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# Indian Massacres

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A list of specific incidents in which Native American people were killed by agents of the United States government. By compiling a complete list of incidents we can determine the total number of people killed.

It is assumed that each instance would have some kind of documentation. This assumption is justified because these events occurred in modern history, in an area with a free press and a highly literate population. We also know from other instances of genocide that evidence abounds, even with the official attempts to suppress it. There are paper trails of official directives and eye-witness accounts of every genocide in modern history.

Please add more incidents to this list. If an incident is not already widely known, please include a source reference.

- 1777 - deliberate devastation of Six Nations as British allies (estimated killed?)
- April 22, 1818 - Chehaw? Affair - 7 men killed (estimates from 7-40 killed), American troops attack friendly Indian village during First Seminole War
- 1832 - [Black Hawk War]? - 850 men, women, children killed in war many at Bad Ax Massacre, Bad Ax Wisconsin by American militia and Indian allies
- 1838-1839 - [Trail of Tears]? - 4,000 Cherokees, mainly died from disease and exposure during forced relocation
- March 3, 1860 - Eureka, California - 80-100 men, women, children, Wiyot tribe killed by local hooligans
- January 29, 1863 - Bear River Massacre - fewer than 250 killed
- April 24, 1863 - Keyesville Massacre - Keyesville, California - 53 military age men, Tehachapi tribe
- November 29, 1864 - [Sand Creek Massacre]? - [Sand Creek]?, Colorado - 150 men, women, and children killed, Cheyenne Indians
- November 27, 1868 - [Washita Massacre]? - [Washita River]?, Oklahoma? - 100 people killed; this is often considered a battle, not a massacre
- January 23, 1870 - [Marias Massacre]? - 200 Piegans, mainly elderly, women, and children
- December 29, 1890 - [Wounded Knee Massacre]? - [Wounded Knee]?, South Dakota - 300 (est.) people killed.

Running Total: 6043

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