Culture Clash on the Prairie

1. 2016 POVERTY GUIDELINES FOR THE 48
CONTIGUOUS STATESAND THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA
Persons in
family/household
Poverty guideline
1 $11,670
2 15,730
3 19,790
4 23,850
5 27,910
6 31,970
7 36,030
8 40,090

10. Facts about Pine Ridge
 80% unemployment
 23% of residents graduate high school; among that group,
only 17% go on to college
 Poorest county in the USA. Average family income is just
$3,700 per year
 High rates of alcoholism, heart disease, and cancer
 Extremely high rate of diabetes. Almost half of the
population over 40 on the Pine Ridge Reservation have
diabetes.
 Life expectancy for men is 48 years. Life expectancy for
women is 52
 Highest infant mortality rate in the USA

11. Unit 4- The West

12.  I. Plains Indians
 A. Great Plains- Grassland through the west-
central portion of the US

13.  B. Most tribes were nomadic hunters and
gatherers (ex. Sioux and Cheyenne)
 1. Horses- allowed Indians to travel farther
and hunt more efficiently
 2. Buffalo- Important to the Plains Indians
 Used for food, teepees, clothing, shoes,
tools, religious ceremonies (all parts used)

14.  II. Manifest Destiny- People believed that it was
the destiny of the US to expand
 A. Indians believed land could not be owned
 B. Settlers believed that western lands were
unsettled and moved west to claim land
 C. Many mining towns popped up as people
went west for gold and silver

15.  III. Government restricts Native Americans
 A. Reservation- land set aside for Indians
 1. Great Plains set aside as one big Reservation
before 1850
 2. Government created specific boundaries for
each tribe starting in the 1850’s
 3. Indians often ignored boundaries and
hunted on traditional land- clashed with
settlers

16.  B. Treaty of Fort Laramie- Sioux agreed to live
on a reservation along the Missouri River (Pine
Ridge)

17.  C. Custer’s Last Stand (1876)
 1. Colonel George A. Custer reported that
the Black Hills were filled with gold- rush
followed
 2. Sitting Bull (Sioux Chief) met Custer at
Little Bighorn River
 3. Battle of Little Bighorn- Custer and his
troops were all dead in 1 hour