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Treaty of Fort Laramie Treaty under which government agreed to close Bozeman trail, and Sioux agreed to live on reserve along Missouri River. The Sioux were forced into this treaty. The treaty was only a temporary to warfare between Native Americans and Whites. Sitting Bull American Indian chief, he lead the victory of Little Bighorn George Armstrong Custer United States general who was killed along with all his command by the Sioux at the battle of Little Bighorn (1839-1876) Sand Creek Massacre Massacre of Cheyenne Native Americans who expected peace - over 150 died, mostly women and children Assimilation the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another Dawes Act An act that removed Indian land from tribal possesion, redivided it, and distributed it among individual Indian families. Designed to break tribal mentalities and promote individualism. Little Bighorn the last major Indian victory lead by Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse against General Custer Wounded Knee village in South Dakota. In 1890 it was the site of a massacre of Native North Americans in which between 150 and 370 Sioux people were killed, most of them unarmed. longhorns sturdy, short-tempered breed of cattle accustomed to the dry grassland of southern plains Homestead Act Passed in 1862, it gave 160 acres of public land to any settler who would farm the land for five years. The settler would only have to pay a registration fee of $25. Exodusters African Americans who moved from Reconstruction South to Kansas. soddy a frontier home usually dug into a hill or made from sod Morrill Act (1862) Federal law that gave land to western states to build agricultural and engineering colleges. bonanza farms farms in the late 1870s up to 50,000 acres each with a single crop. Many RR companies and investors created these farms