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Native American Timeline

  • Navajo and Apache Wars

    Navajo and Apache Wars
    A series conflict between the United States and Apaches fought in the Southwest
  • Sand Creek Massacre

    Sand Creek Massacre
    a 700-man force of Colorado Territory militia attacked and destroyed a village of friendly Cheyenne and Arapaho encamped in southeastern Colorado Territory
  • Red Cloud's War

    Red Cloud's War
    This war was fought over control of Powder River City in north central Wyoming
  • Red River War

    Red River War
    This war was to remove Comanche, Kiowa, Southern Cheyenne, and Arapaho Native American from the Southern Plains and relocate to Indian Territory
  • Battle of Little Bighorn

    Battle of Little Bighorn
    The war was an armed engagement between combined forces of Lakota, Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes, against the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army
  • "A Century of Dishonor"

    "A Century of Dishonor"
    a non-fiction book by Helen Hunt Jackson that chronicles the experiences of Native Americans in the United States, focusing on injustices
  • Dawes Severalty Act

    Dawes Severalty Act
    President of the United States to survey Indian tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Indians
  • Battle of Wounded Knee

    Battle of Wounded Knee
    This war started because Black Coyote refuse to give up his rifle and shots were fired