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Sand Creek massacre
The Sand Creek massacre was a massacre of Cheyenne and Arapaho people by the U.S. Army. A 675-man force of the Third Colorado Cavalry under the command of U.S. Volunteers Colonel John Chivington attacked a village of Cheyenne and Arapaho people in southeastern Colorado Territory, killing and mutilating an estimated 70–500 Native Americans (a majority being children and women). -
Battle of Little BigHorn
The Battle of Little Bighorn marked the most decisive Native American victory. The U.S. Army troops were vastly outnumbered. Native American forces led by Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull defeated the U.S. Army troops of General Custer in the battle Little Bighorn River. -
Wounded Knee
This was the last major conflict between the Army and the Native Americans. A domestic massacre of nearly three hundred Lakota people, by soldiers of the United States Army.
