What the records say
- When
- 19 Aug 1854 – Jan 1891
- Kind
- War
- Coordinates
- 40.00° N, 100.00° W
- Description
- conflicts between the USA and subgroups of the Sioux people from 1854–1890
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Sioux Wars
1854–1891 conflicts in the United States
The Sioux Wars were a series of conflicts between the United States and various subgroups of the Sioux people which occurred in the later half of the 19th century. The earliest conflict came in 1854 when a fight broke out at Fort Laramie in Wyoming, when Sioux warriors killed 31 American soldiers in the Grattan Massacre, and the final came in 1890 during the Ghost Dance War.
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The source
Includes 8 events
- Grattan massacre19 Aug 1854 · Battle
- Battle of Ash Hollow3 Sep 1855 · Battle
- Battle of Big Mound24 Jul 1863 · Battle
- Battle of Dead Buffalo Lake26 Jul 1863 · Battle
- Battle of Stony Lake28 Jul 1863 · Battle
- Battle of Whitestone Hill3 Sep 1863 · Battle
- Battle of Killdeer Mountain28 Jul 1864 · Battle
- Battle of the Badlands7 Aug 1864 · Battle
Nearby in time and place
- Battle of Ojo Caliente Canyon8 Apr 1854 · Battle
- Convention between the Lew Chew Islands and the United States of America11 Jul 1854 · Treaty
- Yangtze Patrol1854 · Military operation
- Yontoket Massacre1853 · Massacre
- Grande Ronde massacre17 Jul 1856 · Massacre · Deaths 34
- Halloway Massacre14 Aug 1857 · Massacre · Deaths 6
- Conspiracy and Siege of the Mountain Meadows massacre11 Sep 1857 · Siege
- Treaty with the Pawnee1857 · Treaty