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Shawnee. Categories: Native American history of Kentucky. Native American tribes by state.
Boone was the only person to survive the attacks of local Indian tribes, and remained in the wilderness of Kentucky until 1771. Filson mentions that the land on the north side of the Kentucky River was purchased from the Five Nations, and the land on the south side during a treaty with Cherokee Indians at Wataga in 1775. [3]
The First Battle of Adobe Walls took place between the United States Army and Native Americans. The Kiowa, Comanche and Plains Apache (Kiowa Apache) tribes drove from the battlefield a United States column that was responding to attacks on white settlers moving into the Southwest. The battle on November 25, 1864, resulted in light casualties on ...
Indian Knoll is an archaeological site near the Green River in Ohio County, Kentucky that was declared to be a U.S. National Historic Landmark. [1]Excavations of Indian Knoll during the Great Depression [2]: 115 were conducted by archaeologists from the University of Kentucky as part of WPA economic recovery efforts. [3]
Under US federal law and regulations, an American Indian tribe is a group of Native Americans with self-government authority. [6] This defines those tribes recognized by the federal government. By 2021, 574 tribes had been recognized by the federal government, often as a result of the process of treaties setting up reservations in the 19th century.
Mounds State Park is a state park in Anderson, Indiana, featuring prehistoric Native American heritage, and 10 ceremonial mounds built by the Adena culture people and also used by later Hopewell inhabitants. Mount Horeb Site 1. The center piece of the University of Kentuckys Adena Park in Fayette County, Kentucky.
Battle of Middle Creek [12] January 10, 1862. Floyd County, Kentucky. American Civil War. Offensive in Eastern Kentucky (1862) United States of America vs Confederate States of America. Battle of Mill Springs [13] January 19, 1862. Pulaski County, Kentucky.
Mosopelea. The Mosopelea, or Ofo (also Ofogoula), were a Siouan -speaking Native American people who historically lived near the upper Ohio River. In reaction to Iroquois Confederacy invasions to take control of hunting grounds in the late 17th century, they moved south to the lower Mississippi River. They finally settled in central Louisiana ...