Chronology of American Indian History

P the Dog Soldiers, the war society of the Southern Cheyenne—hail Chivington and his men as heroes. They are cheered as they par ...

committee’s final report is a scathing indictment of the conduct of the soldiers responsible, reserving particularly harsh words ...

been the Cherokee, Creek, and Seminole, whose populations have dropped as much as 25 percent because of war-related deaths. The ...

In 1869, while touring Indian Territory, General Philip M. Sheridan was introduced to a Comanche man who was described to him as ...

Military campaigns were only one means used to destroy traditional Plains Indian society. The railroads joining East and West di ...

1866 The Indian Scouting Service is established. Amidst military budget cuts following the Civil War, the army asks Congress to ...

P with his followers in tow. The army concludes a treaty with Spotted Tail and several other Lakota Sioux, but with Red Cloud’s ...

his men far from the fort to guard a train carry- ing wood. As they pass over Lodge Trail Ridge, they are ambushed by some 2,000 ...

P August 1 to 2 The Cheyenne and Lakota battle U.S. troops in the Hayfield and Wagon Box Fights. On August 1, a Cheyenne and Lak ...

after the Civil War (see entry for JULY 14, 1865). In the Treaty of Medicine Lodge Creek, both sides also promise to live in pea ...

P “The nights and days were long before it came time for us to go to our homes. The day be- fore we were to start we went a litt ...

July 8 The Fourteenth Amendment denies the vote to Indians. Congress ratifies the Fourteenth Amendment, which grants citizenship ...

P P to the day—the soldiers rush to slaughter men, women, and children who have been living peace- fully on their reservation. B ...

a single leader to guide them in their dealings with whites. Although still a young man, Sitting Bull im- presses the Lakota eld ...

Indian Appropriations Act, which calls for the formation of the Board of Indian Commissioners. The group is made up of non-India ...

P January 23 U.S. troops massacre a Piegan village. Two squadrons of the Second Cavalry led by Major Eugene Baker attack a villa ...

P 1,000 British and Canadian soldiers to the Red River area of Manitoba to end the uprising. Outmanned, the rebellion is quashed ...

The eastern press reports the murders as an outrage, but local whites largely support the kill- ers. In the aftermath, only one ...

Cochise and Howard discuss the Chiri-cahua’s set- tlement on a reservation. During the negotiations, Cochise holds out for a res ...

P News of the Modoc attack is widely reported, making frightened whites thirsty for revenge. The army sends a huge number of tro ...