List of American Indian Wars
Appearance
American Indian Wars are composed of multiple armed conflicts between European empires or colonists, and later American settlers or the United States government, and the native peoples of North America. These conflicts occurred across the North American continent from the time of earliest colonial settlements until 1924.
16th century wars
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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Tiguex War (1540–41) |
Spanish conquistador | Puebloans |
17th century wars
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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Anglo-Powhatan Wars (1610–46) |
English colonists | Powhatan Confederacy | |
Pequot War (1636–38) |
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Pequot |
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Kieft's War (1643–45) |
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Lenape | |
King Philip's War (1675–78) |
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Wampanoag Nipmuck Podunk Narragansett Nashaway |
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King William's War (1688–97) Part of the French and Indian Wars |
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18th century wars
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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Tuscarora War (1711–15) |
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Yamasee War (1715–17) |
Colonial militia of:
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Yamasee Ochese Creeks Catawba (before 1715) Cherokee (before 1716) Waxhaw Santee |
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Dummer's War (1722–25) |
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Wabanaki Confederacy Abenaki Pequawket Mi'kmaq Maliseet |
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Anglo-Cherokee War (1758–61) Part of the Seven Years' War |
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Cherokee people | |
Pontiac's War (1763–66) |
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Ottawas Ojibwas Potawatomis Hurons Miamis Weas Kickapoos Mascoutens Piankashaws Delawares Shawnees Wyandots Mingos Seneca |
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Lord Dunmore's War (1774) |
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Shawnees Mingos |
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American Revolutionary War (1775–83) |
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Cherokee–American wars (1776–95) Part of the American Revolutionary War |
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Second Cherokee War (1776) Part of the Cherokee–American wars |
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Northwest Indian War (1785–95) |
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19th century wars
20th century wars
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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Crazy Snake Rebellion (1909) |
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Creek | |
New Mexico Navajo War (1913) |
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Bluff War (1914–1915) Part of the Navajo and Ute Wars |
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Ute Paiute |
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Colorado Paiute War (1915) |
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Posey War (1923) Part of the Ute Wars |
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Ute Paiute |
- ^ Canny, p. 92.
- ^ Wait, Eugene M. (1999). America and the War of 1812. Nova Publishers. p. 78. ISBN 978-1-56072-644-9.