"Buffalo Soldiers" is a nickname originally bestowed upon the members of the U.S. 10th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army by the Native American tribes they were fighting, the term eventually encompassed these units: * U.S. 9th Cavalry Regiment * U.S. 10th Cavalry Regiment * 24th Infantry Regiment * 25th Infantry Regiment * 27th Cavalry Regiment * 28th Cavalry Regimen
The Native Americans were considered a foreign nation to the United States and the US Army fought them in the last quarter of the 1800s in order to use their lands for westward expansion.
The Apaches.
the battle of wounded knee
The Native Americans tried to defend their territory, but were not strong enough to protect themselves and their homes. They were either killed during the Indian Wars or moved to Indian Reservations. Even today many Native Americans still live on these Indian Reservations. The movement West displaced many Native Americans from their native homes. They were moved to Reservations that were often a long way from their native land. Not long after Congress herded the Native Americans onto Reservations, Congress enacted The Dawes Severalty Act (February 8, 1887) that deprived them of their legal status.
In 1862, Congress passed a law to allow African Americans to join the Union Army.
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they were a bigger army
The British army could not protect settlers from Native Americans.
The Native Americans were considered a foreign nation to the United States and the US Army fought them in the last quarter of the 1800s in order to use their lands for westward expansion.
Native Americans became successful farmers.
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The Apaches.
The colonists sent out an army to wipe out all of the native Americans because the native Americans were killing all of the colonists and that is why there was such a small group of colonists.
Native Americans became successful farmers
It was actually quite unusual for Native Americans and cowboys to be enemies. For the most part, the Native Americans fought with the US Army, not the settlers or ranchers.
You do not receive any additional pay or benefits for being a Native American.