History of the United States II / Unit 2 USH2 0176 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Treaties of 1867 and 1868
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The idea
At Medicine Lodge Creek in the fall of eighteen sixty-seven, officials sought to move the Cheyenne, Arapaho, Kiowa and Comanche to reservations in Indian Territory.
In practice
The Fort Laramie Treaty of April eighteen sixty-eight recognising the Black Hills as part of the Great Sioux Reservation.
Where people slip
The Yawp says each side understood the Medicine Lodge terms differently.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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