Native peoples of the Great Plains

Grade 7 Social Studies Worksheet - Challenge Me

Circle the best answer.

1. Read this first

   The Oceti Sakowin and the Black Hills, 1851 to today

   Year	What happened
   1851	the first Fort Laramie treaty set boundaries among northern Plains nations and let travelers cross their lands; it set up no reservation
   1868	the Fort Laramie Treaty created the Great Sioux Reservation, which included the Black Hills
   1874	an Army expedition led by Custer found gold in the Black Hills, and miners moved in
   1877	the Black Hills Act took the Black Hills, 7.3 million acres, without the consent of three-fourths of adult men that the 1868 treaty required
   1887 and 1889	the Dawes Act split land into family allotments; the Sioux Act of 1889 broke up the Great Sioux Reservation and opened 11 million acres to homesteaders
   Today	ownership of the Black Hills remains the subject of a legal dispute

   Below the chart: the Oceti Sakowin, or Seven Council Fires, are the Lakota, Dakota and Nakota, and nine of their tribal nations are in South Dakota today. The Oglala Sioux Tribe names the General Allotment Act and the Wounded Knee Massacre (1890) among the major events in its history with the US government.

2. 1.

   Which list puts these events in order: gold found, the 1868 treaty, the Black Hills Act, Esme asks?

   • Gold found, 1868 treaty, Black Hills Act
   • 1868 treaty, gold found, Black Hills Act
   • 1868 treaty, Black Hills Act, gold found
   • Black Hills Act, gold found, 1868 treaty
3. 2.

   Which came first, by the chart, Kira asks?

   • The 1851 treaty, which set boundaries but no reservation
   • Both came in the same year, 1868
   • The 1851 treaty, which set up the Great Sioux Reservation
   • The Great Sioux Reservation, set up in 1851
4. 3.

   By the chart, what brought miners into the Black Hills, Luz asks?

   • The Black Hills Act of 1877
   • The Dawes Act of 1887
   • The travel rights given in the first treaty of 1851
   • Gold found by an Army expedition in 1874
5. 4.

   By the chart, what did the 1877 act lack that the 1868 treaty required, Milo asks?

   • A signature from before gold was found
   • A plan to give the hills back to the nations
   • The consent of three-fourths of adult men
   • A sale the Lakota agreed to
6. 5.

   Pia's note says: In 1877 the Lakota sold the Black Hills to the United States. Which fix makes it match the chart?

   • Change Black Hills to Pine Ridge
   • Change 1877 to 1868
   • Keep it, since Congress passed the act that year
   • Change it: the 1877 act took the Black Hills
7. 6.

   Ren's note says: The Black Hills question was settled long ago. Which fix makes it match the chart?

   • Change it: ownership is still a legal dispute
   • Change it: the hills were sold in 1851
   • Keep it, since the 1877 act settled it
   • Change it: the hills were returned to the Lakota in 1889
8. 7.

   Tala's note says: The Seven Council Fires lived on the Plains long ago. Which fix makes it match the note?

   • Keep it, since the treaties ended in the 1800s
   • Change Plains to the Heart River villages
   • Change Seven to Nine in the name
   • Use the present tense: nine of their nations are in South Dakota
9. 8.

   Which row of the chart describes the present day, Zee asks?

   • 1868: the Great Sioux Reservation is created
   • 1877: the Black Hills Act is passed
   • Today: the Black Hills are still in a legal dispute
   • 1889: the Sioux Act opens land to homesteaders
10. 9.

    Which statement uses the 1868 row and the Today row correctly, Ari asks?

    • The 1868 treaty and its dispute ended in 1889
    • The 1868 treaty gave the Black Hills to miners
    • Land the 1868 treaty set aside was returned in 1877
    • Land the 1868 treaty set aside is still in dispute
11. 10.

    By the note, which two events does the Oglala Sioux Tribe name in its own history, Bo asks?

    • The smallpox of 1837 and the move of the Mandan
    • The 2023 horse study and the return of the bison
    • The Medicine Lodge treaty and the land split of 1901
    • The General Allotment Act and the Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890