Plains Indian Wars

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19th-century conflict series of conflicts war

The Plains Indian Wars were a series of 19th-century armed conflicts between the United States and various Native American tribes over control of the Great Plains and its resources.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Plains Indian Wars canonical	3
Great Plains Indian Wars	2
Indian Wars campaign	1
Indian Wars in the Northwestern United States	1
Indian Wars on the Great Plains	1
Northern Plains Indian Wars	1
Plains Indian warfare and diplomacy	1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	19th-century conflict ⓘ series of conflicts ⓘ war ⓘ
conflictBetween	United States NERFINISHED ⓘ various Native American tribes ⓘ
conflictType	Indian Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime	late 19th century ⓘ
hasPart	Battle of the Little Bighorn NERFINISHED ⓘ Dakota War of 1862 NERFINISHED ⓘ Fetterman Fight NERFINISHED ⓘ Ghost Dance War NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Sioux War of 1876 NERFINISHED ⓘ Nez Perce War NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Cheyenne Exodus NERFINISHED ⓘ Red Cloud's War NERFINISHED ⓘ Red River War NERFINISHED ⓘ Sand Creek Massacre NERFINISHED ⓘ Washita River Massacre NERFINISHED ⓘ Wounded Knee Massacre NERFINISHED ⓘ
involves	Arapaho NERFINISHED ⓘ Comanche NERFINISHED ⓘ Crow NERFINISHED ⓘ Kiowa NERFINISHED ⓘ Kiowa-Apache NERFINISHED ⓘ Lakota Sioux NERFINISHED ⓘ Nez Perce NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Cheyenne NERFINISHED ⓘ Pawnee NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Cheyenne NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. cavalry NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Great Plains ⓘ North America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
mainCause	broken treaties ⓘ conflicts over hunting grounds ⓘ construction of railroads ⓘ control of natural resources ⓘ control of the Great Plains ⓘ settler encroachment on Native lands ⓘ westward expansion of the United States ⓘ
partOf	American Indian Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Dawes Act NERFINISHED ⓘ Indian Appropriations Acts NERFINISHED ⓘ Manifest Destiny NERFINISHED ⓘ reservation system in the United States ⓘ westward expansion of the United States ⓘ
result	U.S. control of the Great Plains ⓘ confinement of Native Americans to reservations ⓘ decline of bison herds ⓘ defeat of most Plains tribes ⓘ loss of Native American land ⓘ
significantEvent	Battle of the Little Bighorn NERFINISHED ⓘ Fetterman Fight NERFINISHED ⓘ Red River War NERFINISHED ⓘ Sand Creek Massacre NERFINISHED ⓘ Wounded Knee Massacre NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	mid-19th century ⓘ
timePeriod	circa 1850–1890 ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Pawnee Scouts in U.S. Army → conflict → Plains Indian Wars ⓘ

Bozeman Trail → partOf → Plains Indian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Plains Indian Wars

Fort C. F. Smith → associatedWith → Plains Indian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Plains Indian Wars

Battle of Slim Buttes → typeOfWarfare → Plains Indian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian Wars campaign

John Gibbon → participatedIn → Plains Indian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian Wars in the Northwestern United States

Colorado Territory militia → conflict → Plains Indian Wars ⓘ

Plains Indian Museum → hasSubjectArea → Plains Indian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Plains Indian warfare and diplomacy

Fort Kearny → involvedIn → Plains Indian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian Wars on the Great Plains

Treaty of Fort Atkinson (1853) → relatedTo → Plains Indian Wars ⓘ

Washita Massacre → relatedTo → Plains Indian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Plains Indian Wars