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Sand Creek Massacre
Colorado Milita destroys peaceful Apache & Arapaho village, killing more than 150 -
Fetterman Fight
Crazy Horse and circa 1000 Sioux warriors ambushes Capt. Fetterman on Lodge Trail Ridge, killing ≈80 US soldiers and ≈50 Sioux warriors. -
Fort Laramie Treaty
Puts Native Americans in Reservations. As a result, Natives who go outside to their traditional hunting grounds are killed/arrested and the Buffalo are killed in masses -
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Red River War
US Army begins military offensive aimed to remove or destroy hostile Native settlements. Two of the tribes included were Comanche & Kiowa. -
Battle of Little Bighorn
Sitting Bull ambushes Lt. Colonel George Armstrong Custer trying to assault a settlement. Custer and the 7th Cavalry were wiped out. -
Dawes Act is passed
Dawes Act is passed, meant to take Native children away from their families and "civilize" the. "Kill the Indian, Save the Man"
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Sitting Bull is killed
Native Police attempts to arrest Sitting Bull at Standing Rock Reservation for "stirring unrest" and after his friend shot one policeman, Sitting Bull was shot dead. -
Wounded Knee Massacre
More than 300 native civilians are killed after they are forced to a camp at Wounded Knee (South Dakota) by the 7th Cavalry in a matter of minutes
