native American timeline

  • Indian Wars

    Indian Wars

    series of wars between the U.S and the native amacrines
  • war of 1812

    war of 1812

    The War of 1812, was a military conflict between the United States, Great Britain, and Great Britain's Native American allies on the North American continent.
  • removal act

    removal act

    As white settlers pushed ever further westward across the American continent, these brutal conflicts over land became more frequent and more problematic for the US government. In 1824, the Office of Indian Affairs was created in order to resolve the land issue.
  • trail of tears

    trail of tears

    President John Quincy Adams believed the issue should be resolved peaceably, but Georgia again proved an obstacle when they blocked the implementation of voluntary removal of Native Americans from territories in the southeast United States. It wasn't until the presidency of Andrew Jackson that "Indian removal" became official US policy
  • little big horn

    little big horn

    battle between the Lakota and plain tribes and the U.S army the natives defeated the U.S army this battle is also known as Custers last stand because lieutenant Custer was killed during this battle
  • Sioux Treaty of 1868

    Sioux Treaty of 1868

    to bring peace between the whites and the Sioux who agreed to settle within in the Dakota Territory
  • Dawes Act

    Dawes Act

    this act allowed the U.S government to brake up any tribal lands by separating them into smaller plots and assigning each native American family to different plots
  • The Ghost Dance

    The Ghost Dance

    the tribe was doing a tadeonal dance and the whites told them not so do it but they still did
  • Wounded Knee

    Wounded Knee

    The US army soldiers opened fire on the Sioux, indiscriminately massacring hundreds of men, women, and children. The few Sioux survivors of the battle fled. In the aftermath of the massacre, an official Army inquiry not only exonerated the 7th Cavalry, but awarded Medals of Honor to twenty soldiers. US public opinion of the massacre was generally favorable