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Sand Creek Massacre
The Sand Creek Massacre took place near Sand Creek in Colorado on November 29, 1864. The event was caused by tension between the miners and indians. There was a colonel named John Chivington who was a mission commande refused to settle for peace, even though the indians surrendered. Chivington and his 700 troops attacked the indians, leaving 150 of them killed or wounded. Chivington won, because the indians had surrendered.It is significant because of how wrong the act was on Chivington's part. -
Fetterman Massacre
The Fetterman Massacre occured on the Bozeman Trail in Montana on December 21, 1866. The Souix, Cheyenne, and Arapaho warriors had a deadly trap that they used their leader, Crazy Horse as a decoy to get the troops into the trap where many warriors were waiting to bombard the troops. The warriors won, and it was significant be because this was the bloodiest attack from 1865 to 1867. -
Treaty of Fort Lamarie
In 1867 at Fort Lamarie in Wyoming, the Sioux indians and the whites held a conference to bring peace to those who wanted to settle in the Black Hills Reservation in the Dakota Terrritory. The conference resulted in a the Treaty of Fort Lamarie, which stopped the fighting between the two types of people. -
1874 Discovery
This event took place in the Black Hills of the Dakota territory in spring of 1874. The government had promised the Sioux that no white people would go on their reservation land, but htere were rumors of gold on that land, so a guy named Custer led an army search and indeed, found gold. When the government should have protected the indian's rights, they instead tried to buy the Sioux land. This was the start of yet another issue between the Whites and the Indians. -
Battle of Little Bighorn
This event took place on the banks of the Little Bighorn River, which is located in what is now Montana. On June 25, 1876, Colonel George Custer led his 250 troops to scoat a Sioux/Cheyenne camp. Custer wanted to win a major battle, so he split up his men andattacked the indians. Custer underesimated the indians' strength however, because not one American troop left that battle alive - every one of them died. It was so significant because it was such a huge victory for the Native Americans. -
Ghost Dance
Sioux Indians believed a prophet named Wokova that if they preformed a ritual called Ghost Dance, they would return to being as great as they once hadbeen. Reservation Officials decided to ban the dance. They thought Sititing Bull was the leader, so they tred to arrest him,but ended up shooting and killing him in an argument. This even was significant because it instigatedthe Battle of Wounded Knee. -
Battle of Wounded Knee
Hundreds of Sioux went to the creek called Wounded Knee n southwestern South Dakota on December 29, 1890 because they were upset about Sitting Bull's death. The army went to gather the indians' weapons and ended up fighting them. More than 200 Sioux were killed. This was the last armed battle between the Native Americans and the whites. That's why it's so important.
