indian wars. na chart – wars/battles 1.apache and navajo wars (1861-1886) 2.sand creek massacre...
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Indian Wars
NA Chart – Wars/Battles
1. Apache and Navajo Wars (1861-1886)
2. Sand Creek Massacre (1864)
3. Red River War (1874-1875)
4. Battle of Little Bighorn (1876)
5. Nez Percé War (1877)
6. Battle of Wounded Knee (1890)
Apache and Navajo Wars (1861-1886)
• Apache – AZ, NM, and CO territories
• Navajo – NM and CO territories
Apache Wars
• Geronimo
• Colonel Christopher“Kit” Carson
• Carson kills or relocates many Apache to reservations in 1862.
• Clashes drag on until Geronimo surrenders in 1886.
Battle of Little Bighorn (1876)
• Sioux of the Northern Plains – Dakota, WY, and MT territories (Black Hills Region)
• Sitting Bull
• Crazy Horse
• Lt. Col. George A. Custer
• US Govt. tries to buy gold-rich Black Hills from Sioux.
• Talks fail and Custer’s 7th Calvary sent to round up the Sioux.
• Troops meet up with large number of Sioux.
• Custer and 200 men killed in “Custer’s Last Stand.”
Battle of Wounded Knee (1890)
• Sioux Reservation in South Dakota (Pine Ridge Reservation)
• Sitting Bull• US 7th Calvary
• Ghost Dance raises fears of Sioux uprisings.
• Sitting Bull killed in an attempted arrest.
• His followers surrender and camp at Wounded Knee.
• Shots are fired; some 200 – 300 Sioux die (women and children included).
Dawes Act (1887)
• Forces Native Americans onto reservations and increases the process of their assimilation into the American culture
• Gives land directly to the individuals within a tribe