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![]() | AD 1622 Powhatan Chiefdom resists English settlement in Virginia At the death of Chief Powhatan in 1618, his brother takes his place as the leader of the Powhatan Chiefdom ... |
![]() | AD 1644 England declares war on the Powhatan Chiefdom Virginia, now a colony of the English crown, commits royal troops to defeat the Powhatan Chiefdom. The ... |
![]() | 1783 The Peace of Paris ignores Native peoples’ rights The Peace of Paris, the set of treaties (Treaty of Paris and the Treaties of Versailles, 1783) that end ... |
1805 Tenskwatawa and Tecumseh call for unity among tribes With the Shawnee under siege, fragmented, and dispersed, Lalawithika has a spiritual revelation that ... |
![]() | 1808 Tecumseh’s leadership grows The 1795 Treaty of Greenville pushed Tecumseh’s tribe, the Shawnee, out of their traditional lands in ... |
1851 Congress creates reservations to manage Native peoples The U.S. Congress passes the Indian Appropriations Act, creating the reservation system. The government ... |
![]() | 1886 Apache armed resistance ends; Geronimo surrenders Goyathlay, a powerful Apache leader, also known as Geronimo, hands his rifle to a U.S. general in surrender. ... |
![]() | 1887 U.S. subdivides reservation land; sells off surplus Congress passes the General Allotment Act, better known as the Dawes Severalty Act, which divides reservations ... |
![]() | 1953 Congress seeks to abolish tribes, relocate American Indians Congress passes a resolution beginning a federal policy of termination, through which American Indian ... |
![]() | 1978 ‘Longest Walk’ draws attention to American Indian concerns Several hundred American Indian activists and supporters march for five months from San Francisco to ... |