Native American Conflicts
Cayuse War
(Whitman Massacre)Source 1: Cayuse Indians, HistoryLink
Source 2: Marcus and Narcissa Whitman HistoryLink -Elementary
Source 3: Legends of America
Source 4: Whitman Massacre
Source 5: Cayuse Attack/Whitman Massacre
Source 6: Narcissa Whitman - from PBS
Source 7: Whitman Mission - National Park Site
Medicine Creek War
(Includes Nisqually, Puyallup, Squaxin Island, and other tribes and bands of southern Puget Sound)Source 1: Chief Leschi, HistoryLink
Source 2: Medicine Creek Treaty
Source 3: Treaty of Medicine Creek(be sure to look at the topics in the left hand navigation for more information)
Source 4: The Medicine Creek Treaty - Smithsonian
Source 5: Leschi - Justice in Our Time(a slide show from the Nisqually tribe website that tells the story of Chief Leschi and the work of those who were trying to prove he was wrongly hanged)
Source 6: Nisqually Valley News Newspaper Article
Source 7: NisquallyFrom Gale database - US History in Context
Source 8: PuyallupFrom UXL Encyclopedia of Native American TribesISBN: 9780787628420
Source 9: NisquallyFrom A Guide to the Indian Tribes of the Pacific NorthwestISBN: 9780806124797
Source 10: The Bitter Waters of Medicine Creek - Seattle Times
Nez Perce War
(Chief Joseph's Retreat)Source 1: Nez Perce Fight Battle of Big Hole
Source 2: Chief Joseph Biography - Oregon History Project
Source 3: Chief Joseph - Ducksters
Source 4: Causes of the Nez Perce War(University of Alabama website - information created by university students as part of their research - higher reading level)
Source 5: The Nimiipu: Nez Perce War of 1877(Coloring Book format tells the story with easy to understand language)
Source 6: Landscape of History video(posted by the National Forest Service)
Yakama War
Source 1: KCTS video
(has been uploaded to YouTube)Source 2: Legends of America
Source 3: Yakima Indian Nation
(be sure to scroll down below the History button)Source 4: Yakama Indian War, History Link
Source 5: Plateau People' Web Portal
(a collection of interviews on topic of war & conflicts - maintained by WSU libraries)Source 6: Yakima Indian Wars
From Gale database - US History in ContextSource 7: Pacific Northwest Indian Wars
From Gale database - US History in Context. Be sure to scroll down to the Yakama sectionSource 8: Kamaiakan
From Gale database - US History in Context.