Native american

Native American Conflicts

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  • Colorado Kills over 200 Cheyenne along Sand Creek.

    Colorado Kills over 200 Cheyenne along Sand Creek.
    The Cheyenne were waiting to work out the terms of their surrender to military authority.

  • The Treaty of Medicine Lodge Creek

    The Treaty of Medicine Lodge Creek
    Force Plains people to give up their authority as free nations and move to reservations controlled by the federal governmant.

  • The " Buffalo War "

    The " Buffalo War "
    The final attempt by several Native Americans groups to protect the buffalos

  • Gold prospector overran the Sioux

    Gold prospector overran the Sioux
    In 1876 gold prospector overran the Sioux reservation in the Black Hills.

  • A Century of Dishonor

    A Century of Dishonor
    Helen Hunt Jackson published A Century of Dishonor, a book that described the plight of Native Americans and criticized the governmant's treatment of them.

  • Geronimo and his band of Apaches surrendered

    Geronimo and his band of Apaches surrendered
    In 1886 Geronimo and his band of Apaches surrendered to the government after more than two decades of conflict.

  • An effort to break up Native Americans reservations

    An effort to break up Native Americans reservations
    In an effort to break up Native American reservations, Congress passed the Dawes Act in 1887.

  • Wounded Knee

    Wounded Knee
    The Native American conflict ended

  • Congress passed the Curtis Act

    Congress passed the Curtis Act
    Curtis Act was passed by Congrees which means mandating the allotment of lands in Indian Territory and ending tribal authority.