List of American Indian Wars
American Indian Wars are the numerous armed conflicts between European empires or colonists, and later by the American and Canadian settlers or American and Canadian governments, and the indigenous peoples of North America. These conflicts occurred across the country beginning with the Tiguex War in 1540 within present-day New Mexico and ending with the Renegade period during the Apache Wars in 1924 within the Southwestern United States.
16th century wars
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Battle of Mabila (Oct 1540) |
Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto | Mississippian culture | Death of chief Tuskaloosa, over 2,500 Indians and 200 Spaniards |
Tiguex War (winter 1540–41) |
Spanish conquistador | Puebloan | |
17th century wars
18th century wars
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Queen Anne's War (1702–13) |
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Tuscarora War (1711–15) |
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Fox Wars (1712–33) |
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Yamasee War (1715–17) |
Colonial militia of:
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Yamasee Ochese Creeks Catawba (until 1715) Cherokee (until 1716) Waxhaw Santee |
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Chickasaw Wars (1721–63) |
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Dummer's War (1722–25) |
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Wabanaki Confederacy Abenaki Pequawket Mi'kmaq Maliseet |
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King George's War (1744–48) |
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Seven Years' War (1754–63) |
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French and Indian War (1754–63) Part of the Seven Years' War |
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Anglo-Cherokee War (1758–61) Part of the Seven Years' War |
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Pontiac's War (1763–66) |
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Ottawa Ojibwe Potawatomi Huron Miami Wea Kickapoo Mascouten Piankeshaw Delaware Shawnee Wyandot Mingo Seneca |
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Lord Dunmore's War (1774) |
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Shawnee Mingo |
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American Revolutionary War (1775–83) |
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Cherokee–American wars (1776–95) Part of the American Revolutionary War |
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Second Cherokee War (1776) Part of the Cherokee–American wars |
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Northwest Indian War (1785–95) |
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Oconee War (1785–) |
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19th century wars
20th century wars
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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Crazy Snake Rebellion (1909) |
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Creek | |
New Mexico Navajo War (1913) |
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Bluff War (1914–15) Part of the Navajo and Ute Wars |
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Ute Paiute |
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Colorado Paiute War (1915) |
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Posey War (1923) Part of the Ute Wars |
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Ute Paiute |
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See also
- List of historical Indian reservations in the United States
- List of Indian massacres
- List of traditional territories of the indigenous peoples of North America
- U.S.–Native American treaties
- Population history of indigenous peoples of the Americas
- Territorial evolution of the United States
- Territorial evolution of Canada
- Numbered Treaties
References
- In 1707, the kingdoms of England and Scotland were unified as the Kingdom of Great Britain, sharing a single Parliament at Westminster under the Act of Union 1707. After this, Scottish troops joined their English counterparts in all colonial wars.
- Canny, p. 92.
- Wait, Eugene M. (1999). America and the War of 1812. Nova Publishers. p. 78. ISBN 978-1-56072-644-9.