Plains Indian Wars

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The Plains Indian Wars were a series of 19th-century armed conflicts between the United States and various Native American tribes over control of the Great Plains and its resources.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century conflict ⓘ
series of conflicts ⓘ
war ⓘ
conflictBetween United States ⓘ
various Native American tribes ⓘ
conflictType Indian Wars ⓘ
linked to: Indian War
endTime late 19th century ⓘ
hasPart Battle of the Little Bighorn ⓘ
Dakota War of 1862 ⓘ
Fetterman Fight ⓘ
Ghost Dance War ⓘ
Great Sioux War of 1876 ⓘ
Nez Perce War ⓘ
Northern Cheyenne Exodus ⓘ
Red Cloud's War ⓘ
Red River War ⓘ
Sand Creek Massacre ⓘ
Washita River Massacre ⓘ
linked to: Washita Massacre

Wounded Knee Massacre ⓘ
involves Arapaho ⓘ
Comanche ⓘ
Crow ⓘ
Kiowa ⓘ
linked to: Kiowa people

Kiowa-Apache ⓘ
linked to: Kiowa Apache

Lakota Sioux ⓘ
linked to: Sioux people

Nez Perce ⓘ
Northern Cheyenne ⓘ
Pawnee ⓘ
Southern Cheyenne ⓘ
U.S. cavalry ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
locatedIn Great Plains ⓘ
North America ⓘ
United States ⓘ
mainCause broken treaties ⓘ
conflicts over hunting grounds ⓘ
construction of railroads ⓘ
control of natural resources ⓘ
control of the Great Plains ⓘ
settler encroachment on Native lands ⓘ
westward expansion of the United States ⓘ
partOf American Indian Wars ⓘ
relatedTo Dawes Act ⓘ
Indian Appropriations Acts ⓘ
Manifest Destiny ⓘ
reservation system in the United States ⓘ
westward expansion of the United States ⓘ
result U.S. control of the Great Plains ⓘ
confinement of Native Americans to reservations ⓘ
decline of bison herds ⓘ
defeat of most Plains tribes ⓘ
loss of Native American land ⓘ
significantEvent Battle of the Little Bighorn ⓘ
Fetterman Fight ⓘ
Red River War ⓘ
Sand Creek Massacre ⓘ
Wounded Knee Massacre ⓘ
startTime mid-19th century ⓘ
timePeriod circa 1850–1890 ⓘ

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Pawnee Scouts in U.S. Army → conflict → Plains Indian Wars ⓘ
Bozeman Trail → partOf → Great Plains Indian Wars ⓘ
linked to: Plains Indian Wars
Fort C. F. Smith → associatedWith → Northern Plains Indian Wars ⓘ
linked to: Plains Indian Wars
Battle of Slim Buttes → typeOfWarfare → Indian Wars campaign ⓘ
linked to: Plains Indian Wars
John Gibbon → participatedIn → Indian Wars in the Northwestern United States ⓘ
linked to: Plains Indian Wars
Colorado Territory militia → conflict → Plains Indian Wars ⓘ
Plains Indian Museum → hasSubjectArea → Plains Indian warfare and diplomacy ⓘ
linked to: Plains Indian Wars
Fort Kearny → involvedIn → Indian Wars on the Great Plains ⓘ
linked to: Plains Indian Wars
Treaty of Fort Atkinson (1853) → relatedTo → Plains Indian Wars ⓘ
Washita Massacre → relatedTo → Great Plains Indian Wars ⓘ
linked to: Plains Indian Wars
Yanktonai → conflictHistory → Great Sioux Wars ⓘ
linked to: Plains Indian Wars
Lakota–Northern Cheyenne alliance → culturalContext → Plains Indian Wars ⓘ
Fort Hays State Historic Site → conflictContext → Indian Wars ⓘ
linked to: Plains Indian Wars
Two Kettles Lakota → involvedIn → Lakota resistance to U.S. expansion ⓘ
linked to: Plains Indian Wars
A Distant Trumpet → aspectOf → Indian Wars in the American West ⓘ
linked to: Plains Indian Wars
Sinṡká → historicalContext → Indian Wars in the Great Plains ⓘ
linked to: Plains Indian Wars
Brulé band of the Lakota Sioux → playedRoleIn → Plains Indian Wars ⓘ
Lone Wolf the Elder → conflict → Kiowa–United States conflicts ⓘ
linked to: Plains Indian Wars
Fort Ellsworth → usedDuring → Indian Wars on the Great Plains ⓘ
linked to: Plains Indian Wars
Fort Wallace → conflict → Indian Wars on the Great Plains ⓘ
subject linked to: Fort Wallace (historic site)
linked to: Plains Indian Wars
Battle of Summit Springs → associatedWith → Plains Indian Wars ⓘ
Touch the Clouds → culturalContext → Plains Indian Wars ⓘ
Tongue River → historicalSignificance → Northern Plains Indian Wars ⓘ
linked to: Plains Indian Wars
Camp Holmes Treaty → conflictContext → United States–Plains Indian conflicts ⓘ
linked to: Plains Indian Wars
Húŋkpapȟa → involvedInConflict → Plains Indian Wars ⓘ
Black Moon → associatedWithConflict → U.S.–Lakota conflicts ⓘ
linked to: Plains Indian Wars
One Bull → conflict → Plains Wars ⓘ
linked to: Plains Indian Wars
Mnikowoju → affectedBy → Indian Wars in the Great Plains ⓘ
linked to: Plains Indian Wars
Black Kettle → conflict → Plains Indian Wars ⓘ
Southern Cheyenne peace faction → historicalContext → Indian Wars on the Great Plains ⓘ
linked to: Plains Indian Wars