Native American Conflicts

By AndrewConger

  • Sand Creek

    Sand Creek
    Colorado settlers killed over 200 Cheyenne along sand creek.

  • Treaty of Medicine Lodge Creek

    Treaty of Medicine Lodge Creek
    Tried to force Plains people to give up their authority as free nations and move to reservations.

  • Buffalo War

    Buffalo War
    The final attempt by several Native American tribes to protect the buffalo upon which they depended on for food.

  • Gold Prospectors

    Gold Prospectors
    They overren the Sioux reservation in the black hills. General Custer and all his men were killed.

  • A Century of Dishonor

    A Century of Dishonor
    Helen Hunt Jackson published a book describing the mis treatment of Native Americans and critizised the government's treatment towards them.

  • Geronimo and his fellow Apaches surrender

    Geronimo and his fellow Apaches surrender
    Geronimo and his band of Apaches surrender after more than 2 decades of conflict.

  • Dawes Act

    Dawes Act
    Gave individual Native Americans 160 acres of land to farm.

  • Wounded Knee Creek

    Wounded Knee Creek
    Over 200 Native American men, women, and children were killed.

  • Curtis Act

    Curtis Act
    Mandated the allotment of lands in Indian Territory and ending tribal authority.