Native American Timeline

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  • The Gnadenhutten Massacre

    A group of militiamen killed 96 Christianized Delaware Indians.

  • The Creek War

    An inter-tribal conflict among Creek Indians between 1813-1814

  • Indian Removal Act of 1830

    Allowed the practice of forcing Indians off their lands to make room for the European settlers.

  • Indian Appropriations Act of 1851

    Created the establishment of reservations in Oklahoma and gave the idea of other states creating reservations.
  • Little Crow War of 1862

    Little Crow War of 1862

    Dakota Sioux people killed 490 settlers, mostly women and children. President Lincoln sent soldiers to fight with them after this.
  • The Sand Creek Massacre

    The Sand Creek Massacre

    Was a surprise attack on the Cheyenne and Arapaho Native Americans on their land at Sand Creek in Southeastern Colorado killing 160 people that were mainly women and children.

  • Sioux Treaty of 1868

    Treaty that was established to bring peace between the whites and the Sioux who agreed to settle within the Black Hills reservation in the Dakota Territory.
  • Dawes Act

    Dawes Act

    This Act allowed the federal government to break up tribal lands.
  • The Ghost Dance

    The Ghost Dance

    A spiritual movement founded by Wovoka who had a vision that God spoke to him and showed him a bountiful land of love and peace.
  • Wounded Knee

    Wounded Knee

    involved nearly three hundred Lakota people shot and killed by soldiers of the United States Arm