1890 ⟶ Wounded Knee Massacre
The Wounded Knee Massacre in South Dakota was the last battl...
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⚔️ Jamestown Massacre by Algonquian Natives
Jamestown massacre: Algonquian natives kill 347 English settlers outside Jamestown, Virginia (approximately one-third of the colony's population) and burn the Henricus settlement.⟶
ColonialismNative American HistoryVirginiaPowhatan ConfederacyMassacreConflictIndigenous Resistance
United States⚔️ First Seminole War Begins
First Seminole War begins in Florida.⟶
WarfareMilitary ConflictUnited States HistoryFloridaNative American HistoryTerritorial ExpansionAndrew Jackson
United States⚔️ Battle of Little Bighorn: Custer's Defeat
Battle of the Little Bighorn leads to the death of General Custer and victory for the alliance of Lakota, Cheyenne and Arapaho.⟶
American WestNative American HistoryLakotaBattle
United States🏹 Crazy Horse's Surrender and Death
Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed.⟶
Native American HistoryLakotaMilitary HistoryIndigenous Resistance
United States🔫 Gunfight at the O.K. Corral and Sitting Bull's Surrender
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Sitting Bull surrenders.⟶
American WestFrontierIndigenous PeoplesLaw Enforcement
United States💥 Wounded Knee Massacre
The Wounded Knee Massacre in South Dakota was the last battle in the American Indian Wars. This event represents the end of the American Old West.⟶
Native American HistoryUnited States HistoryGenocideLakotaAmerican WestColonialismMilitary ConflictIndigenous Rights
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