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Glossary Term – Place

Great Sioux Reservation

The Great Sioux Reservation was the region reserved for the Lakota Indians between 1868 and 1889. The reservation was established by the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868, which set that region of the Dakota Territory aside for the Sioux, provided them hunting rights to the west of the reservation, and prohibited white settlement in the Black Hills. After gold was discovered in the Black Hills in the mid-1870s, however, white settlers began to encroach on the reservation, and the federal government refused to enforce the provisions of Treaty,...

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Cultures of the Americas, 1200 BC–AD 1600

Mound Builders (Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River)

Key Groups: Adena (500 BC), Hopewell (100 BC)

Religion and Culture: Known as mound builders because they buried the dead in large earth mounds, these groups lived in small farming villages, which were likely run by leaders of clans (relatives). The villages grew and became increasingly complex, building trade networks and creating elaborate artwork using materials from as far away as the Gulf of Mexico and the Great Lakes. Adena culture was...