Sioux Wars
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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 w
The Custer Fight Charles Marion Russell, 1903
Grattan massacre
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The Grattan massacre, also referred to as the Grattan Fight, was the initial conflict of the First Sioux War, occurring on August 19, 1854, between the United States Army and the Lakota Sioux warriors
Sioux Wars
…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. The First Sioux War was fought between 1854 and 1856 following the Grattan Fight. The punitive…
Grattan Massacre marker, 2003
Red Cloud, late life photo.