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Red Cloud's War (also referred to as the Bozeman War or the Powder River War) was an armed conflict between an alliance of the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Northern Arapaho peoples against the United States and the Crow Nation that took place in the Wyoming and Montana territories from 1866 to 1868.
Red Cloud's War was a war fought between soldiers of the United States and the allied Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Northern Arapaho from 1866 to 1868. The war was named after the prominent Oglala Lakota chief Red Cloud who led many followers into battle with the invading soldiers.
The Fetterman Fight, also known as the Fetterman Massacre or the Battle of the Hundred-in-the-Hands or the Battle of a Hundred Slain, [1] was a battle during Red Cloud's War on December 21, 1866, between a confederation of the Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes and a detachment of the United States Army, based at Fort Phil Kearny, Wyoming.
Red Cloud's War was the name the U.S. Army gave to a series of conflicts fought with Native American Plains tribes in the Wyoming and Montana Territories. The battles were waged between the Northern Cheyenne , allied with Lakota and Arapaho bands, against the Army from 1866 to 1868.
A war chief of the Lakota, he took part in Red Cloud's War and Black Hills War. Red Cloud: 1822–1909 1860s–1890s Oglala Lakota: A chief of the Oglala Lakota, he was one of several Lakota leaders who opposed the American settlement of the Great Plains winning a short-lived victory against the U.S. Army during Red Cloud's War. Red Jacket: c ...
Arapaho: Red Cloud's War (1866–68) Part of the Sioux Wars United States: Lakota Cheyenne Arapaho: Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868) Legal control of Powder River Country ceded to Native Americans; Creation of the Great Sioux Reservation (including the Black Hills) Comanche campaign (1867–75) Part of the Texas–Indian Wars United States ...
The Powder River Battles were a series of battles and skirmishes fought between September 1–15, 1865 by United States soldiers and civilians against Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapaho warriors. The fighting occurred along the Powder River in Montana Territory and Dakota Territory , in present-day Custer and Powder River counties, Montana and ...
General William T. Sherman (third from left) and Commissioners in council with chiefs and headmen, Fort Laramie, 1868 Signed April 29 – November 6, 1868 [a] Location Fort Laramie, Wyoming Negotiators Indian Peace Commission Signatories United States Brulé Oglala Arapaho Miniconjou Yanktonai Ratifiers US Senate Language English Full text Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868 at Wikisource The Treaty ...