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#Indigenous-Genocide

Events indexed under #Indigenous-Genocide — 9 entries in the record.

9 events From Jan 1, 1845 To Dec 29, 1890 Open in filter view →
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1845 · 1 event1848 · 1 event1850 · 1 event1864 · 1 event1874 · 1 event1877 · 1 event1879 · 1 event1887 · 1 event1890 · 1 event18451890
DateEventLanesStatus
1890-12-29Wounded Knee Massacre - U.S. 7th Cavalry Kills 250+ Lakota, Primarily Women and Children, Ending Ghost Dance Movement
U.S. 7th Cavalry · Big Foot (Lakota Chief) · Sitting Bull · Lakota Sioux · +1
confirmed
1887-02-08Dawes Allotment Act Destroys Tribal Land Ownership, Facilitating Loss of 90 Million Acres to White Settlers
Senator Henry L. Dawes · U.S. Congress · President Grover Cleveland · Bureau of Indian Affairs · +1
confirmed
1879-10-01Carlisle Indian Industrial School Opens With "Kill the Indian, Save the Man" Mission of Cultural Genocide
Lieutenant Richard Henry Pratt · U.S. government · U.S. War Department · Bureau of Indian Affairs
confirmed
1877-02-28Congress Seizes Black Hills With Only 10% Sioux Consent, Violating Fort Laramie Treaty Requirement for 75% Approval
U.S. Congress · Sioux Nation · Lakota people · President Ulysses S. Grant
confirmed
1874-07-02Custer's Black Hills Expedition Violates Fort Laramie Treaty, Discovering Gold and Triggering Rush to Sioux Sacred Lands
Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer · U.S. Army · Sioux Nation · Horatio Ross (prospector) · +1
confirmed
1864-11-29Sand Creek Massacre - Colorado Militia Slaughters 150 Peaceful Cheyenne and Arapaho Under Protection Flag
Colonel John Chivington · Third Colorado Cavalry · Black Kettle (Cheyenne Chief) · Colorado Territory · +2
confirmed
1850-04-22California Legislature Begins Funding State Militia Expeditions for Indigenous Genocide
California State Legislature · California governors · State militia · Indigenous Californians · +1
confirmed
1848-01-24California Gold Rush Triggers Genocide, Lawlessness, and Massive Land Fraud
California settlers · Mexican land grant holders · Indigenous Californians · U.S. military government · +1
confirmed
1845-01-01Manifest Destiny Ideology Provides Racist Justification for Territorial Conquest and Indigenous Genocide
John L. O'Sullivan · James K. Polk · U.S. government · Indigenous peoples · +1
confirmed