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Hayes: Native American Conflicts of the late 1800's

By Hayes

  • Sand Creek Massacre

    Sand Creek Massacre
    Over 200 killed Cheyenne Killed while waiting to work out terms for their surrender to military authority.

  • Treaty of Medicine Lodge Creek

    Treaty of Medicine Lodge Creek
    Attempt to force Plains people to give up their authority as free nations and move to reservations.

  • Buffalo War

    Buffalo War
    Native Americans attempted to protect the buffalo they depended on from being killed by whites.

  • Battle of Little Bighorn

    Battle of Little Bighorn
    The Sioux, led by Sitting Bull, defeated Lieutenant Colonel Custer and 210 soldiers.

  • Helen Hunt Jackson

    Helen Hunt Jackson
    Published the book, "A Century of Dishonor" which criticized the government treatment of Native Americans.

  • Geronimo

    Geronimo
    Apaches surrender to the U.S. government.

  • Dawes Act

    Dawes Act
    Congress passes a law aimed to assimilate the Native Americans by granting individual Native Americans 160 acres of land to farm.

  • Battle of Wounded Knee

    Battle of Wounded Knee
    Over 200 men, women, and children killed when Native Americans and US soldiers clashed.

  • Curtis Act

    Curtis Act
    Law passed mandating the allotment of lands in Intian Terrritory and ending tribal authority.