losing the buffalo

As more settlers began coming to North America, conflicts arose between them and the American Indian tribes.  The settlers and the government wanted to take over tribal lands, but the Indians did not want to give it up.

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1  Essential Question
2  Learning Goal
3  New Vocabulary Words
4  Minnesota Prairie
5  Ecological Provinces of Minnesota
6  United States Great Plans – Plains Map
7  Living on the Great Plains – Tribal Nations
8  Living on the Great Plains - Buffalo
9  Hunting the Great Plains – Slide Show 
10  Importance of the Buffalo –Luther Standing Bear
11  Importance of the Buffalo
12  Uses of the Buffalo
13  Honoring The Buffalo
14  Loss of the Buffalo - Slaughter of the Buffalo
15  Loss of the Buffalo – Westward of Expansion –Slide  Show
16  Losing the Buffalo – United State Government
17  Losing the Buffalo – Military 
18  Losing the Buffalo – Railroad
19  Losing the Buffalo – 1868-1881
20  Losing the Buffalo – American Indian Loss of Land
21  Losing the Buffalo – Efforts to Save the Buffalo
22  Losing the Buffalo Link – Intertribal Buffalo Council
23  Story – The Passing of the Buffalo
24  The Passing of the Buffalo Story Questions
25  Essential Question - Review
26  Learning Goal – Review
27  Extension of Learning Link – Lakota Winter Count Lesson Plan – Winter Count