The 1872-1873 Anishinabe-American War

Exactly when the Anishinabek first entered southern Oregon and northern California to live, is not correctly known, but that event may have occurred during the 1848 Cayuse War. Anyway, after they settled down in southern Oregon and northern California, it would not take the Anishinabe long to encounter more invading whites. At first the contact was peaceful but with more and more white settlers invading their land the Anishinabe rose up to defend their land. Before the 1872 war, there were many acts of violence both the Anishinabek and the whites inflicted on each other. And to end those raids they attempted to peacefully reach an agreement. Through a treaty the Anishinabe agreed to settle down on the Klamath Reservation, but after a few years they grew tired of their predicament then decided to leave the Klamath Reservation to return to northern California. That led to the so called 1872 Modoc War. After several military engagements the United States defeated the Anishinabek. Afterwards, they forced most of them to relocate to Indian Territory. During the 1850s through the 1870s, the Americans forced 10,000s of Anishinabe from California, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota and Wyoming to relocate to Indian Teritory. They were forced by the whites to lose their identity.