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Navajo and Apache Wars
Cochise and five other men were seized and wrongly accussed of cattle rustling and kidnapping a boy from a ranch. Cochise escaped and waged a boold war against the whites during the U.S civil war. This drew many troops away from the Southwest and allowed Cochise to wreck havoc. -
Sand Creek Massacre
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. The location has been designated a National Historic Site and is administered by the National Park Service. -
Red Cloud's War
It was an armed conflict between the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Northern Arapaho and the United States in Wyoming and Montana territories from 1866 to 1868.The war was fought over control of the Powder River Country in north-central Wyoming. -
Red River War
1874: The U.S army launched a campaign to remove the Commanche, Kiowa, Southern Cheyenne, Arpaho indian tribes from the soutthern plains and enforce their location in Indian territories. The Red River War led to the end of an entire way of life for the Southern Plains tribes and brought about a new chapter in Texas history. -
Battle of Little Bighorn
U.S army regiment led, led by General Custer, is defeated by Native Americans "Custards Last Stand", gold discoverd in Black HIlls. -
Dawes Severalty Act
The Dawes Severalty Act was a law that converted tribal lands to individual ownership. They believed that this would led to assimliation. -
"A Century of Dishonor"--Helen Hunt Jackson
Helen Hunt jackson wrote the book "A Cebtury of Dihonor" because she felt like the Native Americans were being mistreated by America. -
Battle of Wounded Knee
This was the last of the Indian-US conflicts; ended the Native American resistance to assimliation.
