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Apache and Navajo Wars
Mescalero Apache scouts served with the army during the Navajo War in 1863 and 1864. One of the last battles of the war involving the scouts occurred along the Pecos River of New Mexico Territory on January 4, 1864. -
Sand Creek Massacre
The Sand Creek Massacre (also known as the Chivington Massacre, the Battle of Sand Creek or the Massacre of Cheyenne Indians) was an atrocity in the Indian Wars of the United States that occurred on November 29, 1864, when a 700-man force of Colorado Territory militia attacked and destroyed a village of friendly Cheyenne and Arapaho encamped in southeastern Colorado Territory,killing and mutilating an estimated 70–163 Indians, about two-thirds of whom were women and children. -
Red river war
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. -
Nez Perce War
General Howard Ordered Nez Perce to the Idaho reservation causing violence.Survivors moved to Washington Territory. -
Battle of Little Bighorn
An armed engagement between combined forces of Lakota, Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes, against the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army. -
Battle of Wounded Knee
This event involved the sioux tribe and the american army.It took place on december 29, 1890. the battle claimed more than 200 sioux and 25 soldiers.The winner was the army killing 8 times the amount of people lost. It is significant because this battle didnt have to happen, a shot rang out so people got scared a fired.
