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Native American battles/encounters with army
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Battle of Whitestone Hill
The Battle of Whitestone Hill was the culmination of the 1863 operations against the Sioux or Dakota people in Dakota Territory. Brigadier General Alfred Sully attacked a village September 3–5, 1863. The Native Americans in the village included Yanktonai, Santee, and Teton Sioux. -
Battle of Washita River
On November 26, Custer located a large village of Cheyenne encamped near the Washita River, just outside of present-day Cheyenne, Oklahoma. Within a few hours, the village was destroyed—the soldiers had killed 103 Cheyenne, including the peaceful Black Kettle and many women and children. -
Battle of Little Bighorn
George Custer led a “scientific expedition” into the Black Hills of South Dakota. He found gold in the hills which led thousands of gold miners to move into the Black Hills. The Battle of Little BigHorn was Custard pursuing the Indians into Montana. He split his forces into two only thinking he had to fight a few hundred, but it was more of a thousand. The Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapaho were the tribes fighting Custer. It was a short win for the Indians as they would lose the war. -
Battle of the Big Hole
The Battle of the Big Hole was fought in Montana, August 9–10, 1877, between the U.S. Army and the Nez Perce tribe of Native Americans during the Nez Perce War. Both sides suffered heavy casualties. -
Meeker Massacre
Meeker Massacre and the White River War, Ute War, or the Ute Campaign, were conflicts that began when the Utes attacked an Indian agency on September 29, 1879, killing the Indian agent Nathan Meeker and his 10 male employees, and taking women and children as hostages. -
Wounded Knee Massacre
This was the last major “conflict” between the army and Native Americans. The US army thought that the “ghost dance” was a war dance which put fear into the US army. So, the US troops tried to disarm the group of Sioux - Shots were fired and the troops ended up massacring around 200 men, women, and children. The US army killed and mutilated an estimated 70-500 Native Americans, about two-thirds of whom were women and children.
