Native American resistance efforts

Definition

Native American resistance efforts refer to the various strategies and actions taken by indigenous peoples in North America to resist and challenge the encroachment of European settlers and the expansion of their territories.

Related terms

Trail of Tears: This term refers to the forced relocation of thousands of Native Americans from their ancestral lands in southeastern United States to designated Indian Territory (now Oklahoma).

Wounded Knee Massacre: This event marks a tragic episode in which U.S. soldiers killed hundreds of unarmed Lakota Sioux men, women, and children at Wounded Knee Creek in South Dakota.

Dawes Act: The Dawes Act was a law passed by Congress that aimed to assimilate Native Americans into mainstream American society by allotting individual plots of land to them and encouraging private ownership.