Rogue River Wars

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Indian Wars armed conflict war between the United States and Native Americans

The Rogue River Wars were a series of mid-19th-century armed conflicts between the U.S. government and Native American tribes in southwestern Oregon, driven by settler expansion and competition over land and resources.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indian Wars ⓘ armed conflict ⓘ war between the United States and Native Americans ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Oregon Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ
cause	competition over land ⓘ competition over natural resources ⓘ gold rush–era migration into the Rogue River Valley ⓘ settler expansion into southwestern Oregon ⓘ violence between settlers and Native Americans ⓘ
conflictCombatant	Athabaskan-speaking groups in southwestern Oregon ⓘ Oregon territorial militia NERFINISHED ⓘ Rogue River tribes NERFINISHED ⓘ Shasta people NERFINISHED ⓘ Takelma people NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Army NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ other Native American groups of southwestern Oregon ⓘ volunteer companies from Oregon Territory ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
describedBySource	Oregon territorial government records ⓘ U.S. Army official correspondence ⓘ reports of the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs ⓘ
endTime	1856 ⓘ
followedBy	consolidation of U.S. control over southwestern Oregon ⓘ
hasEffect	disruption of traditional lifeways of Native peoples in southwestern Oregon ⓘ long-term dispossession of Native lands in the Rogue River region ⓘ severe population loss among Rogue River tribes ⓘ
hasPart	1851 Rogue River conflict NERFINISHED ⓘ 1853 Rogue River conflict NERFINISHED ⓘ 1855–1856 Rogue River War NERFINISHED ⓘ
historyOfTopic	history of Native American–United States relations ⓘ history of Oregon ⓘ
location	Oregon Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ Rogue River Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ southwestern Oregon NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	American Indian Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	creation of reservations for Rogue River tribes ⓘ defeat of Rogue River tribes ⓘ forced removal of Native Americans from southwestern Oregon ⓘ opening of Rogue River Valley to intensified white settlement ⓘ relocation of many Native people to the Coast Indian Reservation ⓘ relocation of many Native people to the Siletz Reservation ⓘ
significantEvent	Battle of Big Bend (Rogue River War) NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Hungry Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ attacks on Native villages by volunteer companies ⓘ massacres of Native noncombatants in southwestern Oregon ⓘ
startTime	1851 ⓘ
temporalCoverage	mid-19th century ⓘ

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Oregon territorial period → significantEvent → Rogue River Wars ⓘ

Takelma people → historicalEvent → Rogue River Wars ⓘ