Native Americans vs U.S. Army

The Sand Creek Massacre

Nov 29, 1864

The Cheyenne Indians were raiding ranches of pioneers. They were offered amnesty by the Army if they returned to their reservation. They were lied to and ambushed by U.S. Army Soldiers who raided their village of Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians. Many women and children fled the village only to be followed by soldiers and massacred.

Battle of Little BigHorn

Jun 25, 1876

The Battle of Little Bighorn marked the most decisive Native American victory and the worst U.S. Army defeat in the long Plains Indian War. The U.S. Army troops were much outnumbered. Native American forces led by Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull defeated the U.S. Army troops of General Custer in the battle near southern Montana's Little Bighorn River.

Massacre at Wounded Knee

Dec 29, 1890

This was the last major conflict between the Army and the Native Americans. The Army made an attempt to disarm a group of Sioux. Shots were fired and it ended up as a domestic massacre of nearly three hundred Lakota people, by soldiers of the United States Army.