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A group of militiamen from Pennsylvania killed 96 Christianized Delaware Indians, illustrating the growing contempt for native people. -
The rise of the charismatic Shawnee war leader, Tecumseh, and his brother, known as the Prophet, convinced Indians of various tribes that it was in their interest to stop tribal in-fighting and band together to protect their mutual interests. -
A regional conflict between opposing Native American factions, European powers, and the United States during the early 19th century. -
Was created to keep Native Americans off of lands that European Americans wished to settle.
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The Mankato execution refers to the mass hanging of 38 Dakota men on December 26, 1862, in Mankato, Minnesota, which remains the largest one-day mass execution in U.S. history. -
A brutal, unprovoked attack by the U.S. Army on a peaceful encampment of Cheyenne and Arapaho people on November 29, 1864, in southeastern Colorado Territory. -
An agreement between the U.S. government and the Sioux and Arapaho nations that established the Great Sioux Reservation. -
A decisive Native American victory over the U.S. Army's 7th Cavalry in June 1876, fought in Montana's present-day Bighorn County. -
Authorized the federal government to break up tribal lands by partitioning them into individual plots.
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It was the last major armed confrontation in the American Indian Wars.