Ch.6 The Land Changes Hands

How was the balance of power between the U.S. government and American Indian nations unequal?

• U.S. had more money

• U.S. had more people

• U.S. had more military power

• All of these things

In the 1805 treaty:

• The Ojibwe sold a large chunk of their land in the North

• The Treaty of Traverse des Sioux happened

• The Ojibwe & the U.S. government signed a land treaty in Washington D.C.

• Land used for Ft.Snelling was bought

Why did the U.S. government build Ft.Snelling?

• Keep the British out of the Fur Trade

• Keep peace between the Dakota & Ojibwe

• Help the American Fur Company

• All of these things

The Dakota believed the land belonged to:

• the European -Americans

• the Ojibwe

• the people who lived there

European Americans saw the land as:

• theirs

• the Dakota's

• a place of resources that they could benefit from

The Dakota saw the land provided:

• food and other resources

• timber & new construction

The European Americans saw forested land provided:

• food

• fish and fresh water

• timber for new construction

The Dakota saw that rivers provided:

• fish & fresh water

• transportation routes

The Europeans saw that land could be:

• used for food

• held the graves of their ancestors

• divided and then sold

Europeans saw that open prairies provided:

• buffalo

• timber for building

• soil for farming