Black Kettle

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Black Kettle was a prominent Southern Cheyenne peace chief known for repeatedly attempting to negotiate with U.S. authorities during the mid-19th-century Plains conflicts, including the Colorado War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Cheyenne chief ⓘ
Native American leader ⓘ
person ⓘ
activeYears c. 1850s–1868 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Mo'ohtavetoo'o (in Cheyenne, approximate transliteration) ⓘ
approach advocated accommodation and negotiation rather than war ⓘ
approximateBirthDate c. 1803 ⓘ
associatedWithEvent U.S. expansion onto the Great Plains ⓘ
associatedWithPeople George Armstrong Custer ⓘ
John Chivington ⓘ
linked to: John M. Chivington
associatedWithPlace Great Plains ⓘ
birthPlace region of present-day Colorado or Kansas (approximate) ⓘ
conflict American Indian Wars ⓘ
Colorado War ⓘ
Plains conflicts ⓘ
countryOfDeath United States ⓘ
deathCause killed in military attack on his village ⓘ
deathDate November 27, 1868 ⓘ
diedIn Battle of Washita River ⓘ
linked to: Washita Massacre
ethnicity Southern Cheyenne ⓘ
event Battle of Washita River ⓘ
linked to: Washita Massacre

Sand Creek Massacre ⓘ
historicalPeriod mid-19th century ⓘ
killedBy 7th U.S. Cavalry Regiment ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
troops under George Armstrong Custer ⓘ
knownFor advocating peace with the United States ⓘ
attempting to negotiate with U.S. authorities during the Colorado War ⓘ
being killed at the Battle of Washita River ⓘ
surviving the Sand Creek Massacre ⓘ
language Cheyenne ⓘ
leaderOf a band of Southern Cheyenne ⓘ
legacy symbol of Native American efforts to seek peace despite repeated violence ⓘ
memberOf Southern Cheyenne ⓘ
notableAction raised a U.S. flag and a white flag over his camp at Sand Creek ⓘ
signed treaties in attempts to secure peace for his people ⓘ
occupation peace chief ⓘ
opponent Colorado territorial militia ⓘ
United States Army officers hostile to Plains tribes ⓘ
placeOfDeath near the Washita River, Indian Territory ⓘ
religion traditional Cheyenne spiritual beliefs ⓘ
role diplomat between Cheyenne and U.S. authorities ⓘ
spouse Medicine Woman Later ⓘ
subjectOf numerous histories of the Sand Creek Massacre ⓘ
studies of Native American peace leaders ⓘ
subtribe Southern Cheyenne ⓘ
survived Sand Creek Massacre ⓘ
tribe Cheyenne ⓘ

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Colorado War → significantCommander → Black Kettle ⓘ
Cheyenne → notableLeader → Black Kettle ⓘ
Washita Massacre → commander → Black Kettle ⓘ
Washita Battlefield National Historic Site → associatedWith → Chief Black Kettle ⓘ
linked to: Black Kettle
Medicine Woman Later → spouse → Black Kettle ⓘ
Medicine Woman Later → spouseName → Chief Black Kettle ⓘ
linked to: Black Kettle
Mo'ohtavetoo'o → alsoKnownAs → Black Kettle ⓘ
Black Kettle → positionHeld → Southern Cheyenne peace chief ⓘ
linked to: Black Kettle
Mo'ohtavetoo'o → correspondsTo → Black Kettle ⓘ