ID: 901000038 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000038	Record Type: Event/Narrative

	Plains Wars (American history, 1850s-1870s)

Note: Series of conflicts from the early 1850s through the late 1870s between Native Americans and the United States, along with its Indian allies, over control of the Great Plains between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains.

Display Date: early 1850s - late 1870s

Names:

	Plains Wars (American history, 1850s-1870s) (preferred,English-P,D,P)
	Indian Wars (American history, 1850s-1870s) (English,U,P)
	American Indian Wars (American history, 1850s-1870s) (English,U,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Named Events (P)
		....<North and South American history> (P)
		........<United States history> (P)
		............Indian Wars (American history, 1790-1890) (P)
		................Plains Wars (American history, 1850s-1870s) (P)

Other Relationships:

	culture/religion is .... Native American
	.....(Americas, The, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	role/characteristic is .... wars
	.....(armed conflicts, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Plains Wars (American history, 1850s-1870s)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Plains Wars," accessed 21 October 2010
	Indian Wars (American history, 1850s-1870s)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	American Indian Wars (American history, 1850s-1870s)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Plains Wars," accessed 25 October 2016