Yellowstone River

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The Yellowstone River had long been an important artery of transportation for [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]].  In the 19th century, European-American settlers depended on it as well, entering the region by [[riverboat]].  The region around the Big Horn, Powder and Tongue rivers is the traditional summer hunting grounds for numerous Native American tribes: [[Lakota Sioux]], [[Crow]], [[Cheyenne]] and [[Cree]].  Gold was discovered near [[Virginia City, Montana]] in the 1860s, and two of the primary routes for accessing the gold fields were the [[Bozeman Trail]] and the [[Bridger Trail]] both of which followed the Yellowstone for a short length.   
 
The Yellowstone River had long been an important artery of transportation for [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]].  In the 19th century, European-American settlers depended on it as well, entering the region by [[riverboat]].  The region around the Big Horn, Powder and Tongue rivers is the traditional summer hunting grounds for numerous Native American tribes: [[Lakota Sioux]], [[Crow]], [[Cheyenne]] and [[Cree]].  Gold was discovered near [[Virginia City, Montana]] in the 1860s, and two of the primary routes for accessing the gold fields were the [[Bozeman Trail]] and the [[Bridger Trail]] both of which followed the Yellowstone for a short length.   
  
Native American anger at settler intrusion into the hunting grounds lead to [[Red Cloud's War]].  They settled the conflict with the [[Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868)|Treaty of Fort Laramie]] in 1868, by which the US granted the territory of the [[Black Hills]] and the [[Powder River Country]] to the Lakota people.<ref name=bury>*{{cite book
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Native American anger at settler intrusion into the hunting grounds lead to [[Red Cloud's War]].  They settled the conflict with the [[Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868]], by which the US granted the territory of the [[Black Hills]] and the [[Powder River Country]] to the Lakota people.<ref name=bury>*{{cite book
 
|author=Brown, Dee  
 
|author=Brown, Dee  
 
|title=[[Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee]], ch. 6
 
|title=[[Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee]], ch. 6

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