Mission US



| |PROLOGUE & PART 1: |PART 2: |PART 3: |PART 4: |PART 5: |EPILOGUE |

| |Seeing Shadows |Friend or Foe? |Raiding the Iron Horse |Broken Words |Battle of the Greasy Grass |1890s — 2014 |

| |1866 |1867 |1867 |1874 |1876 | |

|Playing Time |20-25 minutes |15-20 minutes |15-20 minutes |20-25 minutes |20-25 minutes |5-10 minutes |

|Story |Prologue tells the Cheyenne |Little Fox welcomes his uncle home|Little Fox travels south with |Little Fox is now a little warrior |Little Fox and his band join with the|Follow the story of Little |

| |creation story and about the |and learns of the battles against |Black Moon a Southern Cheyenne|chief and helps his band determine |Lakota who battle U.S. troops under |Fox’s descendants from the |

| |tribe’s migration to the |soldiers in the forts along the |who is also courting Little |the best strategies for survival |General George Custer and win a great|1880s through to the |

| |Plains. |Bozeman Trail. He then travels to |Fox’s sister. Their mission is|under the terms of the 1868 Fort |victory. But, a few months later U.S.|present. Learn that |

| | |a trading post with one of his |to recruit warriors for the |Laramie Treaty. The band can choose |soldiers burn Little Fox’s camp and |Cheyenne performed in Wild |

| |Little Fox and his friend |sister’s suitors, Many Horses a |battles against the soldiers’ |to hunt buffalo, elk, or deer, camp |force them to surrender and to |West Shows, served in World|

| |Crooked Rabbit discover some |Lakota warrior. At the trading |forts. As they cross the |with other bands, raid enemy tribes |relocate to Darlington Agency in the |War II, fought for their |

| |horses missing and must decide |post Little Fox interacts with |tracks of the Transcontinental|or white settlers, participate in the|south. |civil rights in the 1970s |

| |how to respond. He then assists|whites for the first time as he |Railroad they meet fellow |Sun Dance, collect annuities, or try | |and defended their land |

| |his mother with chores. Later a|bargains with the trader and sees |Cheyenne who are planning a |farming at the Agency. Then in 1875 |Chief Little Wolf and Chief Dull |from Coal Companies up to |

| |group of Northern Cheyenne boys|soldiers. |raid. |the U.S. government orders all Plains|Knife refuse to tolerate the |the present. |

| |challenge some Lakota youth to | | |Indians to settle on a reservation. |miserable conditions at Darlington | |

| |a foot race. | | | |and lead their followers back north. | |

|Little Fox’s Activities |Find missing horses, fetch |Trade 10 buffalo hides for goods |Take part in a raid of the |Insure that his band has enough food |Take part in the great battle, the |Player selects stories to |

| |water, train a horse, run a |for family |railroad |for two years |forced relocations and escape. |follow. |

| |race | | | | | |

|Skills/Traits |Throughout the game, the player will have opportunity to earn badges in two categories: Values and Skills. |

| |The Value Badges correspond to four qualities that are recognized in Cheyenne culture: Bravery, Crazy, Generosity, and Wisdom. Players can achieve up to level three in all of the badges. |

| |The Skill Badges reflect specific skills that were important for Cheyenne men during this time: Archery, Riflery, Horse Sense. Players who choose to develop their language abilities also may earn an |

| |English badge. |

|Target Concepts |Countering the stereotype of |Worsening conflict between U.S. |The impact of the Sand Creek |Terms of the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty|U.S. government policy toward the |Change and continuity in |

| |Plains Indians in the buffalo |government and Plains Indians over|Massacre on the Southern |and the impact of the treaty on the |Plains Indians and conflict over |history and the |

| |era as a timeless traditional |Bozeman Trail. |Cheyenne. |Northern Cheyenne. |confinement onto reservations. |adaptability and |

| |culture rather than as a | | | | |persistence of Plains |

| |distinct era in Cheyenne |Earlier interactions between |The impact of the railroad and|Impact of the decline in buffalo |The causes and effects of the Battle |Indians. |

| |history. |Plains Indians and white traders |white settlement on the |herds. |of Little Bighorn. | |

| | |was mutually advantageous – the |buffalo herds and Plains | | | |

| |Introduction to Northern |traders wanted buffalo robes and |Indian life. |Attitudes and policies toward Plains |The impact of land loss, removal, and| |

| |Cheyenne way of life in the |the Plains Indians wanted guns, | |Indians by government officials, the |containment on the Cheyenne people. | |

