<span>The
Dakota people are a Native American tribe and a First Nations band gov’t that
used to dominated the Plains, and they migrated yearly to follow the movements
of American Bison which they hunted for subsistence, while also engaging in
corn and tobacco farming (which they used exclusively for ceremonies). Near
extinction of Buffalo herds vanquished their traditional lifestyle. Wars with
other tribes and enroachement of their lands by whites made sticking to their
traditional life much harder. </span>
The United States was willing to pay more per mile for the Gadsden Purchase than for the Mexican Cession because the Gadsden Purchase gave money to the United States to build a railroad.
