Crow Flies High was the chief of a band of dissident Hidatsa people from 1870 until their band joined the reservation system in 1894. This band was one of the last to settle on an Indian reservation.
Hidatsa chief and rebel Crow Flies High (also known as Crow Fly, Raven Ascending and Heart). He and his followers were among the last Native Americans in the United States to settle on a reservation
The Dawes Act of 1887 regulated land rights on tribal territories within the United States. Named after Senator Henry L. Dawes of Massachusetts, it authorized the President of the United States to sub
The first page of the Dawes Act
The second page of the Dawes Act
A 1911 ad offering "allotted Indian land" for sale
Grover Cleveland by Charles Milton Bell color change