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fetterman massacre
hundreds of warriors were waiting in ambush and wiped out the entire detachment. This incident was known as the Fettermen Massacre. -
sand creek massacre
One of the most infamous incidents of the indian wars. The Indians started to attack wagon trains, mining camps and stagecoach lines. -
discovery 1874
Custer led an army expedition to check on the rumors and confirmed that there was gold. He then needed to get the native americans out of the way, they refused so they fought custer and his 250 men were defeated. -
battle of little bighorn
custer led army to attack native americans on june 25, 1876 to take there land so they could get the gold the native americans fought back. Custer was out numbered and was defeated. -
treaty of fort laramie
In the 19th century the Americans wanted to expand which caused them to clash with the Native Americans. So the government established several treaties that forced the native americans to give up their land. -
ghost dance
a ritual performed by the sioux indians to express their culture that was being destroyed because of the dawes act which said they could have no nomadic traditon. -
wounded knee
After the several hundred lakota sioux indians fled after the death of sitting bull because he was shot during a scuffle with the police they gathered at a creek called wounded knee.
