#Indigenous-Genocide
Events indexed under #Indigenous-Genocide — 9 entries in the record.
Activity over time
Events per year
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890-12-29 | Wounded 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 | |
| 1887-02-08 | Dawes 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 | |
| 1879-10-01 | Carlisle 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 | |
| 1877-02-28 | Congress 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 | |
| 1874-07-02 | Custer'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 | |
| 1864-11-29 | Sand 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 | |
| 1850-04-22 | California Legislature Begins Funding State Militia Expeditions for Indigenous Genocide California State Legislature · California governors · State militia · Indigenous Californians · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1848-01-24 | California Gold Rush Triggers Genocide, Lawlessness, and Massive Land Fraud California settlers · Mexican land grant holders · Indigenous Californians · U.S. military government · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1845-01-01 | Manifest 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 |