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Battle of Little
Big Horn
the last major Native American
victory
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Sitting Bull
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Geronimo
An important leader of the Lakota
Sioux. Fought and defeated
General Custer at the Battle of
Little Big Horn.
An Apache leader who evaded the
army for many years. He gave up
in 1886 and became the last
Native American to surrender
formally to the US government.
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Nez Perce’
An American Indian tribe located
in the Northwest part of the United
States. They were led by Chief
Joseph.
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Chief Joseph
Native American leader who led
his tribe in their retreat to Canada;
wished to avoid conflict with the
U.S. (“I will fight no more forever”)
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Battle of Wounded
Knee
(1890)
Marked the end of armed conflict
between whites and Native
Americans.
Grade 6 ▪ First and Third Nine Weeks ▪ US History Vocabulary ▪ Native Americans
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Treaty
A formal agreement between two
parties. In this case, an
agreement between the US
government and American
Indians.