Native American Timeline

  • The Creek War

    The Creek War
    a conflict between the United States and a faction of the Creek Nation
  • the Office of Indian Affairs

    the Office of Indian Affairs
    created in order to resolve the land issue
  • Indian Removal Act

    Indian Removal Act
    The US government forcibly relocated the Five Civilized Tribes to territories that would become the states of Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma, in a death march that became known as the Trail of Tears.
  • The reservation system

    The reservation system
    The Indian reservation system was created to keep Native Americans off of lands that European Americans wished to settle.
  • Indian Appropriations Act

    Indian Appropriations Act
    authorized the establishment of reservations in Oklahoma and inspired the creation of reservations in other states as well. The US federal government envisioned the reservations as a useful means of keeping Native Americans off of lands that white Americans wished to settle.
  • The Sand Creek Massacre

    The Sand Creek Massacre
    Indians fighting back to defend their people and protect their homelands provided ample justification for American forces to kill any Indians on the frontier, even peaceful ones.
  • Sioux Treaty

    Sioux Treaty
    This treaty was to bring peace between the whites and the Sioux who agreed to settle within the Black Hills reservation in the Dakota Territory
  • The Dawes Act

    The Dawes Act
    a law passed in 1887 that divided tribal lands into individual plots and gave them to Native Americans
  • The Ghost Dance

    The Ghost Dance
    a Native American spiritual and cultural movement that involved a ritual dance and a set of beliefs
  • The massacre at Wounded Knee

    The massacre at Wounded Knee
    Wounded Knee Massacre is the slaughter of approximately 150–300 Lakota Indians by United States Army troops in the area of Wounded Knee Creek in southwestern South Dakota,
  • US Indian Reorganization Act

    US Indian Reorganization Act
    which instituted a “New Deal” for Native Americans, authorizing them to reorganize and form their own tribal governments.