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Sand Creek Massacre
an atrocity in the Indian Wars of the United States that occurred on November 29, 1864, when a 700-man force of Colorado Territory militia attacked and destroyed a village of friendly Cheyenne and Arapaho encamped in southeastern Colorado Territory,[3] killing and mutilating an estimated 70–163 Indians, about two-thirds of whom were women and children. -
Medicine Lodge Treaty
the overall name for three treaties signed between the United States government and southern Plains Indian tribes in October 1867, intended to bring peace to the area by relocating the Native Americans to reservations in Indian Territory and away from European-American settlement. -
2nd Treaty of Fort Laramie
an agreement between the United States and the Oglala, Miniconjou, and Brulé bands of Lakota people, Yanktonai Dakota, and Arapaho Nation[1] signed in 1868 at Fort Laramie in the Wyoming Territory, guaranteeing to the Lakota ownership of the Black Hills, and further land and hunting rights in South Dakota, Wyoming, and Montana. -
Battle of Palo Duro Canyon
a significant United States victory that brought about the end of the Red River War. -
Battle of the Little Bighorn
an armed engagement between combined forces of Lakota, Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes, against the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army. -
Relocation of the Nez Perce
In May of 1877, the U.S. government ordered the “non-treaty” Nez Perce to relocate to the new reservation by June 14. -
Capture of Geronimo
Following his surrender in 1883, Geronimo and his band had agreed to live on the San Carlos Reservation. -
Ghost Dance movement begins
a new religious movement which was incorporated into numerous Native American belief systems. -
Wounded Knee Massacre
the last battle of the American Indian war.
