Native American Conflicts

Cayuse War

(Whitman Massacre)

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 Context

Source 7: Pacific Northwest Indian Wars

From Gale database - US History in Context. Be sure to scroll down to the Yakama section

Source 8: Kamaiakan

From Gale database - US History in Context.