Great Sioux War of 1876

The Great Sioux War of 1876, also known as the Black Hills War, was a series of battles and negotiations that occurred in 1876 and 1877 in an alliance of Lakota Sioux and Northern Cheyenne against the United States. The cause of the war was the desire of the US government to obtain ownership of the Black Hills. Gold had been discovered in the Black Hills, settlers began to encroach onto Native American lands, and the Sioux and the Cheyenne refused to cede ownership. Traditionally, American military and historians place the Lakota at the center of the story, especially because of their numbers, but some Native Americans believe the Cheyenne were the primary target of the American campaign.

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1876 — 1877  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Black Hills War; Great Cheyenne War
war, United States, Shoshone, Cheyennes, Crow Nation, Lakota people, Arapaho people, Pawnee Nation, Dakota people, United States, 

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1874 Black Hills Expedition

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1862 Dakota War of 1862

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Crow Tribe

Chief Rain in the face on horse

"Gen. Crook's headquarters in the field at Whitewood (Dak. Terr.). On starvation march 1876." Closeup of a camp scene sh - NARA - 533170

The borders of the Crow reservation of May 7, 1868, as described in ”Treaty with the Crows, 1868”, including the later Battlefield of the Little Bighorn River

The Crow territory west of Powder River as defined in the Fort Laramie Treaty (1851)

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1876 Events Collage V 1.0

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1874	Black Hills Expedition	military expedition	Wikidata
event	war	1862	Dakota War of 1862	United States, war, Dakota people	Wikidata
event	war	1876	Great Sioux War of 1876	United States, war, Shoshone, Cheyennes, Crow Nation, Arapaho people, Pawnee Nation, Dakota people, Lakota people	Wikidata
commons	image		Crow Tribe		Commons
commons	image		Chief Rain in the face on horse		Commons
commons	image		"Gen. Crook's headquarters in the field at Whitewood (Dak. Terr.). On starvation march 1876." Closeup of a camp scene sh - NARA - 533170		Commons
commons	image		The borders of the Crow reservation of May 7, 1868, as described in ”Treaty with the Crows, 1868”, including the later Battlefield of the Little Bighorn River		Commons
commons	image		The Crow territory west of Powder River as defined in the Fort Laramie Treaty (1851)		Commons
commons	image		FortFettermanPhilKonstantin		Commons
commons	image		1876 Events Collage V 1.0		Commons