From the late 1840s to the early 1890s, the USA fought many of the disparate Native-American, or Indian, tribes throughout the USA frontier states. Many of the battles are well known, such as Little Bighorn, but many more have fallen into obscurity.

• The Fetterman Massacre 21 December 1866
• Baker-Marias-River-Piegan-Massacre-23-January-1870
• Battle of Wolf Mountain Battle of the Butte 8 January 1877
• Sitting Bull Killed on Indian Reservation 15 December 1890
• Wounded Knee 29 December 1890
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