1870- In 1870 theFifteenth Amendment was ratified and the the Indians now had the right to vote.
1871- Indian Appropriation War was passed in 1871. It stated that no Indian tribe would be recognized as an independent nation with which the federal government could make treaties.
1872- The Mining Act of 1872excluded Native Alaskans from claiming their land. They were not accepted as citizens.
1875- In 1875, theSecond Sioux War begins after the Sioux tribes refuse to sell land North of the Platte to the government.
1877- In 1877 the Nez Perce Wartook place. This was a response to the deaths committed by the Nez Perce. To avoid war they fled toward Canada, but they were eventually caught and sent back to the Indian Land.
1877 - Buffalo became extinct and the Indians had to survive on the help of the Government.
1878 - The Hampton Institute in Virginia was founded in 1868 to educate freedmen after the Civil War, and beginning admitting NA.
1879 - The U.S. Congress adopted the idea that the right reforms could make Native Americans behave more like European American citizens, and established Indian schools for this purpose. One of the first schools was the Carlisle Indian School, founded in Pennsylvania in 1879. Its founder, Captain Richard Henry Pratt, made the goal of his school to "kill the Indian and save the man."
1880- In 1880, Congress passed the Civilization Regulations. These were a series of regulations which outlawed religious and traditional practices of the Indians.
1881- In 1881 the Spokane Reservation was established.
1881 - Helen Hunt Jackson's A Century of Dishonor informed readers of the poor treatment Indians had received at the hands of the United States government.
1882- TheCongressional Actpassed in 1882 provided funds for Indian children to go to school.
Dec. 15, 1882- The Indian Rights Association was created in order to protect the rights of the Native Americans. This association was founded by whites who believed in the rights of the Indians.
1887- The Dawes Act:The U.S. government created an act to help and protect the Indians. The President had to give 160 acres of land to each tribe. After 25 years this land would become their property and they would become citizens of the U.S.
1890- Battle of Wounded Knee:Hundreds of Native Americans died when the army attempted to end the Ghost Dance Movement.
1890- Ghost Dance Movement: This is a Native American movement that called for a return to traditional ways of life and challenged white dominance in society.
1898 - Native Americans from Indian Territory were recruited by Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders and saw action in Cuba in the Spanish-American War.
Analysis
American government seems to still have some kind of supremacy over the NA
Americans become friendly with NA as citizenship is guaranteed
improvement of education admission for NA
rights were being defended for
call for restoration of traditional culture of NA that was denied in the past because of cultural differences
NA are beginning to get involved in American military forces