Native American Conflicts

Sand Creek

Jan 1, 1864

200 Cheyenne was killed.

Treaty of Medicine Lodge Creek

Jul 20, 1867

Force the Plains people to give up their authority as free nations and move to reservation by the federal government.

"Buffalo War"

Feb 22, 1873

Was the final attempt by several Native American groups to protect the buffalo. And to which they depended for food

Battle of Little Big Horn

Jun 25, 1876

Custer and 210 Soldiers died

Helen Hunt Jackson

Jan 1, 1881

A Century of Dishonor

Geronimo and his band of Apaches

May 28, 1886

Surrendered to the government after more than two decades of conflict.

The Dawes Act

Apr 10, 1887

Gave individual Native Americans 160 acres of land to fram.

Wounded Knee Creek

Dec 25, 1890

Killing 25 soldiers and more than 200 men, women and children

Curtis Act

Jun 28, 1898

Mandating the allotment of lands in Indian Territory and ending tribal authority