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Sand Creek Massacre
Colorado Territory militia which contained 700 men attacked the friendly Cheyenne and Arapaho. They killed 70-163 Indians. Two thirds of the Indians they killed were women and children. -
Medicine Lodge Treaty
The overall name for three treaties signed between the United States and southern Plains Indians is called the Medicine Lodge Treaty. It's meaning was to bring peace to the area. They were going to acheive this goal by putting Native Americans on reservations. -
2nd Treaty of Ft. Laramie
The 2nd Treaty of Ft. Laramie was an agreement between the United States and the bands of Lakota people. This treaty gave the United States the Black Hills, South Dakota, Wyoming and Montana. This treaty ended Red Clouds War. -
Battle of Palo Duro Canyon
Mackenzie's scouts found an Indian camp on the canyon floor. Mackenzie brought his whole regiment to were the Indian camp was and planned a surprise attack. By nightfall Mackenzie had taken control of the canyon and all the villages were destroyed. -
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Battle of the Little Big Horn
The Lakota, Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes joined together to fight off the 7th Calvry Regiment. Custer's Battalion was included in the 7th Calvry. Custer and all his men were killed. -
Relocation of the Nez Perce
Chief Joseph surrended because he believed that the Nez Perce people would return to their reservation. That was not the case though. The Nez Perce were marched to the Tongue River Cantonement in southeast Montana Territory. This march was 265 miles long. -
Capture fo Geronimo
After Geronimo was captured he was not allowed to return to the land he was born on. Later he regretted his surrender. He claimed that the conditions he made had been ignored. -
Ghost Dance movement begins
Started by Wovaka, a Paiute shaman, receiving a vision. He claimed that if they did this dance that the baffalo would come back and the white settlers would leave. Word spread and this vision soon developed into a religious movement. -
Wounded Knee Massacre
The 7th Calvry was tring to take away weapons from the Sioux. One young man wouldn't give up his gun. In the struggle the gun accidentally went off, the Sioux and the soldiers instantly started shooting.
