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Bloody Island Massacre
The murder of up to 200 Pomo people on an island near Upper Lake, California by Nathaniel Lyon and his U. S. Army detachment, in retaliation for the killing of two Clear Lake settlers who had been abusing and murdering Pomo people.
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Gunnison Massacre Site
The Gunnison Massacre Site is significant in its ties to the history of exploration, railroad construction, Indian-white relations, and the Mormon experience in the West. Captain John W. Gunnison, leader of the 38th Parallel Railroad Survey, and seven others were killed by Indians of the Pahvant Tribe(Ute). http://www.greatbasinheritage.org/gunnison-massacre-site -
Sioux War
They were located in Wyoming, Minnesota and South Dakota. They moved across the Mississippi into "Indian Country," the Sioux under Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse resisted waves of settlers and prospectors, to keep their hunting grounds. https://u-s-history.com/pages/h1008.html -
Third Seminole War
The Third Seminole War resulted from renewed efforts to track down the Seminole remnant remaining in Florida. It caused little bloodshed and ended with the United States paying the most resistant band of refugees to go West. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Seminole-Wars#ref15604 -
Gunther Island Massacre
In the pre-dawn hours of February 26, 1860 a small group of white men, using axes and knives, massacred over 50 women and children of Tuluwat, the Wiyot village that had existed on Indian Island (Gunther Island) for over one thousand years. Concurrent attacks took place at other Wiyot settlements around the bay, resulting in the death of over 150 people, mainly women and children. https://mediainfidel.wordpress.com/2013/08/08/indian-island-massacre-of-1860/ -
Sand Creek Massacre
The Sand Creek Massacre occurred after about 750 peaceful Cheyenne and Arapaho led by Chief Black Kettle were forced to abandon their winter campsite near Fort Lyon in southeastern Colorado. When they set up camp at Sand Creek, volunteer Colorado soldiers attacked, scattering them while slaughtering 148 men, women and children. https://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/american-indian-wars -
Red River War
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. https://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/redriver/ -
Battle of the Little Bighorn
The Battle of the Little Bighorn was fought along the ridges, steep bluffs, and ravines of the Little Bighorn River, in south-central Montana.The Battle of the Little Bighorn has come to symbolize the clash of two vastly dissimilar cultures: the buffalo/horse culture of the northern plains tribes, and the highly industrial/agricultural based culture of the United States. https://www.nps.gov/libi/learn/historyculture/battle-story.htm -
Battle of Cibecue Creek
The battle occurred on the White Mountain Apache Reservation. It was brought on by the influence of a shaman, Nock-ay-det-klinne, who preached a doctrine of raising the dead and removing the white interlopers from Arizona. Alarmed civilians and military personnel wanted the shaman arrested. https://www.legendsofamerica.com/battle-cibecue-arizona/ -
Battle of Leech Lake
On the early Wednesday morning of October 5th, 1898 a handful of young Pillager men , armed to the teeth with AR-10 rifles, held off approximately 100 U.S. soldiers on the shores of Sugar Point. The firefight resulted in seven dead and ten wounded with no casualties reported on the Ojibwe side. https://www.leechlakenews.com/2018/10/05/on-this-day-in-history-the-battle-of-sugar-point/
