The Beaver Wars established a pattern that would be repeated by many of the Native American and European struggles to come in the next few centuries: indigenous tribes and nations would ally with their trading partners and engage in on-and-off skirmishes with their territorial or economic adversa...
The 1712-1736 Fox Wars, like all Indian Wars – wars between the various Native-American tribes and the people of European decent, including the French, the English, the Spanish, and finally the Americans – was a tragedy for all who participated in it, but especially for the Indians. To...
With furs being such a coveted luxury item in Europe in the 17th century, British and French fur trappers and traders came to the new world in search of a variety of animal pelts. Native American tribes in the Great Lakes region and the Ohio country had great success with beaver pelts and...
Did Native American tribes war with each other? Did the Mohawk tribe have slaves? Was Cochise of the Mescalero Apache tribe? Did the Sioux tribe tame buffalo? Did the Lakota and Apache ever meet in battle? Was the Sioux tribe evicted from Standing Rock?
By the time the conflict came to an end in 1678, officially ending with the Treaty of Casco in April, much of the landscape in New England was destroyed and hundreds were dead on both sides. Additional members of native tribes were relocated, sold into slavery, or force...
Discover the key dates, key people and events of the Native American battles together with the causes and effects of the conflicts and skirmishes. Pictures have been include wherever possible which show the clothing, weapons and decorations of various Native American tribes and their leaders who fo...
The American Natives Representing the Mesoamericans, the Woodland people, & the Bison herding tribes of the American Plains, the NAN culture was originally introduced with the first expansion for the Age of Empires III franchise, The WarChiefs. Living in harmony for centuries and with no contact...
The Antelope Hills expedition was a campaign from January 1858 to May 1858 by the Texas Rangers and members of other allied native American tribes against Comanche and Kiowa villages in the Comancheria. It began in western Texas and ending in a series of fights with the Comanche tribe on May...
Plains Wars, series of conflicts from the early 1850s through the late 1870s between Native Americans and the United States, along with its Indian allies, over control of the Great Plains between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains. Learn more
Indians had to choose sides or try to stay neutral when the American Revolution broke out. Many tribes such as the Iroquois, Shawnee, Cherokee and Creek fought with British loyalists. Others, including the Potawatomi and the Delaware, sided with American patriots. ...