1868
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 …
Washita River, Oklahoma, OK
Indigenous
Racial violence
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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].