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The Allied Tribes of British Columbia (ATBC) was an Indigenous rights organization formed following the First World War. There were 16 tribal groups involved, all focused on the issues of land claims and aboriginal title in British Columbia. [1]
The USS Arizona Memorial, at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, marks the resting place of 1,102 of the 1,177 sailors and Marines killed on USS Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and commemorates the events of that day.
British Columbia Settlers killed dozens of Nlaka’pamux non-combatants and burned five villages. 36+ [231] July 1859 to January 1860: Jarboe's War: California: White settlers calling themselves the "Eel River Rangers", led by Walter Jarboe, kill at least 283 Indian men and countless women and children in 23 engagements over the course of six ...
Pequot War (1637–1638) — British colonists in what is now Massachusetts allied with some Indian tribes, against the Pequot tribe Kieft's War (1643–1645) — between Dutch settlers in New Netherland (what are now the states of New York , New Jersey , and the surrounding area) and Wappinger Indians
USS Massachusetts arrived at Port Gamble soon thereafter and, finding that the Haida party had landed and camped at the edge of town, placed a force of 18 armed sailors ashore. The skipper of USS Massachusetts , Commander Samuel Swartwout, twice sent messengers to the Tlingit chiefs with offers to tow them to Victoria , but each offer was rebuffed.
In all, nineteen men were killed. In New Westminster , Governor Seymour , just a month into his term, received news of the attacks on May 14. [ 12 ] The next day Chartres Brew and 28 men were sent to Bute Inlet aboard HMS Forward , but they were unable to make their way up the trail from the Homathko valley to the scene of the incident, and ...
During the American Civil War, most of what is now the U.S. state of Oklahoma was designated as the Indian Territory.It served as an unorganized region that had been set aside specifically for Native American tribes and was occupied mostly by tribes which had been removed from their ancestral lands in the Southeastern United States following the Indian Removal Act of 1830.
On the military side, seven soldiers were killed and two wounded, and 42 horses and seven pack mules were killed, wounded, or missing. All the men who had been struck belonged to Troop D, except McDonald, who was detailed from Troop E. Byrnes killed the wounded Nock-ay-det-klinne under Carr's orders; he was one of 18 Apaches killed in the ...