A$.$ In exchange for receiving land set aside for them in the Dakotas, the Plains Indians agreed to not of the

B$.$ The treaty was not very effective after $1875.$ was discovered in the Black Hills in

C$.$ Settlers flooded the area searching for gold in violation of the treaty and broke out.

Great Sioux War $(1876-1877)$

A$.$ Led by $3$ull, who gained notoriety by attacking and settlers during the $1860$ s$,$ Plains Indians fought against the U$.$S anny at $$ Davie of Bis

B$.$ The Indians were able tc the U$.$S$.$ army and George Custer

C$.$ Sitting Bull and followers were exiled to Canada.

Wounded Knee Massacre

A$.$ About ten years later, Sitting Bull's tribe was urged to join the new Dance religious movement.

B$.$ The American Indians believed their ceremony would their ancestral lands and repopulate the herd.

C$.$ As some of Sitting Bull's followers were ordered to be brought back to the reservation, a confrontation with elements of th $$ Calvary ensued.

D$.$ As the soldiers began to confiscate from the Sioux, a shot was fired.

E$.$ Some of Sitting Bull's followers may have been convinced that their shirts$\_$ woulc them as they resisted the soldiers.

F$.$ This tragic gun battle at Knee ended in the deaths of over Sioux, including womerr and children.

G$.$ This was the major conflict between American Indians and the U$.$S$.$ Army a signaled the end of to white settlers' westward expansion.