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4 battles in Pontiac’s Rebellion

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1790 Harma’s defeat (Indian victory)
1791 St Claire’s defeat (Indian victory)
1794 Fallen timbers
1811 Tippecanoe

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2 other leaders in Pontiac’s Rebellion

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Little Turtle (Miami)
Blue Jacket (Shawnee)
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Daniel Boone

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1734-1780
Frontiersman known for exploring Cumberland Gap and founding Boonesborough, Kentucky settlement; captured by Shawnee and escaped; portrayed Indians as savages

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Joseph Brant

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1743-1807
Leader of Mohawk Iroquois
"The Monster"
Killed his son in self defense 
Met George Washington
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“The Indian Princess”

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1808, retelling of Pocahontas

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Cherokee Phoenix

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1828, first newspaper published in Native language

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Red Jacket

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Accused Handsome Lake of being an imposter for rejecting Iroquois religion

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“Metamora”

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1829, play about King Philip

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Handsome Lake

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1735-1815
Seneca tribe
Visions after illness, preached & created a code

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Lewis and Clarke

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Corps of Discovery 1804-06
Thomas Jefferson asked to explore the new Lousiana Purchase land
Accompanied by Sacagawea & baby
Encountered 70 tribes

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Plains Indians

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Horses introduced by Spaniards in 1600s; French bring guns and disease; conflict in other areas caused Indians to split up; sweat lodge used for purification; wasna = jerky, Sundance = test of endurance and courage

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Wakan Tanka

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Great mystery, divine

Interconnectedness with nature

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Mandan and Hidatsa

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Both speak Sioux language; joined by Arikara people and became allied; marketplace village; Hidatsa scalp dance, Mandan bull dance; able to buy way into Mandan society

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Chinook

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Agressive
Fight with Blackfeet
Attacked Lewis and Clarke

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Charles Bird King

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1785-1862
Studied art
Painted portraits for Senators
(Also painted Red Jacket and Black Hawk)

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Plagues

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Writer counts kept record of events;
Medicine men and shamans lost status in tribes since unable to cure small pox; Sweat houses were dangerous; rubella, syphilis and cholera outbreaks (6 major recorded in 1725-1802)

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War of 1812

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U.S. vs British
Battle of Beaver Dam 1813
Battle of Thames 1813

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Tecumseh

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Leader of Shawnee

Brother to Tenskwatawa (who became prophet after a vision)

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George Catlin

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1796-1872
Painter who traveled West to capture plains Indian way of life
Lived with Hidatsa and Mandan for months

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Andrew Jackson

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Advocated for Indian removal
Signed removal act in 1830
Hostile towards Indians
Christianize and Americanize them

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5 civilize tribes

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Creek, Choctaw, Cherokee, Seminoles and Chickasaw

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Fort Mims

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Massacre of whites by Creek Indians

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Echota Treaty

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Cherokee tricked into signing

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Karl Bodmer

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Painter, showed sympathy and respect for Indians

Portrayed them as individuals; accompanied Prince Max on expedition and stayed with Mandan and Hidatsa for 5 months

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Black Hawk's Case
Sauk leader Rejected treaty signed by small group of Indians who had no authority; did not want war, militia fired as his messengers and war erupted
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Southwest
4 corners: Arizona, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico
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Hohokam
Arizona, 200 CE-1400 CE | Corn farming, platform mounds, petroglyphs, canals, pyramid structures
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Anasazi
4 corners, Mesa Verde Ancestral Puebloans "ancient enemies" Sophisticated baskets, pit houses Kiva: round ceremonial pit underground, Spipapu: hole in kiva where ancestors climbed out; multi storied pueblos; disruption & migration in 1300
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Mogollon
New Mexico, Mexican influence Pottery (mimbres) Kill bowls 1100 Golden Age
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Spanish Invasions
Agressive conquest Coronado and Oñate were brutal Pueblo revolt in 1680, led by Pope Spaniards retreat for 12 yrs in Mexico and return to take back land with a calmer attitude
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Navaho
Came from Canada, spoke Athabascan Split from Apache (hunters/raiders) and became shepherders Navaho men wove Long walk to Bosque Redondo
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Mangas Coloradas
Apache war chief | Battle Of Apache Pass 1862: surprise Americans; injured and killed in custody
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Geronimo
Apache warrior 1829-1909 San Carlos reservation Surrendered to Miles
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4 massacres
Sand Creek Fetterman Washita Camp Grant
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6 wars
``` Upper Plains Modoc Nez Perce Comanche Sioux Apache ```
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Amos Bad Heart Bull
``` Sioux artist Great deeds of the brave Ledger art book Scout for military Art buried with sister ```
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Captain Jack
Modoc Chief Killed General Canby Army attacks, Indians surrender, jack captured and hung Surviving Modocs sent to Oklahoma
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Nez Perce
Chief Joseph | Gold discovered on land, whites move in, whites killed, flee canada. 1400 miles in 4 months, captured at border
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Edward Curtis
Photographer 1868-1952 JP Morgan funded project to document Indian life/culture Traveled many miles for this
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Black Elk
Vision, becomes shaman, participated in little big horn, hired by Buffalo Bill for show, returns home, Indians in bad living conditions, converts to Catholicism, wrote book with author Niehard
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Charles Marion Russell
Cowboy for 11 years Became artist Respectful towards Indians Art is humane
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Turner
Thesis on american values and frontier Negative view on Indians Informality, democracy and individualism
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Frederick Remington
Majored in art Obsessed with west Theme: struggle for individual against all savage foes, bronze works (like Russell)
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Buffalo Bill Cody
Midwest civil war vet Hired to kill lost of buffalo Made famous by dime novels from Ned Buntlines Hires Indians for Wild West show, industrial workers needed entertainment
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Cochise
Apache leader that resisted invaders | Apache pass with mangas Coloradas
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Trail of tears
Cherokee forced to give up land and relocate to Oklahoma
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Pontiac's Rebellion
- 1763, against British - Proclamation of 1763 - Pontiac from Ottowa tribe

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