Red Bird uprising

E92417

Native American resistance movement armed conflict uprising

The Red Bird uprising was a brief 1827 Native American resistance led by the Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) leader Red Bird against United States encroachment in what is now Wisconsin.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Red Bird Uprising	2
Red Bird War	2
Red Bird uprising canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T776292 — 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: Red Bird uprising
Context triple: [Winnebago War, significantEvent, Red Bird uprising]

A. Stormbird
Stormbird is the NATO reporting name for the Messerschmitt Me 262, the pioneering German World War II jet fighter and the world’s first operational jet-powered combat aircraft.
B. Copper Riot
The Copper Riot was a major 1662 popular uprising in Moscow sparked by economic hardship and the debasement of currency during the reign of Tsar Alexis of Russia.
C. Plea for the West
Plea for the West is a 19th-century religious and social commentary in which Lyman Beecher warns against perceived moral and religious decline in the American West and advocates for Protestant influence in the region.
D. Grito de Baire
Grito de Baire was the 1895 uprising in the town of Baire that marked the formal beginning of Cuba’s War of Independence against Spanish colonial rule.
E. The Protester
The Protester is the collective title Time magazine gave in 2011 to individuals worldwide who participated in mass demonstrations and uprisings, symbolizing the power of grassroots activism in shaping global events.
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: Red Bird uprising
Target entity description: The Red Bird uprising was a brief 1827 Native American resistance led by the Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) leader Red Bird against United States encroachment in what is now Wisconsin.

A. Stormbird
Stormbird is the NATO reporting name for the Messerschmitt Me 262, the pioneering German World War II jet fighter and the world’s first operational jet-powered combat aircraft.
B. Copper Riot
The Copper Riot was a major 1662 popular uprising in Moscow sparked by economic hardship and the debasement of currency during the reign of Tsar Alexis of Russia.
C. Plea for the West
Plea for the West is a 19th-century religious and social commentary in which Lyman Beecher warns against perceived moral and religious decline in the American West and advocates for Protestant influence in the region.
D. Grito de Baire
Grito de Baire was the 1895 uprising in the town of Baire that marked the formal beginning of Cuba’s War of Independence against Spanish colonial rule.
E. The Protester
The Protester is the collective title Time magazine gave in 2011 to individuals worldwide who participated in mass demonstrations and uprisings, symbolizing the power of grassroots activism in shaping global events.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Native American resistance movement ⓘ armed conflict ⓘ uprising ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Red Bird uprising ⓘ surface form: Red Bird War Winnebago War ⓘ
commander	Red Bird ⓘ
conflictBelligerent	Ho-Chunk ⓘ surface form: Ho-Chunk bands United States Army regulars ⓘ territorial militia forces ⓘ
conflictType	Native American–United States conflict ⓘ
countryInvolved	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
endTime	1827 ⓘ
ethnicGroupInvolved	Ho-Chunk ⓘ surface form: Ho-Chunk people
followedBy	further Native American dispossession in Wisconsin ⓘ increased U.S. military presence in the region ⓘ
hasCause	United States encroachment on Ho-Chunk lands ⓘ tensions over lead mining region near present-day Wisconsin ⓘ
hasEffect	heightened U.S. concern over Native resistance in the Upper Midwest ⓘ pressure for additional land cessions from Native nations in the region ⓘ
historicalRegion	present-day Wisconsin ⓘ
location	Michigan Territory ⓘ Upper Mississippi Valley ⓘ surface form: Upper Mississippi River region Wisconsin ⓘ
mainSubject	United States territorial expansion ⓘ surface form: United States westward expansion
notableLeader	Red Bird ⓘ
opponent	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
participant	Ho-Chunk ⓘ United States Army ⓘ United States settlers ⓘ
partOf	United States–Native American wars ⓘ surface form: American Indian Wars
precededBy	growing tensions over land cessions ⓘ
relatedTo	Black Hawk War ⓘ Ho-Chunk history ⓘ United States Indian policy in the 1820s ⓘ
result	United States victory ⓘ surrender of Red Bird ⓘ
shortDescription	1827 Ho-Chunk resistance against U.S. encroachment in present-day Wisconsin ⓘ
significantEvent	Red Bird’s surrender at Prairie du Chien ⓘ attack on settlers near Prairie du Chien ⓘ
startTime	1827 ⓘ
territorialContext	Michigan Territory governance ⓘ
timePeriod	19th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Winnebago War → significantEvent → Red Bird uprising ⓘ

Winnebago War → alsoKnownAs → Red Bird uprising ⓘ

this entity surface form: Red Bird War

Red Bird → notableFor → Red Bird uprising ⓘ

this entity surface form: Red Bird Uprising

Red Bird → conflict → Red Bird uprising ⓘ