Bannock War
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Military History, Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles, Native Americans, American Indians
- Curriculum: American History 1878-1900, American Indian History
- Geographical Location: Oregon, Idaho
- Date: 1878
Article abstract: The Bannock War ended a series of resistance efforts by the northern mountain tribes of the Idaho/Oregon/Wyoming area and resulted in permanent relocation to reservations.
The Bannocks, a northern mountain branch of the Paiute language group, originally occupied the mountain areas of southern Idaho and northwestern Wyoming. In the 1850's they had accepted treaties that limited their area to southern Idaho. During the 1850's, raids by Bannock, Shoshone, Paiute, and others occurred often along the trails to Oregon and California. By the 1860...
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