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ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
.Compiled by Neshoba
Web Posted by Ish
AUGUST
August 31, 1905 -
Donehogawa (Ely Samuel Parker)
August 31, 1778 -
Wappingers/Daniel Nimham/Hudson Valley
August 31, 1666:
Mohawk Chief Agariata
August 30, 1838 -
Moshulatubbe
August 30, 1881 - Battle
at Cibecue Creek
August 29, 1759 - Samson
Occom/Dartmouth College
August 28, 1836 - Opothleyaholo
August 27, 1832 - Black
Hawk Surrenders
August 26, 1858: Battle
of Four Lakes
August 25, 1737: Munsee/William
Penn Sign Agreement
August 24, 1781 - Joseph
Brant
August 23, 1868 - Bent's
Fort
August 22, 1670 - Hiacoomes/Wampanoag
August 20, 1794:
Little Turtle
August 20, 1789 - Apaches/Juande Ugalde
August 19, 1854 - Grattan Massacre/General Harney
August 18, 1863 - Navajo/Kit
Carson
August 18, 1854 - Modocs/Cpt Jesse Walker Attacks,
August 17, 1836 - David
Moniac
August 17, 1755 - King Philip/John Kilburn's
Stockade,
August 16, 1812:
Shawnee Chief Tecumseh, surrender of American
August 15, 1861:
Oktarharsars Harjo, writes Pres Lincoln requesting
August 15, 1935:
Cherokee humorist Will Rogers died.
August 14, 1812:
Lewis and Clark reach a Minnetaree/Mandan village
August 13, 1587:
Manteo, a Croatoan indian, has converted
August 12, 1878:
The Paiute chief Oytes and followers surrender
August 11, 1988:
The Aleut restitution for losses in World War II
August 11, 1760:
In retaliation for the murder of seventeen Cherokee chiefs, "Fort
Loudon Massacre"
August 10, 1680 - Pope/The Pueblo Rebellion,
August 10, 1861 - Battle of Wilson's Creek/Stand
Watie,
August 10, 1815:
brother of Cornplanter - Skaniadariio (Handsome Lake)
August 9, 1911:
Ishi ("the last of his tribe") comes into Oroville, California
August 9, 1833: start
of the first cont trader operations among the Blackfeet
August 9, 1814 - Timpoochee Barnard, Treaty
of Fort Jackson
August 8, 422: Maya King Casper is born,
ruler Palenque, Mexico
August 8, 1744:
Today France will give trader Joseph Deruisseau the sole rights to trade
with Indians
August 7, 1758 - Minisink,
peace conference with British
August 6, 1840 - Comanches/Buffalo Hump,
August 6, 1676 - Weetamoo, Sachem
of the Wampanoag
August 5, 1812 Brownstown
Michigan Tecumseh defeats Americans at Brownstown
August 4, 1813:
Today 500 warriors of the White Stick faction
August 3, 1795:
"Greenville" Ohio treaty ending "Little Turtle's War".
August 2, 1812 Amherstburg
Ont Tecumseh persuades Wyandots (Hurons) to switch allegiance
to British.
August 1, 1866:
Today John Ross, Principal Cherokee Chief, dies in Washington, DC.
August 1, 1836:
2700 Creeks, incl the ones who fought for the whites, forced to leave Al
for the Indian Territory.
JULY
July 30, 1609 - Samuel de Champlain,
July 30, 1868 -
army abandoned Fort C F Smith. Today Red Cloud enters
July 29, 1968: The
American Indian Movement (A.I.M.) is founded.
