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Across
  1. 2. was a leader of the Wal-lam-wat-kain band of Nez Perce a Native American tribe of the interior Pacific Northwest region of the United States, in the latter half of the 19th century.Wounded Knee 1890 confrontation between U.S. cavalry and Sioux that marked the end of the Indian resistance
  2. 3. 1887 law that divided reservation land into private lots
  3. 7. area of grassland where livestock grazed and roamed
  4. 10. African Americans who migrated from South to West after civil war
  5. 12. self-appointed law officer
  6. 13. network of farmers organizations that work for political and economic reforms in late 1800's
  7. 15. Warleader and Spiritual Leader and led indian coalition to victory
  8. 16. rail link between eastern and western U.S.
Down
  1. 1. law that banned discrimination in public facilities and transportation
  2. 4. land designed by the federal government for building Schools, Roads, Railroads
  3. 5. 1860 law that gave 160 acres land to citizens willing to live and cultivate it for five years
  4. 6. 1876 battle Sioux defeated U.S. army troops
  5. 8. public land where Native Americans were forced to live by the government
  6. 9. absorbed into the main culture of society
  7. 11. Colorado militia killed a camp of Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians
  8. 14. crop grown for sale