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El Dorado Indian War
https://www.legendsofamerica.com/california-indian-battles/ Peter Burnett, California’s first governor, called for the extermination of Indian tribes and started a war against them and passed the Act for the Government and Protection of Indians, which stated in part, that “in no case shall a white man be convicted on any offense upon the testimony of an Indian -
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Tule River War of 1856
The first blood was shed on the December 13, 1850. When a party of settlers were cruelly killed by the Kaweah Indians. The war had lasted six weeks. Although a decade later, a few murders committed on Tule river. Their liberties are in no way more restricted than other tribes. Throughout the valley their numbers were decreasing, only a few to preserve the language and traditions. Ending the Tule river war of 1856. https://www.historynet.com/the-tule-river-war.htm -
Yakima War
gunfire erupts between Yakama Chief Kamiakin’s 300 warriors and Major Granville O. Haller’s 84-man troop of soldiers. Haller and his men are forced into retreat, but tensions continue to rise between Indians and settlers from Southern Oregon up to the Puget Sound region.https://www.legendsofamerica.com/yakima-war-washington/ -
Dakota War Of 1862
Four hungry Dakota hunters killed five white settlers at Acton Township, Meeker County. Some used that moment to seize the whites who would not keep their promises and reclaim their homelands. https://www.usdakotawar.org/ -
Red Cloud's War
Red Cloud led the opposition of Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapaho when the U.S. government began to build and fortify a road from Fort Laramie to Montana. He intercepted the first delegation of army construction troops on the Bozeman Trail, holding them prisoner for more than two weeks. The two-year harassment came to be known as Red Cloud’s War. Red Cloud signed the Second Treaty of Fort Laramie. https://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedia/red-clouds-war -
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The Red River War
https://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/redriver/ During the summer of 1874, the U. S. Army launched a campaign to remove the Comanche, Kiowa, Southern Cheyenne, and Arapaho Indian tribes from the Southern Plains and enforce their relocation to reservations in Indian Territory. The actions of 1874 were unlike any prior attempts by the Army to pacify this area of the western frontier. The Red River War led to the end of an entire way of life for the Southern Plains tribes -
The Great Sioux War of 1876
https://www.legendsofamerica.com/great-sioux-war-1876/ The Great Sioux War of 1876, also known as the Black Hills War, was a series of battles and negotiations which occurred in 1876 and 1877 between the Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne, and the United States. It began after Gold had been discovered in the Black Hills, settlers began to encroach onto Native American lands. The U.S. Government then wanted to obtain ownership of the area, and the Sioux and Cheyenne refused. -
Battle of Wounded Knee
https://www.thoughtco.com/wounded-knee-massacre-4135729 The massacre of hundreds of Native Americans at Wounded Knee in South Dakota on December 29, 1890, marked a particularly tragic milestone in American history. The killing of mostly unarmed men, women, and children, was the last major encounter between the Sioux and U.S. Army troops, and it could be viewed as the end of the Plains Wars.
