List of American Indian Wars facts for kids
The American Indian Wars were numerous armed conflicts fought by governments and colonists of European descent, and later by the United States federal government and American settlers, against various indigenous peoples within the territory that is now the United States. These conflicts occurred from the 16th century to the 20th century and in all parts of the country, beginning with the Tiguex War in 1540 in present-day New Mexico and ending with the Renegade period of the Apache Wars in 1924 in the Southwestern United States.
According to a dataset of conflicts between Native American communities and colonial powers, the frequency of conflict increased dramatically in Mexico and the United States during the second half of the 19th century, as contact between the two groups became more frequent.
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16th century wars
| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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| Battle of Mabila (Oct 1540) |
Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto | Mississippian culture | Death of chief Tuskaloosa, over 2,500 Indians and 200 Spaniards |
| Tiguex War (winter 1540–41) |
Spanish conquistador | Puebloan | |
| Mixtón War (1540-1542) |
New Spain Tlaxcaltec |
Caxcanes | Assimilation or enslavement of all Caxcan natives, Spanish access to northern silver deposits |
| Chichimeca War (1550–90) |
New Spain Tlaxcaltec Caxcanes |
Chichimeca Confederation | Changes to Spanish indigenous policies, pursuit of voluntary conversion instead of forced conversions |
17th century wars
18th century wars
| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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| Queen Anne's War (1702–13) |
 France
Wabanaki Confederacy |
 England (until 1707)
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| Tuscarora War (1711–15) |
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| Fox Wars (1712–33) |
 France |
Fox
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| Yamasee War (1715–17) |
Colonial militia of:
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Yamasee Ochese Creeks Catawba (until 1715) Cherokee (until 1716) Waxhaw Santee |
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| Chickasaw Wars (1721–63) |
 Great BritainChickasaw |
France Choctaw Illini |
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| Dummer's War (1722–25) |
 New England ColoniesMohawk |
Wabanaki Confederacy Abenaki Pequawket Mi'kmaq Maliseet |
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| King George's War (1744–48) |
France
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Great Britain
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| Father Le Loutre's War (1749–55) |
France
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Great Britain
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| Seven Years' War (1754–63) |
Great Britain
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France
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| French and Indian War (1754–63) Part of the Seven Years' War |
Great Britain
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France
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| Anglo-Cherokee War (1758–61) Part of the Seven Years' War |
Great Britain |
Cherokee | |
| Pontiac's War (1763–66) |
 Great Britain |
Ottawa Ojibwe Potawatomi Huron Miami Wea Kickapoo Mascouten Piankeshaw Delaware Shawnee Wyandot Mingo Seneca |
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| Lord Dunmore's War (1774) |
 Colony of Virginia |
Shawnee Mingo |
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| American Revolutionary War (1775–83) |
 United States France Spain Vermont
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 Great Britain Loyalists German Auxiliaries
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| Cherokee–American wars (1776–94) Part of the American Revolutionary War |
 United States |
 Cherokee |
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| Second Cherokee War (1776) Part of the Cherokee–American wars |
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| Northwest Indian War (1785–95) |
United States Chickasaw Choctaw |
Western Confederacy Great Britain
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| Oconee War (1785–94) |
European Colonists | Muscogee |
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19th century wars
20th century wars
| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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| Crazy Snake Rebellion (1909) |
 United States |
Creek | |
| New Mexico Navajo War (1913) |
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| Bluff War (1914–15) Part of the Navajo and Ute Wars |
United States |
Ute Paiute |
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| Colorado Paiute War (1915) |
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| Posey War (1923) Part of the Ute Wars |
United States |
Ute Paiute |
See also
- List of historical Indian reservations in the United States
- List of Indian massacres
- List of traditional territories of the indigenous peoples of North America
- U.S.–Native American treaties
- Population history of indigenous peoples of the Americas
- Territorial evolution of the United States
- Territorial evolution of Canada
- Numbered Treaties
