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Sand Creek Massacre
colonel Chivington ordered a attack on the arapaho and cheyennes for their land. Chivington and his troops attacked them and killed a lot of them. -
Medicine Lodge Treaty
3 different treaties were signed at the medicine lodge creek. These treaties were to the indian tribes. They said that they would protect and peace from the white intruders -
2nd Treaty of Ft. Laramie
this treaty was an agreement between the U.S. and indian tribes in the black hill. This stated that we would remove the troops from their area and close of their land so no one would take their land. -
Battle of Palo Duro Canyon
The Cheyenne and Kiowas indian tribes were in the Palo DUro gathering food and supplies for winter. Colonel Ranald S Mackenzie planned a surprise attack on the tribes. One of Mackenzies scouts spotted them and they gathered around the top of the canyon. A leader of the tribe spotted them and shot a warning. Then Mackenzie and his troops came down and killed them all -
Battle of the Little Big Horn
Native Americans went into battle against the U.S. army. The Natives went into war with the U.S. army, because they had found gold in the Natives land. They went into their land and intruded. -
Relocation of the Nez Perce
The Nez Perce tribe was ordered to a land reservation. But CHeif Joseph refused to and led his troop somewhere else. Having to fight the U.S. army along the way. He finally surrendered on oct. 5th -
Capture of Geronimo
Geronmio was a cheif of a indian tribe. Mexican soliders attacked his family and killed some of them. In return Geronmio and some of the other indians attacked them out of revenge. Later he surrendered to the U.S. army -
Ghost Dance movement begins
Cheif Worvoka had a vision which led to this scared dance. he believed that this dance would bring the buffalo back and the whites would leave the west. -
Wounded Knee Massacre
the U.S. government was worried because of the ghost dance. So Clavary was sent out with his troops to a tribe near wounded creek to have them give them their weapons. A fight broke out and a shot was fired which caused the Massacre
