renegotiations
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Who are the Crow?
This tribe worked as scouts for Custer
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Who is Andrew Jackson?
This president ordered the removal of the Cherokee from their homeland to Oklahoma
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What is treaty rights?
Special provisions for hunting and fishing are examples of this
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Who is Father De Smet?
He founded Saint Mary's Mission in the Bitterroot Valley
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What is the Second Fort Laramie Treaty?
This agreement between the U.S. and the Sioux created the Great Sioux Reservation
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Who is Comanche the horse?
Supposedly the only survivor of Custer's men
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What is the Pueblo Revolt?
This uprising resulted in the expulsion of the Spanish from the American southwest for more than a decade
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Who are Blackrobes?
The name given to Christian missionaries by the Salish and Blackfeet
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Who is Red Cloud?
This Sioux leader is credited with closing the Bozeman Trail
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What is the Battle of the Rosebud?
This battle took place days before the Battle of the Little Bighorn
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Who is Giovani Martini?
This man delivered Custer's final message
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What is Cherokee v Georgia?
This Supreme Court decision defined Indian tribes as "domestic, dependent nations"
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What is Saint Mary's Mission?
This is considered the first non-Native settlement in Montana
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Who is William Fetterman?
He said "Give me 80 men and I can ride through the whole Sioux nation."
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Who is Crook?
He was defeated at the Battle of the Rosebud
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Who is Curly?
This Crow scout stayed behind to watch the battle
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What is "American Progress"?
John Gast painted this painting in 1872, featuring a very large woman
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