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Brulé Sioux Spotted Tail's Pledge of Peace

War and a terrible winter were fresh memories when Colonel Henry Maynadier allowed tearful Spotted Tail to bury his daughter at Fort Laramie, which, in turn, helped convince the Brulé Sioux leader to bury the hatchet forever.

Sioux Chief Gall

AMERICAN INDIAN WARS

Soldiers vs. Apaches: One Last Time at Guadalupe Canyon
Nearly 10 years after Geronimo called it quits following a massive manhunt, the U.S. Army began a smaller campaign against renegade Apaches.

	Wounded Knee Massacre: United States versus the Plains Indians
	Sioux Chief Two Sticks

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INDIAN LEADERS

Kiowa Chief Satanta
Kiowa chief Satanta was one of the most complicated men ever to rise from the Great Plains--a diplomat and orator of his people who did his share of killing.

	Cheyenne Chief Black Kettle
	Cheyenne Chief Tall Bull
	Chief Seattle
	Chiricahua Chief Cochise

GERONIMO'S CAPTURE

General Nelson Miles and the Expedition to Capture Geronimo
General Nelson Miles summoned Lieutenant Charles Gatewood to Albuquerque in July 1886 and ordered the reluctant veteran of the Apache wars to go find the elusive Chiricahua leader down in the mountains of Mexico.

NATIVE AMERICANS & THE GOVERMENT

Andrew Jackson and the Indian Removal Act
Andrew Jackson had been an Indian fighter, and he continued the struggle as president. His new weapon was the Indian Removal Act, which would force Eastern tribes to relocate west of the Mississippi.

The Indian Tax Rebellion of 1851

CRAZY HORSE

The Last Stand of Crazy Horse
After helping his people win the Battle of the Little Bighorn, the daring Oglala leader fought the soldiers again at Slim Buttes in September 1876 and the Wolf Mountains in January 1877 before finally surrendering at Camp Robinson that May.

SITTING BULL

Sitting Bull and the Mounties
After the Little Bighorn and other 1876 confrontations with the U.S. Army, the great Hunkpapa Sioux Leader took his people north into Canada, where James Walsh and other scarlet-clad lawmen insisted on enforcing the white mother's laws.

TULE RIVER WAR

The Tule River War
From their earth-and-rock fortification at the base of a small, solitary mountain, the Yokuts of central California were determined to defend their land.

LAKOTAS

Lakotas: Feared Fighters of the Plains
The Teton Sioux, or Lakotas, battled other tribes to become the dominant force on the Northern Plains and then took on the U.S. Army in an effort to maintain their way of life.

ESTANISLAO

Estanislao: Rebellious Indian Warrior
Named after a Polish saint, Estanislao became an Indian official with a mission--flee Mission San Jose and lead one of the largest Indian forces ever to fight against whites in California.

NATIVE AMERICANS IN CALIFORNIA

California Indians on the White Man's Frontier
Some of the natives became restless during the mission era and, with the help of Spanish horses, escaped to freedom before the gold rush struck a devastating blow to their world.

SACAGAWEA

Sacagawea: Assisted the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Details of her life remain sketchy, and the time and place of her death are still debated, but the young Indian woman who assisted Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on their great journey west has a secure place in history.

CHEROKEE COURTROOM SHOOTOUT

Blood Bath at Going Snake: The Cherokee Courtroom Shootout
On trial for murder in April 1872, the imposing Cherokee Zeke Proctor and his supporters took on the rival Beck family and a federal posse in a gunfight in front of Judge Blackhaw Sixkiller.

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