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1868

cultural violence

Washita Massacre

Washita River, Oklahoma, OK · On map

Washita Massacre
Washita Massacre

U.S. Army forces under Colonel George Custer attacked and killed over 60 Cheyenne and Arapaho people, including women and children, at their winter camp on the Washita River. The massacre was part of the broader Indian Wars and targeted Indigenous communities in the Plains[1].

Indigenous Racial violence

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