October 6, 1879: The first students attend Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania, the country’s first off-reservation boarding school. Custer and his troops are defeated and killed, increasing tensions between Native Americans and white Americans.
June 25, 1876: In the Battle of Little Bighorn, also known as “ Custer’s Last Stand,” Lieutenant Colonel George Custer’s troops fight Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne warriors, led by Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull, along Little Bighorn River. troops to ignore a treaty and invade the territory. November 27, 1868: General George Armstrong Custer leads an early morning attack on Cheyenne living with Chief Black Kettle, destroying the village and killing more than 100 people, including many women and children and Black Kettle himself.ġ873: Crazy Horse encounters General Custer for the first time.ġ874: Gold discovered in South Dakota’s Black Hills drives U.S. November 29, 1864: 650 Colorado volunteer forces attack Cheyenne and Arapaho encampments along Sand Creek, killing and mutilating more than 150 American Indians during what would become known as the Sand Creek Massacre. The Creeks cede more than 20 million acres of land after their loss. forces and Native American allies attack Creek Indians who opposed American expansion and encroachment of their territory in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. March 27, 1814: Andrew Jackson, along with U.S. forces and the British, French and Native Americans over independence and territory expansion. June 18, 1812: President James Madison signs a declaration of war against Britain, beginning the war between U.S.
forces attack Native American War Chief Tecumseh and his younger brother Lalawethika. Their community at the juncture of the Tippecanoe and Wabash rivers is destroyed. The explorers realize her value as a translatorĪpril 7, 1805: Sacagawea, along with her baby and husband Toussaint Charbonneau, join Lewis and Clark on their voyage. November 2, 1804: Native American Sacagawea, while 6 months pregnant, meets explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark during their exploration of the territory of the Louisiana Purchase. 1791: The Treaty of Holston is signed, in which the Cherokee give up all their land outside of the borders previously established.Īugust 20, 1794: The Battle of Timbers, the last major battle over Northwest territory between Native Americans and the United States following the Revolutionary War, commences and results in U.S.