THE HISTORY OF NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE UNITED STATES

THE PLAINS INDIANS LIVED ON THE GREAT PLAINS

THE BLACK HILLS WERE A HOLY SPOT FOR SEVERAL NATIVE AMERICANS

MANY TREATIES PROMISED THAT NATIVE AMERICANS COULD KEEP THERE NEW LAND

AS BUFFALO BECAME MORE SCARCE, NATIVE AMERICANS COULD'T SURVIVE AS WELL AS BEFORE

THE LAKOTA WERE PROMISED THE BLACK HILLS, AND PROMISED TO KEEP THE SETTLERS OUT

THE U.S. TRIED TO BUY THE BLACK HILLS, BUT LAKOTA LEADERS REFUSED AND GOT READY TO PROTECT THIER LAND

THE BLACK HILLS LAND WAS TAKEN AWAY IN 1877 BY THE U.S. BREAKING THE TREATY

BY THE 1880, MOST PLAINS INDIANS WERE FORCED ONTO RESERVATIONS