American Indian Wars in the West

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The American Indian Wars in the West were a series of 19th-century armed conflicts between the expanding United States and numerous Native American nations over control of land, resources, and political autonomy across the western frontier.

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Label	Occurrences
Indian Wars in the American West	3
U.S. Indian Wars	3
American Indian Wars	1
American Indian Wars in the Southwest	1
American Indian Wars in the West canonical	1
California Indian Wars	1
Indian Wars Western subgenre	1
Indian Wars of the American West	1
Indian Wars of the late 19th century	1
The Indian Wars of the West	1
U.S. Army Indian Wars campaigns	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19342375 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: American Indian Wars in the West
Context triple: [United States frontier army, conflictType, American Indian Wars in the West]

A. Plains Indian Wars
The Plains Indian Wars were a series of 19th-century armed conflicts between the United States and various Native American tribes over control of the Great Plains and its resources.
B. Indian Wars in the Southwest
The Indian Wars in the Southwest were a series of 19th-century conflicts between the United States and various Native American tribes in the arid borderlands of the American Southwest, marked by protracted guerrilla warfare, forced relocations, and the eventual confinement of Indigenous peoples to reservations.
C. Civil War in the American West
The Civil War in the American West refers to the often-overlooked campaigns, battles, and military operations that took place west of the Mississippi River, involving Union, Confederate, and Native American forces over control of territories, trade routes, and resources.
D. Navajo Wars
The Navajo Wars were a series of 19th-century conflicts between the Navajo people and the United States (and earlier Spanish and Mexican authorities), marked by campaigns of forced relocation, including the Long Walk to Bosque Redondo.
E. Comanche Wars
The Comanche Wars were a series of 18th- and 19th-century conflicts in the Southern Plains between the Comanche people and various colonial, Mexican, and United States forces over control of territory and resources.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: American Indian Wars in the West
Target entity description: The American Indian Wars in the West were a series of 19th-century armed conflicts between the expanding United States and numerous Native American nations over control of land, resources, and political autonomy across the western frontier.

A. Plains Indian Wars
The Plains Indian Wars were a series of 19th-century armed conflicts between the United States and various Native American tribes over control of the Great Plains and its resources.
B. Indian Wars in the Southwest
The Indian Wars in the Southwest were a series of 19th-century conflicts between the United States and various Native American tribes in the arid borderlands of the American Southwest, marked by protracted guerrilla warfare, forced relocations, and the eventual confinement of Indigenous peoples to reservations.
C. Civil War in the American West
The Civil War in the American West refers to the often-overlooked campaigns, battles, and military operations that took place west of the Mississippi River, involving Union, Confederate, and Native American forces over control of territories, trade routes, and resources.
D. Navajo Wars
The Navajo Wars were a series of 19th-century conflicts between the Navajo people and the United States (and earlier Spanish and Mexican authorities), marked by campaigns of forced relocation, including the Long Walk to Bosque Redondo.
E. Comanche Wars
The Comanche Wars were a series of 18th- and 19th-century conflicts in the Southern Plains between the Comanche people and various colonial, Mexican, and United States forces over control of territory and resources.
F. None of above. chosen