Cultural & Military Clashes on the Prarie

By magnus.jovinge

  • 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

    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"
    -Capt. Richard H. Pratt

  • 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