1830s Resettlement into Indian Territory 1840s Emigrants cross the Great Plains 1851 Meeting at Fort Laramie 1864 The Long Walk of the Navajo 1864 Massacre at Sand Creek 1865-9 Clearing the Central Plains for the Railroad 1872-3 Killing the Buffalo 1874-5 Red River War 1866-8 War over the Bozeman Trail (Red Cloud's War) 1876 The Battle of the Little Big Horn Overview: The Great Plains Massacre at the Bend of the Marias River 1870 Allotment Act 1887 and Assimilation Piegans by Charles Russell, 1916 If you have a question or comment click here. URLhttp://www.nativeamerican.co.uk © Chris Smallbone March2006