Westernization and Native American Affairs

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Across
  1. 1. the process of acquiring or causing a person to acquire American traits and characteristics
  2. 4. reversed the Dawes act policy of assimilation; restored some of the reservation lands to the control of Native Americans and allowed them to elect their own governments
  3. 6. people who immigrated to America and colonized the land and people already there
  4. 9. founded in the 1880’s, argued that allotments would hurt rather than help Native Americans
  5. 13. to absorb a group into the culture of another
  6. 14. an official claim or certificate of possession
  7. 19. for a small registration fee an individual could file for a homestead; designed to dispossess Native Americans of their land
  8. 20. altering the reservation system by dividing land into allotments for farming or ranching that encouraged Natives to leave the reservation and become independent land owners
  9. 24. a piece of U.S. public land acquired by living and cultivating on it
  10. 25. wanted; desired
  11. 26. get; obtain
  12. 27. money paid at regular intervals by contract
  13. 28. a plan formed by congress that proposed setting up two reservations; one for the Lakota and Dakota peoples and another for the Native Americans of the southern plains
  14. 29. a large, highly profitable wheat farm
  15. 30. the Lakota considered this the most sacred place on earth
Down
  1. 2. a vast region located between the Mississippi river and east of the Rocky mountains in the U.S. and Canada
  2. 3. the action of taking something for use without the owner’s permission
  3. 5. treating people with an attitude of superiority
  4. 7. member of the Seneca nation; became Commissioner of Indian Affairs under Ulysses S Grant
  5. 8. thousands of people raced to stake claims on the last large territory that was just opened for settlement
  6. 10. a way of farming dry land in which seeds are planted deep in the ground where there is some moisture
  7. 11. where Native American children were required to speak english, choose an english name, cut their hair to match American styles, attend church, and learn vocational skills
  8. 12. an act passed by congress in 1819 with the stated goals of teaching Native Americans “good moral character” through Christianity and providing basic education and vocational training
  9. 15. a plot of land assigned to an individual or family for a specified use
  10. 16. began at the eastern edge of the great plains and covered much of the Dakotas and parts of Nebraska and Kansas
  11. 17. people who reject lawful behavior
  12. 18. explored the great plains with an army expedition in 1819
  13. 21. a name given to great plains farmers
  14. 22. act passed by congress in 1924 that granted all Native Americans citizenship
  15. 23. protest that included a five-week-long rebellion that killed hundreds of settlers
  16. 26. a ritual that provided a source of hope for many Lakota