Reservation Era Begins 1850-1878
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1851
“Mariposa War” (California)
With the invasion of miners and laws supporting indentured servitude, many miners enslave Native people,...Read More
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1852
Quechan Indians rebel against construction of Fort Yuma (Arizona)
The Quechan had successfully routed the Spanish in 1781 and remain free from European domination...Read More
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1854
Southeastern tribal alliance forms
Post removal, southeastern tribes form an alliance, which consists of the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek (Muskogee),...Read More
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1854-1856
Dakota, Lakota, and Nakota resistance (Sioux Wars)
During the 1850s, American settlers rapidly invade Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota territories in Wyoming, Minnesota,...Read More
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1855
Rogue River resistance (Oregon)
As miners encroach on Tolowa territory, tensions mount between Tolowa and the settlers. As the...Read More
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1855-1858
Third Seminole Uprising
Known as the Third Seminole War in Florida, this third uprising starts when government workers...Read More
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1860
Dine’ attack Fort Defiance
Fed up with settler atrocities, more than 1,000 Dine’ attack Fort Defiance. Although they are...Read More
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1861-1900
Apache resistance
Apache fighters take advantage of the U.S. military distractions with the Civil War and begin...Read More
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1862
“Sioux uprising” commences after treaty violations, land grabs, and famine
The Santee Dakota face starvation as their food rations are held hostage in a U.S.-guarded...Read More
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1874
David Kalakaua becomes King of Hawai’i
He seeks to reduce the power of the White Missionary Party (Reform Party) in Hawaiian...Read More
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1876-1886
Apache resistance
The U.S. government tries to relocate the Chiricahua Apache to the Gila River Indian reservation...Read More
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1877
Lakota resistance relents
Colonel Nelson Miles continues the campaign to hunt down and round up bands of Lakota...Read More
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1877
Chief Joseph’s resistance campaign in the Pacific Northwest
Chief Joseph of the Nimiipuu (Nez Perce) and other non-Treaty Nimiipuu resist government efforts to...Read More
