The following list of wars between the United States government and various
Native Nations of North America is compiled from the Official US government
list as reprinted by various authors. There are slight differences in the
various publications, such as dates, names and even a few omissions. One
source is the "Winners of the West Bulletin, 1931" which was publication
produced by and for veterans of the Indian wars. Many of the veterans
records do not list "war" participation but trace their service based on
'expeditions'. Some wars are classified as extremely long with short periods
of peace or inactivity (as per the 100 Years War or War of the Roses). In
these cases an additional note is made about a period of high activity.
Notes include place, conflict dates, Indian alliances and other interesting
facts.
YEARS | WAR | NOTES |
1790-95 | Little Turtle War | (1st NW Indian War) : Miami +
Wyandot + Delaware + Chippewa + Pottawatomi + Ottawas + Shawnee |
1806 | Sabine River Expedition | Southern LA Territory |
1811-13 | Tecumseh's War | (2nd NW Indian War): Miami + Wyandot + Delaware +
Chippewa + Pottawatomi + Ottawas + Shawnee |
1812 | Florida War | Seminole and Creek Tribes (Aka 1st Seminole War ?) |
1813 | Peoria War | Illinois Tribes (Sep 19 - Oct 21) |
1813-14 | First Creek War | Alabama-West Ga (July '13-Aug '14) |
1817-18 | First Seminole War | Jackson's Invasion of FL |
1819 | Yellowstone Expedition | Explorers of LA territory are attacked |
1823 | Blackfeet War | Arickaree tribe. In the Upper Mississippi River area.
|
1827 | La Fevre War | Winnebago Tribes (Jun-Sept) |
1831 | Sauk-Fox War | In Illinois (Jun-Jul) |
1832 | Blackhawk War | Apr- Sep |
1834 | Pawnee War | Jun-Sep |
1835-36 | Toledo War ? | Ohio-Mich Border dispute |
1835-37 | Second Creek War | Georgia- NW FL (May '35 - Sep '37) |
1835-42 | Second Seminole War | Florida |
1836-38 | East Cherokee Revolt | Anti-Removal skirmishes in NC & Tenn (1833-39 ?) |
1836 | Heatherly Raids | Iowa-Missouri (Jul- Nov) (1838 ?) |
1837 | Osage War | Missouri |
1848 | Cayuse War | Oregon |
1849-61 | Plains War | Commanche + Kickapoo + Cheyenne |
1849-61 | Navajo War | New Mexico Territory - Series of revolts |
1850 | Pitt River Expedition | California |
1851-53 | Ute War | Utah |
1851-56 | Pacific NW Raids | Oregon, Washington |
1851-52 | Yuma Expedition | California |
1855 | Winnas Expedition | Oregon (May- Sep) Snake tribe |
1855-56 | Lakota/Sioux Raids | Nebraska (Apr- Jul) |
1855-56 | Cheyenne Raids | Cheyenne + Arapaho tribes |
1855-58 | Third Seminole War | Florida |
1855 | Yakima War | Washington Territory (Oct-Nov) |
1856-58 | Kansas Border Raids | Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado |
1857 | Gila Expedition | New Mexico |
1857 | Lakota /Sioux Raids | Minnesota-Iowa |
1858 | Navajo Revolt | New Mexico. (Sep-Dec) |
1858 | Puget Sound Expedition | Washington. Spokane + Paloos + Coeur d' Alene |
1858-59 | Wichita War | (Sep '58 - Dec '59) |
1858 | Northern Indian Exp. | ?? |
1859 | Antelope Hills Exp. | Texas |
1859 | Pecos Raids | Texas (Apr-Aug) |
1859 | Bear River Exp | Utah |
1859 | Colorado Expediton | Colorado (Feb- Apr) |
1859-60 | Corina Raids | Texas-Mexico Border. Apache ? |
1859 | San Juan Imbroglio | Washington |
1860 | Paiute Raids | California |
1860 | Carson Valley Exp. | New Mexico |
1860 | Commanche Raids | (May- Oct) Commanche + Kiowa |
1860-61 | Navajo War/ Revolt | (Sep '60- Feb '61) New Mexico.
Ends long War |
1862-67 | First Lakota War | Minnesota and Dakota
Territories. Numerous raids. |
1863-69 | Plains Indian War | Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska.
Commanche + Kiowa + Cheyenne + Arapaho Nations |
1865-68 | West Coast Conquest | US expeditions to subdue various
Indian tribes in Oregon, Idaho, Nevada and California |
1867-81 | Second Plains Indian War | Commanche + Kickapoo + Lipan + Kiowa |
1868-69 | Canadian River Exp | New Mexico |
1871-79 | Yellowstone Exp | Annual US attacks into the Montana-Dakota area
|
1872,1873 | Modac Wars | Modac. |
1874-75 | Plains Indian Raids | Commanche + Cheyenne + Kiowa. Oklahoma |
1874 | Expedition | Lakota Sioux |
1875 | Nevada War | Nevada |
1876 | Powder River Exp | Wyoming |
1876-79 | Great Lakota/Sioux War | Lakota Sioux + Northern Cheynnne. |
1877 | Nez Perez War | Idaho |
1878-79 | Second Ute War | Colorado (Apr- Sep) |
1878 | Bannock War | Paiute + Bannock (May-Sep) (1877 ?) |
1861-90 | Apache War | Arizona, New Mexico, Texas |
1879 | Second Snake War | Idaho |
1890-91 | Lakota/Soiux Revolt | Dakotas |
1895 | Banncock Raids | Banncock |
1898 | Chippewa Raids | - |
1913 | Navajo Revolt | New Mexico |
1915 | Second Paiute War | Colorado |