Wars Involving the Indigenous Peoples of North America
38 entries in the Wars Involving the Indigenous Peoples of North America compendium.
Anglo-Cherokee WarA war between British forces and Cherokee bands during the French and Indian War.Aroostook WarAn 1838–1839 border confrontation between the US and UK.Battle of Orange WalkLast Maya attack on British Honduras, ending with Canul's death.Beaver Wars17th-century conflicts over fur, territory, and captives in the Great Lakes.Bluff WarOne of the last armed conflicts between the U.S. and Ute/Paiute peoples.Caste War of YucatánA Maya revolt against Hispanic rule in the Yucatán Peninsula.Chiapas conflictA low-intensity conflict in Chiapas between the EZLN and the Mexican state.Cherokee–American warsA series of raids and battles between Cherokee and American settlers.Chickasaw WarsChickasaw resisted French expansion along the Mississippi River.Coree WarColonial conflicts leading to the Coree tribe's absorption into the Tuscarora.Crow WarThe last Indian War fought in Montana.Dummer's WarA 1722–1725 conflict over colonial borders in Maine and Nova Scotia.Battle of EchoeeA 1760 clash in the French and Indian War.Father Le Loutre's WarA guerrilla war over Protestant settlement in Acadia.Battle of Flint CreekA 1789 militia raid that disrupted Chickamauga winter operations.Fox WarsTwo French-Meskwaki conflicts in the Great Lakes region, 1712–1733.Fraser Canyon WarAn 1858 conflict between miners and Nlaka'pamux in British Columbia.Grey Lock's WarAbenaki guerrilla war in northern New England, 1720s.Hanging RocksPerpendicular cliffs and site of a Lenape-Catawba battle.Iroquois War (1609)First European-armed clash with the Haudenosaunee on Lake Champlain.Janos, ChihuahuaSpanish presidio town in Chihuahua, key in Apache conflicts.King George's WarThird French and Indian War, marked by the capture of Louisbourg.Logan's WarA 1774 Mingo mourning war that sparked Lord Dunmore's War.Oconee WarConflict between European colonists and the Oconee Muscogee in Georgia.Pawnee capture of the Cheyenne Sacred ArrowsPawnee capture of the Cheyenne Sacred Arrows, a devastating loss.Pecos WarA range war over cattle and land along the Pecos River.Pequot WarA 1636–1638 conflict that destroyed the Pequot nation in New England.Pierre's HoleA fur trade rendezvous turned into a violent battle.Porum Range WarA range war in Oklahoma between ranchers and Native American families.Queen Anne's WarSecond French and Indian War for North American control.Siege of Fort LoudounCherokee besieged a British fort during the Anglo-Cherokee War.Battle of Sugar PointThe last Indian uprising in the United States.Tecumseh's WarA conflict between the U.S. and Tecumseh's confederacy.Battle of TippecanoeHarrison's forces destroyed Prophetstown and broke Tecumseh's confederacy.Tuscarora WarBloodiest colonial war in North Carolina, 1711–1715.Yamasee WarA 1715–1717 conflict that nearly destroyed the South Carolina colony.Yaqui UprisingAn 1896 border conflict ending the American Indian Wars.Yaqui WarsNearly 400 years of conflict between the Yaqui and Spanish/Mexican forces.
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