Dakota Sioux

Question 1

What did Americans establish and when

Answer 1

trading posts on Missouri in 1830

Question 2

Who are the Dakota and who were they

Answer 2

were Native Americans are now Native Canadians

Question 3

What did traders so to the Sioux

Answer 3

compete and push each other off of land

Question 4

What happened to the Sioux in 1850

Answer 4

a gold rush and many miners came through there land making them upset and they killed one

all of their food was disappearing and diseases were popping up everywhere

Question 5

What did a Sioux man do in 1854

Answer 5

took a Mormons cow, killed it, and ate it

Question 6

Who was General Grattan

Answer 6

a Indian hater who killed a bunch of Sioux for taking the cow

Question 7

Grattan Massacre

Answer 7

Man stole a cow so Gratten went after him, killed him, gratten was killed, military started showing up so the Indians flee to Canada in 1854

Question 8

Who was Andrew Myrik and what happened to him

Answer 8

he gave them a job but no money to purchase food and he told them to eat grass and cow patties

He was found dead with grass and cow patties in his mouth

Question 9

When was the Sioux uprising

Answer 9

1862

Question 10

What happened to the Sioux that didn’t flee

Answer 10

they were moved onto worthless land starved into signing a treaty

Question 11

Who is the great white mother

Answer 11

the queen

Question 12

Where did the Dakota flee to

Answer 12

Fort Gary in Manitoba for protection

Question 13

What happened when they got to Manitoba

Answer 13

Metis didn’t want them
Gov didn’t want them
Assin & Ojibway didn’t want them
Settlers didn’t want them

so they got pushed out of fort Garry

Question 14

What happened at the Black Hills

Answer 14

It was Dakota land but there was a gold rush there but the Dakota wouldn’t let them in

miners pushed their way in and the Sioux killed them

Question 15

what happened in the USA in 1876

Answer 15

General Custer went to go fight the Sioux but underestimates them and is killed in the battle of Little Big Horn

Question 16

Where did Sitting Bull settle

Answer 16

along the Qu’Appelle Valley

Question 17

3 things the Dakota have

Answer 17

1.) Always attempted to direct their own pace & direction of change.
2.) Never “sacrificed” their ways
3.) Proved adept at developing innovative strategies suitable to local conditions

Question 18

What does self government do for FN

Answer 18

Brings FN out from under the Indian Act, with greater control over decisions affecting their communities within the Canadian

Question 19

What can’t the self governing nations do

Answer 19

pass laws

Question 20

What will the self-government do for the Dakota Sioux

Answer 20

greater control over the decisions that affect its community members

Question 21

What does the Canadian government call the Dakota

Answer 21

American Indians who came to Canada as refugees in the 1860’s

Question 22

Why can’t the Dakotas have treaty status

Answer 22

the Canadian gov thinks they aren’t Canadian Aboriginal people but American

Question 23

When was the Dakota war of Uprising and what happened as a result

Answer 23

1862
Not a success
1000 Dakota arrived outside Fort Garry on the Red River asking for refuge from the American Military

Question 24

When did the Dakota sign a treaty with the American government

Answer 24

1851

Question 25

Do the Dakota have reserves

Answer 25

Yes but they are half the size of the treaty FN ones

Question 26

When did the American gov arrange a settlement and what happened

Answer 26

1970’s Canadian Dakota asked to be included but were denied by the American gov and the American Dakota nation as they live in Canada

Question 27

Early Dakota left behind…

Answer 27

Fragments of pottery in Canada which date back to 800 years

Question 28

How far into Canada where active Dakota

Answer 28

Churchill river northern Saskatchewan

Question 29

How far back do military alliances between Dakota and British go

Answer 29

1760’s

Question 30

What did the Dakota pledge

Answer 30

Have nothing to do with the Americans Defense the English king Everlasting obligation to the British criwn

Question 31

What is and when was the treaty of Ghent signed

Answer 31

When the war of 1812 ended in 1814 it was signed by Britain and the United States

Question 32

What did the Canadian government offer the Dakota in 2007

Answer 32

Offered nine Dakota bands a one lump sum of 60.3 million to renounce any claim to the Aboriginal treaty rights

Question 33

Why didn’t the Dakota take the Canadian governments offer in 2007

Answer 33

Didn’t acknowledge what they did for Canadas land They all unanimously rejected the offer

Question 34

Who did Molly Brant marry

Answer 34

Sir William Johnson, a British Indian Agent

Question 35

Joseph Brant was a _____ and chief of the ______

Answer 35

prominent Mohawk Leader Indian Affairs

Question 36

What was Brants conundrum and what was his decision

Answer 36

which side of the war would he fight with He fought with the British

Question 37

What did Brant realize as the war of Independence ended

Answer 37

congrace had sold out

Question 38

Who did Brant ask for land for his people

Answer 38

General Halderand

Question 39

Where was Brant given land

Answer 39

Grand River

Question 40

What did the Mohawk thing Brant was doing with the land

Answer 40

selling the land taking money bribes

Question 41

what was Brants ultimate goal

Answer 41

to unite the confederacy

Question 42

What did General Custer tell his men to do tot eh DS

Answer 42

kill them

Question 43

What other 2 names int he Battle of Little Big Horn called

Answer 43

-Custer's Last Stand - The Battle at Wounded Knee

Question 44

What was Custers huge assumption

Answer 44

he underestimated how many DS there were and was killed by them

Question 45

What did Custer want to be

Answer 45

a great hero

Question 46

Who wanted to cross the medicine line to get to the DS and when

Answer 46

General Miles in 1877

Question 47

Who met Sitting Bull when he crossed into Canada

Answer 47

NWMP

Question 48

Who approached Sitting Bull first

Answer 48

James Walsh

Question 49

What did Sitting Bull find Walsh doing in his camp

Answer 49

brewing tea

Question 50

Which of the Queens Laws did Sitting Bull have to abide by

Answer 50

no horse stealing no murder no raids of the USA

Question 51

Who tired to convince Sitting Bull to come back to the USA

Answer 51

Alfred Terry

Question 52

2 key promises where made to Sitting Bull

Answer 52

cows will be brought for them Don't disturb the peace and we will forget your past

Question 53

What did the Americans plan to do to starve Sitting Bull

Answer 53

kill all the Buffalo or scare them away

Question 54

What did Sitting Bull give as a gift to Walsh

Answer 54

a war bonnet his father gave to him

Question 55

S. Bulls sons name

Answer 55

Crow Foot

Question 56

Why did S.Bull enter the Indian agent office w/ his son and when

Answer 56

to surrender their rifles in 1881

Question 57

What show did S.Bull join

Answer 57

Buffalo Bill's wild west show

Question 58

why was S.Bull sent back to his reservation

Answer 58

he was becoming to famous