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The Gnadenhutten Massacre
when 96 Christian Lenape Native Americans were killed by Pennsylvania militiamen in Gnadenhutten, Ohio. The villagers were accused of aiding hostile tribes, despite being peaceful and neutral. -
Battle of Tippecanoe
American forces led by Governor William Henry Harrison defeated Native American warriors associated with Shawnee leader Tecumseh. -
Indian removal act
authorizing the president to grant lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within exiting state borders. -
Indian Appropriations Act of 1851
creating the reservation system -
Mankato Executions
were the mass hanging of 38 Dakota men in Mankato, Minnesota, on December 26, 1862, following the U.S.- Dakota War of 1862. It was ordered by President Abraham Lincoln and is the largest mass execution in U.S. history -
On the reservation
living within the boundaries of designated area of land managed by a Native American tribe under the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs. These lands are often referred to simply as "reservations"