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Sand Creek Massacre
A group of Cheyenne raided some ranches in the Colorado Territory, the United States offered forgiveness but in retern they had to return to there reservation at Sand Creek. Their Chief Black Kettle wanted peace so he stopped his tripe from attacking. Colonel John M. Chivington arived at sand creed with about 700 troops and ignored the Cheyennes atempt at peace and ordered his troops to open fire on the Cheyenne. The colonels army killed 150 people mostly women, children, and elderly people. -
Medicine Lodge Treaty
US officials signed three treaties at Medicine Lodge Creek, in October 1867. These treaties were with the Cheyenne, Comanche, Kiowa, and other southern nations. These treaties promised the Native Americans peace and protection from white intruders in return they would have to relocate to reservations in western Indian Territory in what is now Oklahoma. -
2nd Treaty of Ft. Laramie
The Sand Creek Massacre cause the enraged Cheyenne and Sioux to step up their raids. After a group of 80 soldiers were killed while going on the Bozeman trail by the Sioux the government finialy decided to close the trail. The Sioux then agreed to live on a reservation along the Missouri River. -
Battle of Palo Duro Canyon
This was the even that ended Indian Wars in the Southern Plains. Colonel Ranald McKenzie found Native Americans from the Cheyennes, Comanches, and Kiowas preparing for winter. He sent his cavalry in, destroyed all of the Native Americans food and slaughtered more than 1000 Indian Ponies. This foced the Native Americans to move onto a reservation because they were starving. -
Battle of the Little Big Horn
It was a battle between the Arapaho, Lakota, and Northern Cheyenne tribes against the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army. It happened near the Little Bihorn River in the Montana territory. George Custer led his troops into battle and was quickly surrounded and killed. This was a great victory for the Native Americans. -
Relocation fo the Nez Perce
In 1877, the Nez Perce were ordedred to leave their home in Oregon and move into a small section in Idaho. The leader of the Nez Perce, Chief Joseph agreed but soon problems broke out between settlers and young Nez Perce. The Nez Perce fled and headed for the canadian border. The army was in close pursuit and forced them to surrender, they were less than 40 miles from the borer. They were taken to Kansas and eventrually, back into Idaho. -
Capture of Geronimo
Geronimo was the leader of an Apache people who were moved to a reservation along the Gila River in Arizona. He and dozens of others fled the reservation. This group of Native Americans led raids on both sides of the Arizona and Mexico border. At one point Geronimo returned to the reservation but left later again to continue raiding. In 1886, he and his group of raiders were sent to Florida as prisoners of war. -
Ghost Dance movement begins
Wovoka, a Paiute shaman, had a powerful vision in 1889. He predicted that the dead Indians would live again, the settlers would leave, and the buffalo would return. This vision turned into a religious movement known as the Ghost Dance. The Ghost Dance gave hope to many Native Americans. The US began to think that the Ghost Dance was a sign of a major uprising. The US army captured the Sioux and took them to Wounded Knee Creek -
Wounded Knee Massacre
After being captured, the Sioux were forced to give up their rifles. Black Coyote did not want to give up his rifle and in a struggle his gun went off. Both the Sioux and the US soldiers began shooting. When the shooting was over about 300 Sioux were dead. Bodies of women and children who fled the fight were found as far as three miles away from the camp. This was the end of bloody conflict between the US and the Plains Indians.
