1 jan 1877 ano - Nex Perce forcibly removed from ancestral homelands in Northwest

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Before: battle of little big horn, Pursued relentlessly after Custer’s death and finding fewer and fewer bison to sustain them, Sioux parents watched their children starve through a bitter winter. Slowly, families trickled into the agencies and accommodated themselves to reservation life
eviction of native americans showed that the act of defining small preserves as “uninhabited wilderness” was part of conquest itself.

the federal government forcibly removed the Nez Perce tribe from their ancestral land in what is now Idaho, Washington, and Oregon.

Under the leadership of young Chief Joseph, the Nez Perce tried to flee to Canada, but were stopped short of the border. In the journey, 5 bands crossed Yellowstone, raiding for supplies and waylaying tourists. It made national headlines. Easterners like their park and were surprised native Americans were resisting and pretended they were surprised the west wasn't empty. The were unsettling it int making it from Native Americans who had lives there Eventually, they surrendered.

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