Visual Timeline: Plains Indians

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11000 BCE - 13000 BCE: Plains Indians inhabit the Plains and Prairies of North America.
 
 
700 CE - 900 CE: Plains Indians first begin cultivating corn (maize) and establish permanent settlements.
 
1700 CE - 1825 CE: Cheyenne have mastered the horse and become one of the most powerful Plains Indians nations of the west.
 
1837 CE: Smallpox epidemic devastates Plains Indians.
 
1890 CE: Wounded Knee Massacre kills over 250 Sioux men, women, and children, ending the Indian Wars of the Plains.
 
 
 
 
 
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