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| a religious movement which was incorporated into numerous Native American belief systems. |
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| an incident in the Indian Wars of the United States that occurred when a 700-man force of Colorado Territory militia attacked and destroyed a village of Cheyenne and Arapaho encamped in southeastern Colorado Territory,killing and mutilating an estimated 70–163 Indians |
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| an armed engagement between combined forces of Lakota and Northern Cheyenne against the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army. |
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| was a Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux holy man who led his people as a war chief during years of resistance to United States government policies |
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| he is most remembered for a disastrous military engagement known as the Battle of the Little Bighorn. |
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| the result of a number of unresolved grievances which led to the last major conflict between the US Government and the Sioux. |
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| an agency of the federal government of the United States charged with the administration and management of 55.7 million acres |
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| regarding the distribution of land to Native Americans in Oklahoma |
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| a form of mining that uses high-pressure jets of water to dislodge rock material or move sediment. |
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| refers to various underground mining techniques used to excavate hard minerals, mainly those minerals containing metals |
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| a breed of cattle known for its characteristic horns, which can extend to 7 feet tip to tip for steers and exceptional cows |
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| a breed of cattle known for its characteristic horns, which can extend to 7 feet tip to tip for steers and exceptional cows |
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| one of several United States federal laws that gave an applicant freehold title to up to 160 acres of undeveloped federal land outside the original 13 colonies |
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| AN ACT to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri river to the Pacific ocean, and to secure to the government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes, |
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| United States statutes that allowed for the creation of land-grant colleges |
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