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Bluff War

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The Bluff War, also known as Posey War of 1915, or the Polk and Posse War, was one of the last armed conflicts between the United States and native Americans. [1]

42 relations: Blanding, Utah, Bluff, Utah, Brigadier general, Colorado, Cortez, Colorado, Denver, Expansionism, Guerrilla warfare, Hugh L. Scott, Indian reservation, Indian Rights Association, Mexico, Montezuma County, Colorado, Monticello, Utah, Mormons, Native Americans in the United States, Navajo, Navajo Mountain, Navajo Nation, Navajo Wars, Newspaper, Paiute War, Police officer, Posey War, Salt Lake City, San Juan County, Utah, San Juan River (Colorado River tributary), Shepherd, Sheriff, Southern Paiute, Thompson Springs, Utah, Tribal chief, United States, United States Army, United States Marshals Service, Utah, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Ute people, Ute Wars, Virginia City, Nevada, War, Warrior.

Blanding, Utah

Blanding is a city in San Juan County, Utah, United States.

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Bluff, Utah

Bluff is a census-designated place (CDP) in San Juan County, Utah, United States.

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Brigadier general

Brigadier general (Brig. Gen.) is a senior rank in the armed forces.

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Colorado

Colorado is a state of the United States encompassing most of the southern Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains.

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Cortez, Colorado

The City of Cortez is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Montezuma County, Colorado, United States.

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Denver

Denver, officially the City and County of Denver, is the capital and most populous municipality of the U.S. state of Colorado.

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Expansionism

In general, expansionism consists of policies of governments and states that involve territorial, military or economic expansion.

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Guerrilla warfare

Guerrilla warfare is a form of irregular warfare in which a small group of combatants, such as paramilitary personnel, armed civilians, or irregulars, use military tactics including ambushes, sabotage, raids, petty warfare, hit-and-run tactics, and mobility to fight a larger and less-mobile traditional military.

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Hugh L. Scott

Hugh Lenox Scott (September 22, 1853 – April 30, 1934) was a United States Army officer.

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Indian reservation

An Indian reservation is a legal designation for an area of land managed by a federally recognized Native American tribe under the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs rather than the state governments of the United States in which they are physically located.

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Indian Rights Association

The Indian Rights Association (IRA) was a white (European-American) social activist group dedicated to the well being and acculturation of Native Americans.

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Mexico

Mexico (México; Mēxihco), officially called the United Mexican States (Estados Unidos Mexicanos) is a federal republic in the southern portion of North America.

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Montezuma County, Colorado

Montezuma County is the southwesternmost of the 64 counties in the U.S. state of Colorado.

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Monticello, Utah

Monticello is a city located in San Juan County, Utah, and is the county seat.

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Mormons

Mormons are a religious and cultural group related to Mormonism, the principal branch of the Latter Day Saint movement of Restorationist Christianity, initiated by Joseph Smith in upstate New York during the 1820s.

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Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans, also known as American Indians, Indians, Indigenous Americans and other terms, are the indigenous peoples of the United States.

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Navajo

The Navajo (British English: Navaho, Diné or Naabeehó) are a Native American people of the Southwestern United States.

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Navajo Mountain

Navajo Mountain (Naatsisʼáán) is a peak in San Juan County, Utah, with its southern flank extending into Coconino County, Arizona.

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Navajo Nation

The Navajo Nation (Naabeehó Bináhásdzo) is a Native American territory covering about, occupying portions of northeastern Arizona, southeastern Utah, and northwestern New Mexico in the United States.

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Navajo Wars

The term Navajo Wars covers at least three distinct periods of conflict in the American West: the Navajo against the Spanish (late 16th century through 1821); the Navajo against the Mexican government (1821 through 1848); and the Navajo against the United States (after the 1847–48 Mexican–American War).

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Newspaper

A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events.

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Paiute War

The Paiute War, also known as the Pyramid Lake War, Washoe Indian War and the Pah Ute War, was an armed conflict between Northern Paiutes allied with the Shoshone and the Bannock against intruding settlers from the United States, supported by military forces.

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Police officer

A police officer, also known as an officer, policeman, policewoman, cop, police agent, or a police employee is a warranted law employee of a police force.

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Posey War

The Posey War, also known as the Last Indian Uprising and several other names, occurred in March 1923 and may be considered the final Indian War in American history.

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Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the capital and the most populous municipality of the U.S. state of Utah.

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San Juan County, Utah

San Juan County is a county located in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Utah.

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San Juan River (Colorado River tributary)

The San Juan River is a major tributary of the Colorado River in the southwestern United States, providing the chief drainage for the Four Corners region of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Arizona.

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Shepherd

A shepherd or sheepherder is a person who tends, herds, feeds, or guards herds of sheep.

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Sheriff

A sheriff is a government official, with varying duties, existing in some countries with historical ties to England, where the office originated.

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Southern Paiute

Southern Paiute is a tribe of Native Americans that have lived in the Colorado River basin of southern Nevada, northern Arizona, and southern Utah.

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Thompson Springs, Utah

Thompson Springs, also officially known for a time as just Thompson, is a small census-designated place in central Grand County, Utah, United States.

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Tribal chief

A tribal chief is the leader of a tribal society or chiefdom.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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United States Marshals Service

The United States Marshals Service (USMS) is a federal law-enforcement agency within the U.S. Department of Justice.

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Utah

Utah is a state in the western United States.

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Ute Mountain Ute Tribe

The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe is one of three federally recognized tribes of the Ute Nation, and are mostly descendants of the historic Weeminuche Band who moved to the Southern Ute reservation in 1897.

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Ute people

Ute people are Native Americans of the Ute tribe and culture and are among the Great Basin classification of Indigenous People.

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Ute Wars

The Ute Wars were a series of conflicts between the Ute people and the United States which began in 1849 and ended in 1923.

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Virginia City, Nevada

Virginia City is a census-designated place (CDP) that is the county seat of Storey County, Nevada.

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War

War is a state of armed conflict between states, societies and informal groups, such as insurgents and militias.

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Warrior

A warrior is a person specializing in combat or warfare, especially within the context of a tribal or clan-based warrior culture society that recognizes a separate warrior class or caste.

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Polk (Paiute).

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluff_War

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