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Battle of palo Duro Canyon
Chiefs Poor Buffalo and Lone Wolf managed to effect some resistance but since the camps were so spread out over the canyon floor -
Sand Creek Massacre
Colorado Territory during the 1850's and 1860's was a place of phenomenal growth in Colorado homes spurred by gold and silver rushes. Miners by the tens of thousands had elbowed theirway into mineral fields, dislocating and angering the Cheyennes and Arapahos. -
Medicine Lodge Treaty
It is the names for three treaties signing between the United States government and the Southern Plain Indian tribes. Used to bring peace to the area by relocating the Native Americans to reservations in Indian territory and away from European American settlements. -
2nd Treaty of Fort Laramie
An agreement between the United States and the Lakota people. It gave the Lakota people ownership of the Black Hills. It also gave the Lakota tribes hunting rights in South Dakota, Wyoming, and Montana. The treaty ended Red Clouds war. -
The Battle of the Little Bighorn
June 25 and 26 of 1876, 263 soldiers including Lt. Col. George A. Custer and attached personnel of the U.S. Army, died fighting several thousand Lakota, and Cheyenne warriors. -
Relocation of the Nez Perce
The United States government ordered the Nez Perce to relocate to the new reservations by June 14. Fighting broke out and the Nez Perce tried to flee to Canada. The United States caught them and they surrendered at Bear Paw, Montana. They ran for 1,100 miles before being caught. -
Capture of Geronimo
Geronimo was captured by General George Crook but he later escaped on the way to the Untied States. General Gate Wood met with Geronimo. Gerionimo surrendered on September 3 to United States authorities. -
Ghost Dance movement begins
he Indians believed the Ghost Dance would bring back buffalo and send off settlers and troops. They kept doing this and some of the white newspapers and settlers though this was a sign of a coming uprise. They asked the government for help and they eventually arrested Sitting Bull. A skirmish broke out and Sitting Bull was killed. Many Sioux fled west. The Army found them and took them to a camp. -
Wounded Knee Massacre
Colonel James Forsyth marched him and his troops into Indian territory to demand all Indian firearms are taken away. One of Forsyth's soldiers tried to disarm a deaf Indian man named Black Coyote. A fight broke out between them, and the firearm was accidentally set off. This set everyone into a frenzy and everyone began shooting. In the end, at least 150 Indians were killed, only 25 people in the army were killed, and Forsyth was later charged with killing the innocent.
