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Plains Wars: Facts & Related Content
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Also Known As | Indian Wars |
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Date | August 19, 1854 - c. 1879 |
Location | Great Plains • United States |
Participants | Apache • Arapaho • Cheyenne • Comanche • Kickapoo • Kiowa • Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains • Oceti Sakowin • Teton • United States |
Context | Treaties of Fort Laramie • westward movement |
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George Armstrong Custer
United States military officer

William Tecumseh Sherman
United States general

Sitting Bull
Sioux chief

Philip H. Sheridan
United States general

Quanah Parker
Native American leader

Crazy Horse
Oceti Sakowin chief

Red Cloud
Oceti Sakowin chief

George Crook
United States army officer

Gall
Sioux chief
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