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Did you Know? List of Interesting Facts about Indians
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Interesting Facts about Indians are as follows:

  • Fact 1 - Definition: Indians are the indigenous peoples from North America

  • Fact 2 - Indians were initially referred to as Red Skins when the navigator who sailed with Columbus noticed an red color of their skin which was due to the ochre they applied for decoration

  • Fact 3 - Connecticut1637 - The Pequot War - Indians of Connecticut included the Narragansetts, Mohegans, Wampanoags, Nipmucks, Pocumtucks, Abenakis and Pequots. The Pequots were defeated by the colonists, who were led by John Underhill and John Mason and the Narragansetts and Mohegans who were their allies.

  • Indians Fact 4 - Connecticut1675 - 1677 King Philip's War so named after Metacomet of the Wampanoag tribe, who was called Philip by the English. The war was bloody and bitterly fought by the colonists against the Wampanoags, Narragansetts, Nipmucks, Pocumtucks, and Abenakis.

  • Fact 5 - Arizona1752 - The first permanent Spanish settlement was established in Tubac, after many revolts from the Pima and Papago Indians  tribes

  • Indians Fact 6 - Conflict erupted between settlers and Indians throughout the 1800's

  • Fact 7 - Alabama1805 - 1806 - (Choctaw) and northern (Chickasaw and Cherokee) Indian cessions open up land to white settlement. 1813 - 1814 - The Creek Indian War - At the start of the 1500's the Creeks occupied nearly all of southeast United States. 1836 - 1837 - The Second Creek War (Seminole War) in which Creek warriors were defeated at Hobdy's Bridge South Alabama. 1832-1839 - Removal of the Seminole, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw and Creek Indians, known as the "Five Civilized Tribes", to Indian Territory

  • Indians Fact 8 - Arizona1862 - The Apaches, led by Cochise, attack soldiers at Apache Pass, beginning a ten year war with settlers. In 1886 - September 4 The great Apache Geronimo surrenders

  • Indians Fact 9 - Colorado- The Plains Indians including the Sioux, Cheyenne, Arapahoe, Ute, Kiowa, Lakota and Comanche nations fought bitter wars over the land during the 1800's led by chiefs such as Crazy Horse, Red Cloud, and Sitting Bull. One of the most famous battles was the defeat of General George Armstrong Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn on June 25, 1876. Treaties were made and broken and there were bloody massacres. The tribes were forced to go to Indian Reservations

  • Indians Fact 10 - Delaware- The Indians of Delaware included the Lenapi , Iroquois, Cherokee and Narwahro

  • Fact 11 - Florida- The Indians of Florida included the Apalachee, Calusa, Cherokee, Seminoles, Timucuan and Tocobago. In 1858 the Seminole Wars forced all but a few out of Florida

  • Indians Fact 12 - Georgia- The Indians of Georgia included the Cherokee and Creek Nations, almost all of Georgia was controlled by the Creeks. 1838 - The Trail of Tears. Cherokee and Creek Indians are forced from the state

  • Fact 13 - Idaho- The Indians of Idaho were the Lemhi Shoshone Bannock, Nez Perce, Salish, Paiutes and the Piegan Indians

  • Indians Fact 14 - Illinois- The Indians of Illinois were the Illinois tribe (Illini), Iroquois, Chippewa, Ottawa, and Potawatomi, Kickapoo, Kaskaskia, Miami, Shawnee, Sauk and Fox tribes. 1800 - Congress creates the Indiana Territory, which includes Illinois. 1803 - Kaskaskia Indians cede nearly all of their lands. 1812 - Potawatomi Indians massacre at Fort Dearborn.1819 - Kickapoo Indians cede their lands. 1829 - Chippewa, Ottawa, and Potawatomi cede lands. 1839 - Cherokee Indians pass through Illinois on the "Trail of Tears" to Oklahoma

  • Indians Fact 15 - Indiana- The Indians of Indiana were the Illinois tribe (Illini), Chippewa, Delaware, Erie, Illinois, Iroquois, Kickapoo and Miami

  • Indians Fact 16 - Iowa- The Indians of Iowa were the Chippewa, Dakota, Fox, Illinois, Iowa, Nez Perce, Pahodja, Pawnee, Winnebago, Missouri, Moingwena, Omaha, Oto, Ottawa, Peoria, Ponca, Potawatomi, Sauk and Winnebago. 1832 - The "Black Hawk War" and the Sauk tribe was forced to cede their land

  • Fact 17 - Kansas- The Indians of Kansas were the Apache, Arapaho, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Chippewa, Comanche, Delaware, Fox, Illinois and Iroquois

  • Indians Fact 18 - Kentucky- The Indians of Kentucky were the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Mosopelea, Shawnee and Yuchi who became part of the Creek Indian War

  • Fact 19 - Louisiana- The Indians of Louisiana were the Adai, Alabama, Apalachee, Atakapa, Avoyel, Bayogoula, Biloxi, Caddo, Chatot, Chawasha, Chitimacha, Choctaw, Houma, Koasati, Koroa, Mugulasha, Muskogee, Natchez, Okelousa, Opelousa, Ouachita, Pascagoula, Quapaw, Quinipissa, Souchitioni, Tangipahoa, Tawasa, Washa and Yatasi

  • Fact 20 - New Jersey- The Indians of New Jersey were the Abnaki, Malecite, Passamaquoddy and Pennacook

  • Indians Fact 21 - Maryland- The Indians of Maryland were the Conoy

  • Fact 22 - Massachusetts- The Indians of Massachusetts included the The Indians of Massachusetts were the Mohican, Nauset and the Massachuset. 1675 - 1677 King Philip's War so named after Metacomet of the Wampanoag tribe, who was called Philip by the English. This war proved to be the final struggle by the Indians of Massachusetts

  • Indians Fact 23 - Michigan- The Indians of Michigan were the Huron, Menominee, Chippewa, Potawatomi, Kickapoo, Miami, Noquet and Fox tribes. 1819 - The Treaty of Saginaw cedes nearly 6 million acres of Indian lands to Michigan settlers.

  • Indians Fact 24 - Minnesota- The Indians of Minnesota were the Arapaho, Cheyenne, Chippewa, Dakota Sioux, Fox, Iowa, Omaha, Oto, Ottawa, Ponca, Sauk, Winnebago and Wyandot Indians tribes

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