July 28, 1872 - Tonkawa Scouts and Col MacKenzie,
July 28, 1862 - Apaches/Fort Bowie
July 28, 1756 - Delaware
Chief Teedyuscung, and 14 chiefs meet
July 27, 1755 - Fort Sartwell, settlers attacked
July 27, 1813: A
battle took place on Burnt Corn Creek
July 27, 1874:
Gold found in the Black Hills
July 26, 1763 - Wyandot/Fort Sandusky
July 26, 1865: Following
the massacre at Sand Creek, Roman Nose
July 25, 1871- Treaty
#1 negotiated with Swampy Cree and Chippewa
July 24, 1766: Pontiac
surrenders
July 24, 1534 - Jacques Cartier/Canada
July 22, 1996: Today,
in Syracuse, NY, Leon Shenandoah died
July 21, 1932 - Black Hawk/Battle of Wisconsin
Heights
July 20, 1881 - Tatanka Yotanka officially surrenders
July 19, 1881: Nana, and
remnants of Victorio's warriors, fights
July 18, 1694: Abenaki
Chief Abomazine, 300 Penobscot warrior
July 17, 1897 - Seattle
Washington Klondike gold rush starts
July 16, 1585 - Algonquian, crops destroyed
over missing cup from Roanoake
July 16, 1855 - Treaty
concluded at Hell Gate in the Bitterroot valley
July 15, 1862: Mangas
Colorado and Cochise
July 14, 1837 - Mandan/Smallpox
July 13, 1866 - Fort Phil Kearny
July 11, 1990 - Oka (Kanesetake)
Quebec Cpl Marcel Lemay, killed
July 10, 1963 Ottawa approves
BC's signing of Columbia River Treaty
July 4, 1886 - Blackfoot
Crossing, Alberta Poundmaker dies
July 3, 1992 - Quebec
Jury acquits 34 Mohawks standoff at Oka
July 2, 1885 Fort Carlton,
Saskatchewan Big Bear surrenders
July 1, 1796 Detroit Michigan
Jay Treaty comes into effect
JUNE
June 30, 1976 Goose Bay
Newfoundland US Air Force closes base
June 29, Pope Pius XI
canonizes Jean de Brébeuf
June 27, 1879 - Yankton Sioux/Drifting Goose
June 26, 1827 - Red Bird/Winnebago War
June 25, 1876 - Battle of Little Bighorn
June 24, 1610 - Membertou/Mi'kmaq
June 23, 1683 - Tamenend/Delaware
June 22, 1839 - John Ridge
June 21, 1674 - Chatot
June 18, 1730 - Cherokees Meet King George II
June 17, 1579 - Sir Francis Drake/Miwok
June 17, 1654 - Chief Naaman/Delawares
June 16, 1832 - Battle of Pecatonica/Ma-ca-tai-me-she-kia-kiak
June 14, 1893 - Natawistixina, Aunt of Red Crow
Passes/Red Crow/Kainai
June 14, 1877 - Ponca/Otoe
June 13, 1660 - Wamsetta
June 11, 1752 - Shingas/Delaware
June 9, 1647 - John Eliot
June 8- Satank/Satanta/Big Tree
June 8, 1874 - Cochise
June 5, 1728 - Allumapees (Chief Sassoonan)/Delaware
June 4, 1647 - Canonicus/Narragansetts
June 2, 1924 - US Citizenship
June 1, 1868 - Navajo Treaty
MAY
May 29, 1677 - Powhatan Confederacy/Treaty with
the English
May 28, 1830 - Andrew Jackson
May 24, 1539 - Cibola
May 18, 1661 - Susquehannocks
May 13, 1540 - The Lady of Cofitachequi/Hernando
de Soto
May 12, 1860 - Chief Numaga/Paiutes
May 12, 1858 - Po-hebitsquash (Iron Jacket)
Killed
May 11, 1854 - Chief Walkara
May 8, 1725 - Father Rasle's War
May 8, 1973: New York Times article Wounded
Knee Surrender
May 7, 1973 - Wounded Knee Occupation Ends
May 6, 1626 - Manhattan Purchase/Peter Minuit
May 5, 1800 - William Augustus Bowles/Muskogee
May 3, 1806 - Weahkoonut/Lewis and Clark
May 2, 1670 - Hudson's Bay Company
APRIL
April 29, 1882 - Ute Jack
April 28 and 30, 1871
- Eskiminzin
April 27, 1763 - Pontiac
April 26, 1872 - Capt
Charles Meinhold/William Cody/Loup River
April 25, 1774 - Michael
Cresap
April 25, 1541 - Coronado
April 24, 1754 - Teedyuscung/Delaware
April 22, 1889 - Oklahoma
Land Rush
April 21, 1869: Donehogawa
April 20, 1537 - Hernando
de Soto
April 19, 1858 - Yankton
Sioux Treaty/Pipestone
April 18, 1644 - Opechancanough/Powhatan
Confederacy
April 16, 1528 - Panfilo
de Narvaez
April 14, 1614 - John
Rolfe/Pocahontas
April 12, 1875 - Apache
Scouts/Congressional Medals of Honor
April 9, 1884 - Sacajawea
April 8, 1944 - Ernest
Childers
April 7, 1873 - Modocs/Kintpuash/John
Schonchin/Black Jim/Hooker Jim
April 6, 1875 - Black
Horse/Cheyenne
April 5, 1832 - Ma-ca-tai-me-she-kia-kiak
(Black Hawk)/Sauk
April 4, 1840 - Piava/Council
House Fight
April 3, 1730 - Chief
