United States–Native American wars

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The United States–Native American wars were a series of conflicts spanning several centuries in which the U.S. government and its settlers fought numerous Native American nations over land, resources, and sovereignty across North America.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial war
military conflict
series of wars
belligerent United States Army
United States militia forces
surface form: United States state militias

United States volunteers
individual Native American nations
various Native American confederacies
cause U.S. policy of Indian removal
competition for land
competition for natural resources
settler encroachment on Native lands
violation of treaties with Native nations
westward expansion of the United States
conflictBetween Native American nations
United States government
United States settlers
conflictType land conflict
resource conflict
sovereignty conflict
endPoint late 19th century
historicalPeriod American Civil War
surface form: American Civil War era

Antebellum period
Early national period of the United States
Gilded Age
Reconstruction era
location North America
United States of America
surface form: United States
mainTheater American frontier
notableSubconflict Apache Wars
Black Hawk War
Colorado War
Creek War of 1836
surface form: Creek War

Dakota War of 1862
First Seminole War
Great Sioux War of 1876
Modoc War
Nez Perce War
Northwest Indian War
Red Cloud's War
Second Seminole War
Tecumseh's War
Wounded Knee Massacre
partOf United States–Native American wars self-linksurface differs
surface form: American Indian Wars

United States expansionism
settler colonialism in North America
policyContext Indian Removal policy of the United States
surface form: Indian Removal Act of 1830

United States territorial expansion
surface form: Manifest Destiny ideology

reservation policy of the United States
precededBy British–Native American wars
Seven Years' War
surface form: French and Indian War
relatedConcept cultural genocide against Native Americans
ethnic cleansing of Native Americans
frontier violence
result demographic decline of many Native American populations
establishment of the reservation system
expansion of U.S. territorial control to the Pacific
forced relocation of Native American nations
large-scale dispossession of Native American lands
startPoint late 18th century

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Patrick E. Connor conflict United States–Native American wars
this entity surface form: Indian Wars
Wesley Merritt conflict United States–Native American wars
this entity surface form: Indian Wars
Battle of Heller's Corner partOf United States–Native American wars
United States Army regulars engagedIn United States–Native American wars
this entity surface form: Indian Wars
John R. Brooke conflict United States–Native American wars
this entity surface form: Indian Wars
Nathan Algren conflictParticipatedIn United States–Native American wars
this entity surface form: Indian Wars
Nathan Algren veteranOf United States–Native American wars
this entity surface form: Indian Wars
Gall (Lakota leader) militaryConflict United States–Native American wars
subject surface form: Gall
this entity surface form: Indian Wars
Bosque Redondo Indian Reservation partOf United States–Native American wars
this entity surface form: American Indian Wars
California genocide relatedTo United States–Native American wars
this entity surface form: American Indian Wars
Bloody Island Massacre partOf United States–Native American wars
this entity surface form: American Indian Wars
Winchester Repeating Arms Company usedInConflict United States–Native American wars
this entity surface form: American Indian Wars