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1872
 
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The Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad cuts through the territory reserved for American Indians, bringing hordes of 'boomers'      
1877
 
   
The Nez Percé Indians are led by Chief Joseph in a war against the US army      
1887
 
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The Dawes Severalty Act deprives American Indians of their tribal lands, giving each instead an allotment of up to 160 acres     
c. 1888
 
    
An American Indian visionary, Wovoka, launches a new religion that will bring the dead back to life, calling it the Ghost Dance       
1889
 
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The first Land Run into Oklahoma has settlers galloping in from noon to claim territory previously reserved for American Indians      
1890
 
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Hundreds of Sioux Indians are killed by US troops in a massacre at Wounded Knee Creek      
1907
 
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A midwest region, including what remains of the reserved Indian Territory, is included in Oklahoma when it joins the Union as the 46th state       
1927
 
   
Archaeologists, excavating the bison remains at Folsom, find an ancient spear point embedded in the skeleton - first proof of the Folsom culture      
1929
 
    
An American Indian teenager, Ridgely Whiteman, finds the remains of a butchered mammoth near Clovis in New Mexico - first evidence of the Clovis culture       
Fossil skeleton of a mammoth
American Museum of Natural History

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1934
 
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The Indian Reorganization Act restores tribal ownership of land in the US reservations