Moytoy/Cherokee
April 1, 1536 - Cabeza
de Vaca
MARCH
March 31, 1793 - Robert
Bengte - Chief "Captain Bench"
March 28, 1953 - Jim
Thorpe
March 28, 1840 - Isimanica/Council
House Fight
March 27, 1973 - Sacheen
Littlefeather
March 26, 1682 - la
Salle and de Tonti
March 25, 1916 - Ishi
March 25, 1899 - Sulk-stalk-scosum,
Chief Moses
March 23, 1730 - Today
in Keowee, western North Carolina
March 21, 1883 - Chiricahua
Apaches/Gen Crook/Chato
March 20, 1699 - Lomoyne
d'Iberville/Houma
March 19, 1840 - The
Council House Fight
March 17, 1775 - The
Sycamore Shoals Treaty
March 15, 1621 - Samoset
March 14, 1493 - Christopher
Columbus
March 13, 1864 - The
Long Walk
March 12, 1848 - Tatsi
(Tahchee)
March 8, 1865 - Winnebago
March 7, 1782 - Gnadenhutten
March 7, 1862 - Battle
of Pea Ridge
March 7, 1524 - Giovanni
da Verrazano
March 6, 1873 - Kintpuash
(Captain Jack)/Hooker Jim/Fairchild Ranch
March 6, 1777 - Shawnee/Chief
Blackfish
March 6, 1857- in
its Dred Scott decision
March 3, 1513 - Ponce
de Leon
March 2, 1989 - Navajo
Code Talker Monument
March 1, 1856 - William
Harney
FEBRUARY
February 29, 1704 -
Queen Anne's War, Deerfield, Mass
February 27, 1973 - Wounded Knee
February 26, 1860 -
Wiyot
February 25, 1875 -
Kiowa/Lone Wolf
February 25, 529 -
Maya/Palenque/Kan Xul I
February 24, 1945
- Ira Hayes participates at Iwo Jima
February 24, 1848 -
Cayuse/Gray Eagle
February 23, 1540 -
Coronado
February 22, 1944 -
Jack C Montgomery
February 21, 1911 -
Quanah Parker
February 19, 1778 -
Cornstalk
February 18, 1867 -
Sauk and Fox
February 17, 1909:
Goyathlay (Geronimo)
February 17, 1793 -
Alexander McGillivray
February 14, 1969 -
Salish and Kootenai
February 13, 1743 -
Mahwee
February 12, 1599 -
Acoma and Juan de Onate
February 11, 1715 -
Tuscarora War
February 10, 1676 -
Narragansetts/Mary Rowlandson/Chief Quinnapin
February 9, 1607 -
Paspahegh
February 8, 1876 -
Generals Crook and Terry
February 7, 1876 -
General Sheridan
February 6, 1682 -
Sieur de La Salle/Mississippi Basin
February 6, 1973 -
Wesley Bad Heart Bull
February 4, 1847 -
Pueblo Revolt
February 4, 1861 -
Cochise
February 1, 1834: Land
Lottery in Georgia
JANUARY
January 31, 1864 -
Delgadito
January 30, 1838 -
Osceola Passes
January 29, 1675 -
John Sassamon/King Philip's War
January 27, 1863 -
Battle of Bear River
January 26, 1855: S'KLALLAM-Point
No Point treaty is signed today
January 25, 1692 -
Madockawando
January 24, 1864 -
Paramucka/Bloody Tanks
January
23, 1812 - Tecumseh and the New Madrid
Earthquake
January 23, 1638- Saginaw,
Mi, Henry Schoolcraft treaty with the CHIPPEWAS
January 23, 1870 -
Massacre on the Marias
January 22, 1879 -
Dull Knife
January 21
January 20, 1891 -
King Kalakaua
January 20, 1830 -
Sagoyewatha
January 18, 1983: Jim
Thorpe's Olympic medals given to his heirs
January 18, 1958:
The Lumbee break up a KKK meeting
January 17, 1863:
Mangas Colorado (Red Sleeves), seized
January 16, 1792Willaim
Augusts Bowles, Creek Seminole
January 15, 1945:
Jack Montgomery is awarded the Medal of Honor
January 14, 1833 -
Reverend Worcester
January 13, 1873 -
Kintpuash
January 12, 1880 -
Victorio and the Warm Springs Apache
January 10
January 9
January 8, 1996 - Red
Thunder Cloud
January 7, 1805 -Cherokee,
Black Fox, cede almost 7,000 square miles, in TN and AL
January 6, 1975 - Mandan
January 5, 1805 - Lewis
and Clark see Okipe (Buffalo Dance)
January 4, 1874 - Eskiminzin/Aravaipa
Apache
Januar 2, 1951
atomic reactor facility at Chalk River, Ontario
January 1, 1756 -
Teedyuscung
January 1, 1889 -
Wovoka's Vision
1975:MENOMINEE
Warrior Society members seize
Words
Spoken, , 3 Jan
DECEMBER
The Passing of An Elder,
30 Dec
December 31, 1880 -
Crow King
December 30, 1890 -
The Drexel Mission Fight
December 29, 1890 -
Cankpe Opi - The Wounded Knee Massacre
Correction to Text - December 26, 1862
December 26, 1862 -
Santee Hanged at Mankato
December 25, 1839 -
Chief Egg
December 24, 1824 -
Choctaw (Chahta) Chief Pushmataha in D.C.
