Many were shocked by George Custer's defeat at the Little Big Horn. After all, the flamboyant general had supposedly once said, "there are not enough Indians in the world to defeat the Seventh Cava...

"You are mistaken in supposing you are a free and independent nation. [...] You are a subdued people, you have been overcome in war in which you entered into with us." "The Indians, being the prior...

Number of Cherokees marched to present-day Oklahoma on the Trail of Tears: 16,000 Number of Cherokees who died on the Trail of Tears: 4,000 Total number of Native Americans removed or scheduled fo...

National Congress of American Indians

Buffalo Soldiers African-American soldiers in the United States Army nicknamed "buffalo soldiers" by the Native Americans during the Native American wars following the Civil War. Expansionism Durin...