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Military Commanders in Reform & Rights

51 people, across 5 fields.

Sitting Bull 1831–1890Indigenous Leaders & Native NationsHunkpapa Lakota leader and spiritual figure who resisted U.S. expansion and defended tribal sovereignty.Tecumseh 1768–1813Indigenous Leaders & Native NationsShawnee leader who sought a broad Indigenous confederacy to resist U.S. territorial expansion.Geronimo 1829–1909Indigenous Leaders & Native NationsApache leader whose prolonged resistance became a powerful symbol of Indigenous opposition to U.S. expansion.CHCrazy Horse 1840–1877Indigenous Leaders & Native NationsOglala Lakota war leader who played a major role in resistance to U.S. military expansion on the northern plains.Osceola 1804–1838Indigenous Leaders & Native NationsSeminole leader whose resistance during the Second Seminole War challenged federal removal policy.Metacom 1638–1676Indigenous Leaders & Native NationsWampanoag leader whose war against New England colonies marked a decisive struggle over Indigenous sovereignty.Cochise 1805–1874Indigenous Leaders & Native NationsChiricahua Apache leader who led resistance in the Southwest and negotiated a reservation for his people.Red Cloud 1822–1909Indigenous Leaders & Native NationsOglala Lakota leader whose successful resistance forced the United States to abandon forts along the Bozeman Trail.Black Hawk 1767–1838Indigenous Leaders & Native NationsSauk leader whose 1832 resistance to removal from Illinois lands became the Black Hawk War.Quanah Parker 1845–1911Indigenous Leaders & Native NationsLast Comanche war leader who became a reservation-era negotiator and figure in the Native American Church.