December 23, 1872:
George Catlin dies in New Jersey
December 21, 1866 -
Battle of the Hundred Slain
December 20, 1812 -
Sacagawea Dies
December 19, 1675 -
Canonchet
December 18, 1860 -
Cynthia Ann Parker
December 17, 1890
- Warrant Issued for Big Foot's Arrest
December 17, 1842 -
Pascofa
December 16, 1773 -
Boston Tea Party
December 15, 1890 -
Sitting Bull Killed
December 14, 1763:
The Paxton Boys
December 13, 1831 -
Eneah Micco
December 12
December 11, 1890 -
Agent James McLaughlin
December 10, 1991
- Little Big Horn Battleground Monument
December 10, 1890 -
Ghost Dance/Col Miles/William Cody
December 9, 1864 -
Fanny Kelly
December 8, 1869 - START
OF RED RIVER REBELLION
December 8, 1840 -
Halleck Tustenuggee
December 7, 1804: Lewis
& Clark go on a buffalo hunt
December 7, 1855:
The Walla Wallas attack Olney's volunteers
December 6, 1866 -
Harassment of Troops
December 5
December 4, 1862:
The 303 Santee Sioux sentenced to hang
December 3, 1598 -
Acoma/Zaldivar
December 2, 1963 -
Annie Wauneka Award
December 1, 1831 -
Chahta/Peter Pitchlynn
NOVEMBER
November 30
November 29, 1837
- Coacoochee
November 29, 1864 -
Sand Creek Massacre
November 28, 1822 - Ontario
- Mississaugas cede 1,112,100 hectares
November 27, 1864 - Washita
Massacre prelude
November 26, 1864/67/68
- Black Kettle
November 26, 1831 -
David Folsom
November 24, 1812 - Spemicalawba,{
Captain Logan or High Horn}
November 24, 1807 -
Joseph Brant Died
November 23, 1872 -
Ten Bears Passed
November 22, 1845
- Nitakechi
November 22, 1812 -
Chief Winamac/Captain Logan
November 21, 1805
- Chiltz (Chehalis) Indians
November 21, 1836 -
Battle of Wahoo Swamp/David Moniac
November 19, 1969:
"Indians of all tribes" declared on Alcatraz
November 19, 1876 -
Big Leggings
November 18, 864: The Great Ballcourt at Chichen
Itza is dedicated
November 18, 1785
- Old Tassel
November 18, 1805 -
Chinook Tribe
November 17, 1764 -
Pontiac's Surrender
November 16, 1885 -
Louis Riel Executed
November 15, Kwame
Ture dies
November 14, 1944 -
NCAI Established
November 13, 1985,
23,000 in Colombia, die in mudslide
November 12, 1825 -
New Echota founded
November 11, 1865:
Medicine Bottle and Little Shakopee executed
November 11, 1778 -
Sequidongquee
November 10, 1997 -
Annie Dodge Wauneka
November 9, 1867:
The peace commissioners lectured by Bear Tooth
November 8, 1762: As a
part of the Treaty of Fountainbleau
November 7, 1794: Americans
and the Chickamaugas meet
November 7, 1811 -
Battle of Tippecanoe
November
5, 1865: Major Edward Wynkoop
November 4, 1791 -
St Clair and the "Worst Defeat"
November 3, 1791 -
Little Turtle
November 1, 1837 -
Tustenaggee Emathla
OCTOBER
October 31, 1880 -
Rain-in-the-Face
October 31, 1871 -
Delshay
October 30, 1763 -
Pontiac
October 29, 1712 -
Queen Anne's War
October 27, 1837 -
Osceola
October 26, 1877 -
Chief Joseph's Speech Printed
October 25, 1949: Presidential
Proclamation #2860 today
October 25, 1853 -
Moshoquop/Gunnison
October 23, 1874 -
Man Afraid Of His Horses
October 21, 1867 -
Medicine Lodge Treaty
October 19, 1607-The
Popham Colony, Maine
October 19, 1841: Thlocko
Tustunnuggee (Tiger Tail)
October 18, 1820 -
