Red Cloud's War

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Indian Wars campaign armed conflict war

Red Cloud's War was an armed conflict from 1866 to 1868 in which Oglala Lakota leader Red Cloud successfully resisted U.S. military expansion along the Bozeman Trail in present-day Wyoming and Montana.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indian Wars campaign ⓘ armed conflict ⓘ war ⓘ
belligerent	Arapaho people ⓘ surface form: Arapaho Cheyenne people ⓘ surface form: Northern Cheyenne Lakota ⓘ surface form: Oglala Lakota United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
cause	U.S. military expansion along the Bozeman Trail ⓘ construction of forts along the Bozeman Trail ⓘ
conflictOf	United States–Native American wars ⓘ surface form: American Indian Wars Dakota War of 1862 ⓘ surface form: Sioux Wars
endTime	1868 ⓘ
followedBy	Great Sioux War of 1876 ⓘ
fortInvolved	Fort C. F. Smith ⓘ Fort Phil Kearny ⓘ Fort Reno ⓘ
hasCommander	Henry B. Carrington ⓘ Patrick E. Connor ⓘ Red Cloud ⓘ William S. Harney ⓘ
hasParticipant	Arapaho people ⓘ surface form: Arapaho Cheyenne people ⓘ surface form: Northern Cheyenne Lakota ⓘ surface form: Oglala Lakota United States Army ⓘ
location	Bozeman Trail ⓘ Powder River Country ⓘ present-day Montana ⓘ present-day Wyoming ⓘ
namedAfter	Red Cloud ⓘ
notableEvent	Fetterman Fight ⓘ Hayfield Fight ⓘ Wagon Box Fight ⓘ
opponent	Arapaho people ⓘ surface form: Arapaho Cheyenne people ⓘ surface form: Northern Cheyenne Lakota ⓘ surface form: Oglala Lakota United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
partOf	U.S.–Native American relations ⓘ history of the American West ⓘ
precededBy	Powder River Expedition ⓘ
result	Native American victory ⓘ Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868 ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868) U.S. abandonment of Bozeman Trail forts ⓘ recognition of Lakota control over Powder River Country ⓘ
significance	only war in which Plains Indians won a war against the United States by achieving their objectives ⓘ
startTime	1866 ⓘ
theater	Great Plains ⓘ surface form: Northern Plains
treaty	Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868 ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868)

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United States–Native American wars → notableSubconflict → Red Cloud's War ⓘ

Great Sioux War of 1876 → precededBy → Red Cloud's War ⓘ