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Major Conflicts

By Nickayla Lewis

  • Navajo and Apache Wars

    Navajo and Apache Wars
    The Apache Wars were conflicts between the United States and Apaches, fought in the Southwest from 1849 to 1886. The Navajo Wars covers at least three different periods of conflict in the American West: the Navajo against the Spanish, the Navajo against the Mexican government, and the Navajo against the United States.

  • Sand Creek Massacre

    Sand Creek Massacre
    A 700-man force of Colorado Territory militia attacked and destroyed a village of friendly Cheyenne and Arapaho camped in southeastern Colorado Territory, killing an estimated 70–163 Indians, about two-thirds of whom were women and children.

  • Red Clouds War

    Red Clouds War
    Also known as Bozeman War or the Powder River War, The war was fought over control of the Powder River Country. Was a conflict between the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Northern Arapaho and the United States in Wyoming and Montana territories from 1866 to 1868.

  • Red River War

    Red River War
    Red River War was also known as the Red River Bridge War. It was a conflict between Oklahoma and Texas. United States sent out an army to remove/relocate Indians to Indian Territory

  • Battle of Little Bighorn

    Battle of Little Bighorn
    also known as Custer's Last Stand, was a conflict between the combined forces of Lakota, Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes, against the United States Army.

  • A Century of Dishonor

    A Century of Dishonor
    A Century of Dishonor is a non-fiction book by Helen Hunt Jackson that tells the experiences of Native Americans in the United States, focusing on injustices.

  • Dawes Act

    Dawes Act
    Authorized the President of the United States to survey Indian tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Indians.

  • Battle of Wounded Knee

    Battle of Wounded Knee
    Also known as The Wounded Knee Massacre, On the morning of December 29, the troops went into the camp to disarm the Lakota. One version claims that during the process of disarming the Lakota, a deaf tribesman named Black Coyote was reluctant to give up his rifle, claiming he had paid a lot for it. A scuffle over Black Coyote's rifle escalated and a shot was fired which resulted in the U.S troops opening fire from all sides, killing men, women, and children.