1867 – Plains Indians were forced off their land onto reservations in Oklahoma and South Dakota.
1874 – Gold is discovered in the Black Hills of South Dakota on the Lakota reservation.
Thousands of miners invaded Lakota territory.
1876 - Lakota Chiefs Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse fought back in the Sioux War of 1876.
· In the Battle of Little Bighorn, General George Custer and all 225 of his men were killed by Crazy Horse and his Lakota warriors.
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