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Name: Great Sioux War of 1876
Type: Event
Start: 1876
End: 1876
Parents: American-Indian Wars
Great Sioux War of 1876: All Data
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1876-1877: a series of battles and negotiations which occurred in 1876 and 1877 between the Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne, and the United States. The cause of the war was the desire of the U.S. government to obtain ownership of the Black Hills. Gold had been discovered in the Black Hills.