Treaty of Doak's Stand
October 17, 1858 -
Navajos/Zunis/Fort Defiance
October 16, 1837: Seminole
Wars, Jim Boy "Tustennuggee Emathla"
October 16, 1692:
The Diego de Vargas campaign to reconquer NM
October 15, 1615 - Champlain
attacks Onondaga
October 15, 1763 -
Delaware
Chief, Captain Bull, was burned to death
October 14, 1880 -
Victorio
October 13, 1656 - Hackensack
chief, Oratamin, negotiates a peace
October 13, 1864 -
Elm Creek Raid/Little Buffalo
October 12, 1769:
Kumeyaay Indians fight with the Spaniards
October 11, 1874 -
Set-T'ainte (Satanta)
October
10, 1540 - Tascaluca
October 9, 1855 - Tecumton/Rogue
River Indians
October 9, 1823 - Leavenworth
kills fifty Arikaras
October 8, 1779 - El
Mocho
October 7, 1758 - peace
conference with Minisink Indians
October 6, 1840 - Comanches,
led by Buffalo Hump attack
October 6, 1774 - Cornstalk/Lord
Dunmore's War
October 5, 695 - Forces
under Maya King Jasaw Chan K'awiil I
October 5, 1813 - Tecumseh
October 4, 1779 - Simon
Girty
October 3, 1873 - Captain
Jack
October 2, 1858 - Owhi
shot/killed
October 1, 1776 - Dragging
Canoe
SEPTEMBER
September 30
September 28
September 27, 1830
- Dancing Rabbit Creek Treaty
September 27, 1850
- The Donation Act
September 27, 1827: End
of the "Winnebago Expedition."
September 26, 1840: Creek
Principal Chief Pleasant Porter
September 26, 1706:
Miskouaki, an Ottawa from Mackinaw
September 26, 1760
- Oconostota/Ostenaco
September 26, 1675: Susquehannock
Indians
September 25, 1885: Kapapamahchakwew
tried for treason
September 24, 1862
- Little Wolf
September 23, 1858
- Owhi
September 23, 1730
and 1761 - Attakullakulla
September 22, 1711
- Taskarorahaka/Chief Hancock/New Bern
September 21, 1638: The Treaty of Hartford
is signed
September 21, 1904
- Chief Joseph Passed
September 20, 1822
- Red Cloud Born
September 19, 1737:
Walking Purchase Starts
September 19, 1827: At
Fort St. Joseph treaty with Potawatomi
September 17, 1868
- Battle of Beecher's Island
September 17, 1778:
The Delaware sign a treaty
September 16, 1684:
Naumkeag Indian
September 16, 1893
- Run for Land, Oklahoma
September 15, 1655
- The Peach War
September 14, 1859
- Robert S Neighbors
September 13, 1878
- Dull Knife
September 13, 1759:
Battle of Quebec takes place, the French lose.
September 12, 1874: "The
Buffalo Wallow Fight."
September 12, 1944
- Leonard Peltier
September 11, 1858
- Navajos/Fort Defiance
September 10
September 9, 1837 -
Chief Philip
September 9, 1850:
William B. Robinson signs treaty with Ojibways
September 9, 1872
- Lone Wolf/Satanta/Big Tree
September 8, 1756: Delaware
village of Kittanning
September 7, 1778
- Chief Blackfish/Boonesborough
September 7,1876 -
American Horse captured
September 6, 1877 -
Crazy Horse died
September 5, 1785:
Georgians continue to trespass on Creek lands
September 5, 1871 -
White Mountain Reservation
September 4, 1886 -
Geronimo
September 3, 1855 -
Conquering Bear/General "The Butcher" Harney
September 2, 1862: Santee
Sioux, "Birch Coulee Battle"
September 2, 1815:Kickapoo
Peace Treaty
September 1, 1866 -
Manuelito/Navajos
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