Wars of the indigenous peoples of North America

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Wars of the indigenous peoples of North America refers to conflicts between the indigenous peoples of North America and the Russian, Spanish, French and British Empires and Mexico, including wars on what is now United States territory fought by these powers or their populations . Wars between the United States and indigenous people are covered in the Indian Wars article. Wars other than those referred to in the US as the Indian Wars include:

• Pequot War (1637-1638) — British colonists in nowadays Massachusetts allied with some Indian tribes, against the Pequot tribe
• Kieft's War (1643-1645) — between Dutch settlers in New Netherland (nowaday’s states New York, New Jersey, and surroundings) and Wappani Indians
• French and Iroquois Wars (mid-17th century) — in eastern North America between Indian nations of the Iroquois Confederation, supported by the Dutch colonists of New Netherland, and the largely Algonquian-speaking tribes of the Great Lakes region, allied with French colonists
• King Philip's War (1675-1676) — in present-day southern New England
• Tuscarora War (1711-1715) — War in North Carolina between Tuscarora and British colonists and British-allied tribes
• Yamasee War (1715-1717) — War between European colonists in South Carolina and numerous Indian tribes
• Chickasaw Wars (1720-1760) — Unsuccessful campaign by French and Choctaw against the Chickasaw
• Natchez War (1729-1731) — War between the Natchez and the French of Louisiana
• Pontiac's Rebellion (1763-64) — War of numerous joint Indian tribes in the Great Lakes region against British forts and settlements
• Battle of Point Pleasant (1774) — British colony Virginia against Indians of Shawnee and Mingo, fought in nowadays West Virginia.
• Battle of Sitka (1804) — Russian America
• Black Hawk War (1832) — War named for Black Hawk, the leader of the Sauk and Fox Indians of Illinois, and fought against the United States Army, and Illinois and Michigan militia.
• Battle of Port Gamble, Puget Sound, Washington Territory, between USS Massachusetts and Haida and Tlingit raiders from British and Russian territories.
• Conflicts along the Okanagan Trail in 1858 in British Columbia were related to the Yakima War in Washington Territory
• Fraser Canyon War (1858) – British Columbia (U.S. irregulars on British territory)
• Lamalcha War (1863) — British Columbia (Royal Navy vs Lamalcha people
• Chilcotin War (1864) — British Columbia (British troops and gold-miner posses vs. one group of Tsilhqot'in)
• Fisherville War (1860s) — British Columbia
• Tobacco Plains War (1860s) — British Columbia
• Rossland War (1860s) — British Columbia
• Red River Rebellion (1869) — Nord-Ouest/Rupert's Land
• Wild Horse Creek War (1880s) — British Columbia (see Fort Steele)
• North-West Rebellion (1885) — Saskatchewan Territory
• Poundmaker's War (1885) — Saskatchewan Territory
  • Battle of Cut Knife
• Wars waged with Spanish or Mexican governments can be found on their history pages
• Links to wars between Indigenous Peoples of North America can be found on their specific cultural pages