The Great Sioux War (also given as the Black Hills War, 1876-1877) was a military conflict between the allied forces of the Lakota Sioux/Northern Cheyenne and the US government over the territory of the Black Hills and, more widely, US policies of westward expansion and the appropriation of Native American lands.
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1876 - 1877Sioux war chief Gall is a strategist for Sitting Bull during the Great Sioux War.
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Mar 1876 - May 1877The Great Sioux War in the west USA.
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17 Mar 1876Battle of Powder River.
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17 Jun 1876Battle of the Rosebud (Battle Where the Girl Saved Her Brother).
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25 Jun 1876 - 26 Jun 1876Battle of the Little Bighorn (Battle of the Greasy Grass).
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25 Jun 1876 - 26 Jun 1876Battle of the Little Bighorn, in modern-day Montana, is a great Native American victory, the last in the Great Sioux War; Lt. Colonel George Armstrong Custer is killed.
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9 Sep 1876 - 10 Sep 1876Battle of Slim Buttes.
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8 Jan 1877Battle of Wolf Mountain.
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7 May 1877 - 8 May 1877Battle of Muddy Creek (Lame Deer Fight).
