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The Plains Indian Wars directly affected the region during westward expansion. By the end of the Nineteenth Century, Colorado became a focal point of labor violence and the Coal Wars , with instances of large-scale armed conflict between workers, private detectives, and state soldiers and police stretching into the 1920s.
The Battle of Julesburg took place on January 7, 1865, near Julesburg, Colorado between 1,000 Cheyenne, Arapaho, and Lakota Indians and about 60 soldiers of the U.S. army and 40 to 50 civilians. The Indians defeated the soldiers and over the next few weeks plundered ranches and stagecoach stations up and down the South Platte River valley.
The Colorado War was an Indian War fought in 1864 and 1865 between the Southern Cheyenne, Arapaho, and allied Brulé and Oglala Lakota (or Sioux) peoples versus the U.S. Army, Colorado militia, and white settlers in Colorado Territory and adjacent regions.
The Sand Creek massacre (also known as the Chivington massacre, the battle of Sand Creek or the massacre of Cheyenne Indians) was a massacre of Cheyenne and Arapaho people by the U.S. Army in the American Indian Wars that occurred on November 29, 1864, when a 675-man force of the Third Colorado Cavalry [5] under the command of U.S. Volunteers Colonel John Chivington attacked and destroyed a ...
A group of American Indian leaders in Colorado began to organize three years ago to study the history of Native Americans in our state. Their work is called the Truth, Restoration and Education ...
Owens Valley Indian War (1862–67) United States: Owens Valley Paiute Shoshone Kawaiisu Tübatulabal: Dakota War of 1862 (1862) Part of the Sioux Wars United States: Dakota Sioux: Goshute War (1863) Colorado War (1864–65) Part of the Sioux Wars United States: Cheyenne Arapaho: Military and congressional hearings against John Chivington ...
Battles of the Northwest Indian War (9 P) O. ... Pages in category "Battles involving Native Americans" The following 73 pages are in this category, out of 73 total.
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