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How did the building of the railroads impact Native American land?

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he construction of the Transcontinental Railroad had dire consequences for the native tribes of the Great Plains, forever altering the landscape and causing the disappearance of once-reliable wild game. Tribes increasingly came into conflict with the railroad as they attempted to defend their diminishing resources.

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The railroad disrupted intertribal trade on the Plains, and thereby broke a core aspect of Cheyenne's economic life.

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The Transcontinental Railroad dramatically altered ecosystems. For instance, it brought thousands of hunters who killed the bison Native people relied on.

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