| |mid-nineteenth century. |ammunition, and manufactured |Different survival strategies |U.S. Army, traders, and settlers. | | |

| | |goods. |within and among different | | | |

| |Differences between Plains | |Indian tribes. |Goals of the U.S. government to | | |

| |Indian tribes and their |Buffalo hides were central to the | |convert Plains Indians into farmers. | | |

| |on-going alliances and |Plains Indian economy. | | | | |

| |conflicts. | | | | | |

|Classroom |Pre-Game Activity: “The Advance|Part 2 Document-Based Activity: |Part 3 Document-Based |Part 4 Document-Based Activity: “The |Part 5 Document-Based Activity: “The |Epilogue Document-Based |

|Activities |of the Rutherians” |“The Buffalo and the Cheyenne” |Activity: “American Progress” |Fort Laramie Treaty” |Greasy Grass and the Little Bighorn” |Activity: “Manifest |

| | | | | | |Destiny” |

| |Part 1 Document-Based Activity:|Part 2 Vocabulary Activity |Part 3 Vocabulary Activity |Part 4 Vocabulary Activity |Part 5 Vocabulary Activity | |

| |“Northern Cheyenne Life” | | | | | |

| | |Part 2 Writing Prompts |Part 3 Writing Prompts |Part 4 Writing Prompts |Part 5 Writing Prompts | |

| |Part 1 Vocabulary Activity | | | | | |

| | |Part 2 Review Questions |Part 3 Review Questions |Part 4 Review Questions |Part 5 Review Questions | |

| |Part 1 Writing Prompts | | | | | |

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| |Part 1 Review Questions | | | | | |

|Key Vocabulary |Smartwords: |Smartwords: |Smartwords: |Smartwords: |Smartwords: |Smartwords: |

| |counting coup |negotiate |iron horse |annuity |coulee |keepsake |

| |courting |sign language |raid |settler |ricochet | |

| |Creator | |war shield |hostile | | |

| |Crow |Related vocab: | | |Related vocab: | |

| |Dog Soldiers |ambush |Related vocab: |railroad surveyor |articles | |

| |Elk Soldiers |buffalo robes |archery |rations |banks | |

| |haahe |favor |deed |scout |crest | |

| |horses |fort |goods |Sun Dance |earth pigments | |

| |Lakota |kettle |raid | |ford | |

| |moccasin |trade |ridge |Related vocab: |ravine | |

| |quiver |trading post |shelter |chokecherries |reservation | |

| |Southern Cheyenne |war face |treaty |game |scout | |

| |tipi | | |territory | | |

| |wealth | | |virtues | | |

| | | | | | | |

| |Related vocab: | | | | | |

| |band | | | | | |

| |buffalo | | | | | |

| |camp | | | | | |

| |hides | | | | | |

| |suitor | | | | | |

| |warrior society | | | | | |

|Related Primary Documents|George Catlin, Buffalo Hunt |Buffalo Hunting from Train: On the|Plains Indian Quotes about |1868 Fort Laramie Treaty |Perspectives on the Battle of the | |

| | |Kansas-Pacific Railroad print |Railroads | |Little Bighorn | |

| |Ledger Art, Courting Couple | | |US Peace Commissioners at Fort | | |

| | |The Buffalo Harvest |US Government and Military |Laramie, Wyoming |Iron Teeth on the Escape from | |

| |Wooden Leg Describes His | |Quotes about Plains Indians | |Oklahoma and Fort Robinson | |

| |Childhood |Sentiments and Views of the | |Photographs of Custer’s Expedition in| | |

| | |Western Pioneers |Across the Continent: |1874 | | |

| |Iron Teeth on Training Horses | |“Westward the Course of Empire| | | |

| | |Wooden Leg Recalls Trips to the |Takes its Way” print | | | |

| |Saukamappee's Recollections |Trading Post | | | | |

| | | |Eyewitness Accounts of the | | | |

| | |Soldier Accounts of the Coming of |Sand Creek Massacre | | | |

| | |Red Cloud’s War | | | | |

| | | |Editorial from the Rocky | | | |

| | |Visit to a Trading Post (1850) |Mountain News (1864) | | | |

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| | | |Account from Charles Sharman, | | | |

| | | |Railroad Surveyor on the Union| | | |

| | | |Pacific Railroad | | | |

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“MISSION 3: A CHEYENNE ODYSSEY” AT A GLANCE

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