Indian land loss

American Indian Land Loss Post European Invasion

By dkosiba
  • Columbus Arrives in Caribbean of the Coast of North America
    May 1, 1492

    Columbus Arrives in Caribbean of the Coast of North America

    Columbus brings European diseases and sets a precedent of racism that results in the genocide of American Indians and epic land loss.
  • Period: May 1, 1492 to

    European Invasion and Colonization

    The Arrival of Columbus to the Massacre of Wounded Knee
  • Puritans and Wampanaog have what is called the first Thanksgiving

    Puritans and Wampanaog have what is called the first Thanksgiving

  • Massacre at Mystic Creek

    Massacre at Mystic Creek

    Puritans in Eastern Conneticut ally with Indian enemies of Pequots the Pequot Indians in an effort to completely wipe out the entire Pequot people and marks the turning point in English relations with Indian people in America. Europeans no longer felt they needed Indians to survive in America so they begin focusing on removing and exterminating Indian people.
  • King Philip's War

    King Philip's War

  • Battle at Little Bighorn

    Battle at Little Bighorn

    Even though the Lakota Indians at Little Bighorn won decisively over George Custer's American forces, they were eventually hunted down and relocated onto an even smaller reservation.
  • Massacre at Wounded Knee

    Massacre at Wounded Knee