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The Wounded Knee Occupation, also known as Second Wounded Knee, began on February 27, 1973, when approximately 200 Oglala Lakota (sometimes referred to as Oglala Sioux) and followers of the American Indian Movement (AIM) seized and occupied the town of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, United States, on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 12 February 2025. Shawnee Native American military leader For other uses, see Tecumseh (disambiguation). Tecumseh Painting of Tecumseh based on an 1808 sketch Born c. 1768 Likely near present-day Chillicothe, Ohio, U.S. Died October 5, 1813 (aged c. 45) Moraviantown, Upper Canada Cause of death Killed in ...
The treaty also encoded free trade and freedom of movement for Native Americans living in territories controlled by either the United States or Great Britain. [165] The Jay Treaty was ratified by the United States Senate in 1795 [164] and was used by Wayne as evidence that Great Britain would no longer support the confederacy. [166]
The American Indian Wars, also known as the American Frontier Wars, and the Indian Wars, was a conflict initially fought by European colonial empires, the United States, and briefly the Confederate States of America and Republic of Texas against various American Indian tribes in North America. These conflicts occurred from the time of the ...
A resistance movement is an organized group of people that tries to resist ... Indigenous Australians in the early history of ... Certain Native Americans during ...
Tecumseh's confederacy was a confederation of Native Americans in the Great Lakes region of North America which formed during the early 19th century around the teaching of Shawnee leader Tenskwatawa. [2] The confederation grew over several years and came to include several thousand Native American warriors.
President Biden said the decision will allow Peltier, an 80-year-old Native American activist, to fulfill the remainder of his sentence from home.
Many Native Americans joined the American armed forces during World War I and World War II. [34] Joe Medicine Crow wore warpaint into battle and was awarded eagle feathers and the rank of chief by the elders of his tribe because each of the four heroic deeds he performed in Europe mirrored the traditional counting coup requirements. [35]