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Battle occured after the govenment failed to deliver payment that had been promised to them in the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux.
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Union troops killed several hundred Indian women and children in Colorado
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Apache Chief who led a rebellion against white American settlement of the Southwest in the 1870s and 1880s.
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Sioux Chief who helped defeat General George Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn.
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General George Armstrong Custer made his infamous last stand.
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General George Armstrong Custer made his infamous last stand.
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Nez Perce' Chief in the Pacific Northwest; opposed white expansion westward and relocation to reservations.
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US Army founght the Nez Perce tribe when they refused to give up land to white settlers.
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Congress authorized President of United States to survey American Indians tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual indians.
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a Native American Movement that called for a return to traditional ways of life and challenged white dominance in society.
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Hundred's of Native Americans died at this battle during the army's attempt to end the Ghost Dance Movement.