Plains Indian Wars

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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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century conflict
series of conflicts
war
conflictBetween United States
various Native American tribes
conflictType Indian Wars
linked to: Indian War
endTime late 19th century
hasPart Battle of the Little Bighorn
Dakota War of 1862
Fetterman Fight
Ghost Dance War
Great Sioux War of 1876
Nez Perce War
Northern Cheyenne Exodus
Red Cloud's War
Red River War
Sand Creek Massacre
Washita River Massacre
linked to: Washita Massacre

Wounded Knee Massacre
involves Arapaho
Comanche
Crow
Kiowa
linked to: Kiowa people

Kiowa-Apache
linked to: Kiowa Apache

Lakota Sioux
linked to: Sioux people

Nez Perce
Northern Cheyenne
Pawnee
Southern Cheyenne
U.S. cavalry
United States Army
locatedIn Great Plains
North America
United States
mainCause broken treaties
conflicts over hunting grounds
construction of railroads
control of natural resources
control of the Great Plains
settler encroachment on Native lands
westward expansion of the United States
partOf American Indian Wars
relatedTo Dawes Act
Indian Appropriations Acts
Manifest Destiny
reservation system in the United States
westward expansion of the United States
result U.S. control of the Great Plains
confinement of Native Americans to reservations
decline of bison herds
defeat of most Plains tribes
loss of Native American land
significantEvent Battle of the Little Bighorn
Fetterman Fight
Red River War
Sand Creek Massacre
Wounded Knee Massacre
startTime mid-19th century
timePeriod circa 1850–1890

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Pawnee Scouts in U.S. Army conflict Plains Indian Wars
Bozeman Trail partOf Great Plains Indian Wars
linked to: Plains Indian Wars
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linked to: Plains Indian Wars
Battle of Slim Buttes typeOfWarfare Indian Wars campaign
linked to: Plains Indian Wars
John Gibbon participatedIn Indian Wars in the Northwestern United States
linked to: Plains Indian Wars
Colorado Territory militia conflict Plains Indian Wars
Plains Indian Museum hasSubjectArea Plains Indian warfare and diplomacy
linked to: Plains Indian Wars
Fort Kearny involvedIn Indian Wars on the Great Plains
linked to: Plains Indian Wars
Treaty of Fort Atkinson (1853) relatedTo Plains Indian Wars
Washita Massacre relatedTo Great Plains Indian Wars
linked to: Plains Indian Wars
Yanktonai conflictHistory Great Sioux Wars
linked to: Plains Indian Wars
Lakota–Northern Cheyenne alliance culturalContext Plains Indian Wars
Fort Hays State Historic Site conflictContext Indian Wars
linked to: Plains Indian Wars
Two Kettles Lakota involvedIn Lakota resistance to U.S. expansion
linked to: Plains Indian Wars
A Distant Trumpet aspectOf Indian Wars in the American West
linked to: Plains Indian Wars
Sinṡká historicalContext Indian Wars in the Great Plains
linked to: Plains Indian Wars
Brulé band of the Lakota Sioux playedRoleIn Plains Indian Wars
Lone Wolf the Elder conflict Kiowa–United States conflicts
linked to: Plains Indian Wars
Fort Ellsworth usedDuring Indian Wars on the Great Plains
linked to: Plains Indian Wars
Fort Wallace conflict Indian Wars on the Great Plains
subject linked to: Fort Wallace (historic site)
linked to: Plains Indian Wars
Battle of Summit Springs associatedWith Plains Indian Wars
Touch the Clouds culturalContext Plains Indian Wars
Tongue River historicalSignificance Northern Plains Indian Wars
linked to: Plains Indian Wars
Camp Holmes Treaty conflictContext United States–Plains Indian conflicts
linked to: Plains Indian Wars
Húŋkpapȟa involvedInConflict Plains Indian Wars
Black Moon associatedWithConflict U.S.–Lakota conflicts
linked to: Plains Indian Wars
One Bull conflict Plains Wars
linked to: Plains Indian Wars
Mnikowoju affectedBy Indian Wars in the Great Plains
linked to: Plains Indian Wars
Black Kettle conflict Plains Indian Wars
Southern Cheyenne peace faction historicalContext Indian Wars on the Great Plains
linked to: Plains Indian Wars