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?

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

   How many years after the 1868 treaty was the Black Hills Act passed, Jun asks?

   • 6 years
   • 19 years
   • 11 years
   • 9 years
4. 3.

   Which came first, by the chart, Kira asks?

   • Both came in the same year, 1868
   • The 1851 treaty, which set up the Great Sioux Reservation
   • The 1851 treaty, which set boundaries but no reservation
   • The Great Sioux Reservation, set up in 1851
5. 4.

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

   • The Black Hills Act of 1877
   • The travel rights given in the first treaty of 1851
   • The Dawes Act of 1887
   • Gold found by an Army expedition in 1874
6. 5.

   By the chart, what did the Sioux Act of 1889 do, Noah asks?

   • Ended the dispute over the Black Hills
   • Broke up the reservation and opened 11 million acres
   • Created the Great Sioux Reservation with the Black Hills
   • Returned 11 million acres to the Lakota
7. 6.

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

   • Change 1877 to 1868
   • Change it: the 1877 act took the Black Hills
   • Change Black Hills to Pine Ridge
   • Keep it, since Congress passed the act that year
8. 7.

   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
   • Keep it, since the 1877 act settled it
   • Change it: the hills were returned to the Lakota in 1889
   • Change it: the hills were sold in 1851
9. 8.

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

   • Change Seven to Nine in the name
   • Keep it, since the treaties ended in the 1800s
   • Change Plains to the Heart River villages
   • Use the present tense: nine of their nations are in South Dakota
10. 9.

    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
11. 10.

    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 is still in dispute
    • Land the 1868 treaty set aside was returned in 1877