Indian Wars in the Southwest

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United States–Native American conflict military conflict series of wars

The Indian Wars in the Southwest were a series of 19th-century conflicts between the United States and various Native American tribes in the arid borderlands of the American Southwest, marked by protracted guerrilla warfare, forced relocations, and the eventual confinement of Indigenous peoples to reservations.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
American frontier resistance movements	1
Indian Wars in the Southwest canonical	1
Mexican–American frontier conflicts	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States–Native American conflict ⓘ military conflict ⓘ series of wars ⓘ
hasCause	United States territorial expansion NERFINISHED ⓘ control of grazing lands and water sources ⓘ desire to control trade and raiding corridors ⓘ settler encroachment on Indigenous lands ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	forced marches of Native peoples ⓘ guerrilla warfare ⓘ mass displacement of Indigenous communities ⓘ raiding and counter‑raiding ⓘ scorched‑earth tactics by U.S. forces ⓘ
hasConsequence	erosion of Indigenous political autonomy in the region ⓘ imposition of reservation system in the Southwest ⓘ
hasEndTime	late 19th century ⓘ
hasLocation	American Southwest NERFINISHED ⓘ Arizona Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ Chihuahuan Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ New Mexico Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonoran Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ northern Mexico borderlands ⓘ
hasMainParticipants	Apache peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ Comanche NERFINISHED ⓘ Kiowa NERFINISHED ⓘ Mexican civilians in border regions ⓘ Navajo Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ Pueblo peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ United States government NERFINISHED ⓘ Ute tribes NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotableCommander	George Crook NERFINISHED ⓘ Kit Carson NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotableNativeLeader	Cochise NERFINISHED ⓘ Geronimo NERFINISHED ⓘ Mangas Coloradas NERFINISHED ⓘ Navajo leader Manuelito NERFINISHED ⓘ Victorio NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasOutcome	confinement of Native peoples to reservations ⓘ expansion of U.S. settlement in the Southwest ⓘ loss of Indigenous control over traditional homelands ⓘ
hasStartTime	early 19th century ⓘ
includesConflict	Apache Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ Comanche Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ Navajo Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ Ute Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
includesEvent	Bascom Affair NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Apache Pass NERFINISHED ⓘ Geronimo Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Long Walk of the Navajo NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arizona Territory → historicalEvent → Indian Wars in the Southwest ⓘ

Navajo Wars → relatedTo → Indian Wars in the Southwest ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mexican–American frontier conflicts

James McFarlane → partOf → Indian Wars in the Southwest ⓘ

this entity surface form: American frontier resistance movements