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Sand Creek Massacre
In 1864, in the Colorado Territory, some members of the Cheyenne tribe raided nearby ranches. Army officials agreed to forgive them if they went back to their reservation at Sand Creek. Cheyenne chief, Black Kettle, wanted peace, so he led his people back. When they got back to Sand Creek, U.S. General John M. Chivington was there with about 700 troops. The Cheyenne didn't want to fight but Chivington did. Chivington and his troops killed 150 Cheyenne, mostly women and children. -
Medicine Lodge Treaty
The Native American's land had been taken time and time again, and the U.S. kept making treaties to keep the natives content. The Medicine Lodge Treaty was the treaty to end all treaties with the Kiowa, Comanche, Kiowa-Apache, Cheyenne and Arapaho. They held meetings at Medicine Lodge, Kansas to discuss the treaty. The Native Americans wanted to be left alone, this treaty did that, but in the wrong way. With this treaty, the Native Americans agreed to live on the reservations. -
Second Treaty of Fort Laramie
The Second Treaty of Fort Laramie is an agreement between the U.S. and Lakota nation, Yanktonai Sioux, Santee Sioux, and Arapaho tribes. The treaty gave the Lakota ownership of the Black Hills. It also gave them further land and hunting rights, and ended Red Cloud's war. -
Battle Of Palo Duro Canyon
On September 28, 1874, colonel Ranald McKenie caught Comanches, Kiowas, and Chyeyennes getting ready for encampment. He sent in his calvary. This made some Indians flee, and others defended their camps. More than 1000 Indian ponies ended up being slaughered by McKenie's men. The Comanches, led by Quanah Parker, moved onto the Indian reservation. This battle ended the Indian wars in the southern Plains. -
Battle of Little Bighorn
The U.S. had government ordered all Lakota Sioux to go back to their reservations by January 31, 1876. About 2000 Native Americans of different tribes, gathered near the Little Bighorn River. Sitting Bull conducted a cermonial sun dance. The leaders in the US saw this dance as a war threat, so Custer readied his troops in optimism. Depsite their cockiness, Custer and his army were quickly defeated. This defeat made the U.S. want to put down the Native Americans even more. -
Relocation of the Nez Percé
The Nez Percé lived on a reservation in Idaho and Oregon in 1855. But in 1863, settlers started wanting to settle on their reservation; the US government took back nine tenths of the Nez Percé land because of this. Chief Joseph, chief of the Nez Percé, agreed, and the tribe was fleed. They relocated to eastern Kansas, then the Indian territory, then returned to back Idaho, then many were sent to eastern Washington. -
Capture of Geronimo
The U.S. government was forcing Native Americans onto Indian reservations. Apache leader, Geronimo, resisted, and fled the reservation. Geronimo and his band of Apaches led raids on both sides of the Arizona-Mexico border for years. Geronimo and his band of raiders surrendered in 1883, and agreed to live on the reservation. Soon after this, they returned to their raiding ways agian.Geronimo finally surrendered in September 1886, and was captured. -
Ghost Dance Movement begins
Wovoka, a Paiute shaman, had a vision which made him think that the Indian dead would live again, the buffalo would return, and the settlers would leave. Wovoka’s vision developed into a religious movement which became known as the Ghost Dance. The Ghost Dance revived dwindling spirits of the Native Americans. The U.S. saw this a threat. -
Wounded Knee Massacre
Because of the Ghost Dance, the U.S. wanted Sitting Bull to be arrested. The US military and some of the Souix tribe got in a skirmish because of this. The day after, Colonel James Forsyth asked for the Souix the give up their rifles. Black Coyote, a young souix boy, didn't want to give up his rifle, and in a struggle with a US soldier, his gun went off. After the shot was fired, the Souix and the U.S. soldiers started shooting. About 300 Souix were killed in this Massacre.
