Across
- 1. the process of acquiring or causing a person to acquire American traits and characteristics
- 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
- 6. people who immigrated to America and colonized the land and people already there
- 9. founded in the 1880’s, argued that allotments would hurt rather than help Native Americans
- 13. to absorb a group into the culture of another
- 14. an official claim or certificate of possession
- 19. for a small registration fee an individual could file for a homestead; designed to dispossess Native Americans of their land
- 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
- 24. a piece of U.S. public land acquired by living and cultivating on it
- 25. wanted; desired
- 26. get; obtain
- 27. money paid at regular intervals by contract
- 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
- 29. a large, highly profitable wheat farm
- 30. the Lakota considered this the most sacred place on earth
Down
- 2. a vast region located between the Mississippi river and east of the Rocky mountains in the U.S. and Canada
- 3. the action of taking something for use without the owner’s permission
- 5. treating people with an attitude of superiority
- 7. member of the Seneca nation; became Commissioner of Indian Affairs under Ulysses S Grant
- 8. thousands of people raced to stake claims on the last large territory that was just opened for settlement
- 10. a way of farming dry land in which seeds are planted deep in the ground where there is some moisture
- 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
- 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
- 15. a plot of land assigned to an individual or family for a specified use
- 16. began at the eastern edge of the great plains and covered much of the Dakotas and parts of Nebraska and Kansas
- 17. people who reject lawful behavior
- 18. explored the great plains with an army expedition in 1819
- 21. a name given to great plains farmers
- 22. act passed by congress in 1924 that granted all Native Americans citizenship
- 23. protest that included a five-week-long rebellion that killed hundreds of settlers
- 26. a ritual that provided a source of hope for many Lakota