Treatment of Native Americans Timeline

  • The Kidnapping of Mary Campbell

    The Kidnapping of Mary Campbell

    A ten year old girl was kidnapped by the Indians and absorbed into their community for the next 6 years. This was the first of 200 known kidnappings of white settlers by the Indians
  • The Gnadenhutten Massacre

    The Gnadenhutten Massacre

    a group of militiamen from Pennsylvania killed 96 Christianized Delaware Indians
  • Battle of Tippecanoe

    Battle of Tippecanoe

    the decision of William Henry Harrison to attack and burn the Indian capital on the Tippecanoe river
  • The Creek War

    The Creek War

    the war of 1812 bled into the creek war in 1813-1814. this was an inner tribal conflict between creek indian factions. it also involved US militias, along with the British and Spanish
  • Indian Reservation System

    Indian Reservation System

    system created to keep Native Americans off the land that white people wanted to settle, allowing indigenous people to govern themselves and maintain some of their cultural and social traditions
  • Sioux Treaty of 1868

    Sioux Treaty of 1868

    A conference held that ended in peace between the white settlers and the Sioux, who agreed to reside in the Dakota Territory
  • Battle of Little Bighorn

    Battle of Little Bighorn

    battle between Lakota and Plains Indians and the 7th Calvary Regiment of the US Army, the natives defeated the US Army
  • Dawes Act of 1887

    Dawes Act of 1887

    act that allowed the federal government to break up tribal land and put them into individual plots. only the natives that agreed with this were allowed to become U.S. citizens
  • Ghost Dance

    Ghost Dance

    The natives claimed that this dance could help them connect with God and use the spirits to power their battles against the US Army, eventually being banned
  • Wounded Knee

    Wounded Knee

    The US Army open fired on the Lakota Indians because they were doing the Ghost Dance