Red Cloud's War

1866 – 1868 · Powder River Country

Result Native American victory

The Lakota, Northern Cheyenne and Northern Arapaho under Red Cloud fought the US Army over forts on the Bozeman Trail. The US agreed in the Treaty of Fort Laramie to abandon the forts.

United States

Great Sioux Nation

Strength and losses

Strength
700
Killed
c. 200

Battles 2

Before and after

Ended by
Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868) April 29, 1868

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Red Cloud's War