Battle of the Yellowstone (1876)
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The Battle of the Yellowstone (1876) was a minor engagement during the Great Sioux War in which U.S. Army forces clashed with Lakota Sioux and Northern Cheyenne warriors along the Yellowstone River in present-day Montana.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of the Yellowstone (1876) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2256857 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of the Yellowstone (1876) Context triple: [Great Sioux War of 1876, notableBattle, Battle of the Yellowstone (1876)]
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Battle of the Powder River (1876)
The Battle of the Powder River (1876) was an early engagement of the Great Sioux War in which U.S. Army forces attacked a Northern Cheyenne and Oglala Lakota village in present-day Montana, setting the stage for subsequent conflicts like the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
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Battle of the Little Bighorn
The Battle of the Little Bighorn was an 1876 clash in which Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho warriors decisively defeated Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer’s 7th U.S. Cavalry, becoming a symbol of Native American resistance to U.S. expansion.
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Battle of the Tongue River (1876)
The Battle of the Tongue River (1876) was a U.S. Army attack led by General George Crook against a Northern Cheyenne village in present-day Wyoming during the Great Sioux War, resulting in the destruction of the village but limited strategic impact.
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Cibecue Creek battle
The Cibecue Creek battle was an 1881 clash in Arizona Territory between U.S. Army forces and White Mountain Apache that marked a major turning point in the Apache Wars by intensifying resistance and mistrust on both sides.
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Fetterman Fight
The Fetterman Fight was an 1866 battle near Fort Phil Kearny in which Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho warriors annihilated a U.S. Army detachment, marking one of the worst military defeats for the United States on the Great Plains prior to the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of the Yellowstone (1876) Target entity description: The Battle of the Yellowstone (1876) was a minor engagement during the Great Sioux War in which U.S. Army forces clashed with Lakota Sioux and Northern Cheyenne warriors along the Yellowstone River in present-day Montana.
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A.
Battle of the Powder River (1876)
The Battle of the Powder River (1876) was an early engagement of the Great Sioux War in which U.S. Army forces attacked a Northern Cheyenne and Oglala Lakota village in present-day Montana, setting the stage for subsequent conflicts like the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
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B.
Battle of the Little Bighorn
The Battle of the Little Bighorn was an 1876 clash in which Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho warriors decisively defeated Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer’s 7th U.S. Cavalry, becoming a symbol of Native American resistance to U.S. expansion.
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C.
Battle of the Tongue River (1876)
The Battle of the Tongue River (1876) was a U.S. Army attack led by General George Crook against a Northern Cheyenne village in present-day Wyoming during the Great Sioux War, resulting in the destruction of the village but limited strategic impact.
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D.
Cibecue Creek battle
The Cibecue Creek battle was an 1881 clash in Arizona Territory between U.S. Army forces and White Mountain Apache that marked a major turning point in the Apache Wars by intensifying resistance and mistrust on both sides.
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E.
Fetterman Fight
The Fetterman Fight was an 1866 battle near Fort Phil Kearny in which Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho warriors annihilated a U.S. Army detachment, marking one of the worst military defeats for the United States on the Great Plains prior to the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
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military engagement ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Sioux people
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surface form:
Lakota Sioux
Northern Cheyenne ⓘ United States Army ⓘ |
| campaign |
Great Sioux War of 1876
ⓘ
surface form:
Great Sioux War campaigns along the Yellowstone River
|
| combatant |
Lakota warriors
ⓘ
Northern Cheyenne ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Cheyenne warriors
United States Army ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Army forces
|
| conflict |
Great Sioux War of 1876
ⓘ
Great Sioux War of 1876 ⓘ
surface form:
Great Sioux War of 1876–1877
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| date | 1876 ⓘ |
| historicalContext | U.S. military campaigns against the Lakota and Northern Cheyenne ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| location |
Montana Territory
ⓘ
Yellowstone River ⓘ present-day Montana ⓘ |
| natureOfEngagement | minor clash ⓘ |
| partOf | Great Sioux War of 1876 ⓘ |
| region |
Great Plains
ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Great Plains
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| relatedConflict | Battle of the Little Bighorn ⓘ |
| result | minor engagement ⓘ |
| river | Yellowstone River ⓘ |
| theater |
Great Plains
ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Plains
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Battle of the Yellowstone (1876) Description of subject: The Battle of the Yellowstone (1876) was a minor engagement during the Great Sioux War in which U.S. Army forces clashed with Lakota Sioux and Northern Cheyenne warriors along the Yellowstone River in present-day Montana.
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