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The West
The Salt War
- The El Paso Salt War was an armed conflict between the salineros,Charles Howard, his henchmen, and the Texas Rangers
- The racial tension that fueled the Civil War, fortified the racial hierarchy in El Paso
- For the ethnic Mexican community in this region, the Guadalupe Salt Flat was a main source of income and livelihood, yet for opportunistic Anglo community leaders, the salt flat was a chance to make money
- The ethnic Mexicans fought back.
The Ghost Dance
- Originated in the Paiute nation around 1870
Key Concepts
- Beginning in 1860, the Federal Bureau of Indian Affairs established the first Indian boarding school on the Yakima Reservation
- With the intent to "civilize" Native children, boarding schools were intended to Americanize them to the "white man's way of life."
- "Kill the Indian, Save the Man."
We Shall Remain
35:06-40:15
Common Myths
- Settlers ALWAYS fought with Native Americans
- Outlaws rules the west
- Cowboys are from the United States/ were created in the U.S.
- Cowboy hats
- Everyone had a gun
The West looked like?
Key Terms:
- Homestead Act: Beginning during the Civil War (1862,) Euro-Americans and other Europeans sough to claim land in the Western U.S. Land that had been reserved for Native Americans was taken and claimed by white settlers
- http://www.ndstudies.org/media/homesteading_displaced_native_americans
Buffalo Soldiers
- The name given by the Plains Indians to the African Americas who served in the U.S. Calvary after the Civil War.
- Buffalo soldiers faced racism and discrimination as they worked to carry out their orders to maintain order and control over Native populations.
- Henry O. Flipper
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