Native American Tribes Displacement of Others

 

Historically notable tribes and confederacies that displaced others include:

• The Iroquois Confederacy (Haudenosaunee): During the 17th-century, the Iroquois waged the Beaver Wars, aggressively expanding their territory to control the fur trade. In doing so, they completely dispersed or chased out several neighboring groups, including the Huron, Erie, and Neutral tribes, as well as pushing the Shawnee out of the Ohio River Valley. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
• The Comanche: Often referred to as the "Lords of the Plains" by the 18th and 19th centuries, the Comanches Comanche War Raids used their superior horsemanship to push the Plains Apache further west and southwest into New Mexico and Arizona. They also nearly decimated the Tonkawa tribe. [1, 2]
• The Lakota (Sioux), Cheyenne, and Arapaho: Moving westward onto the Great Plains, the Lakota and their allies drove the Crow, Arikara, and Pawnee from prime hunting territories in the Black Hills and surrounding regions. [1, 2]
• The Cherokee and Chickasaw: Around 1710, the Cherokee and Chickasaw united to chase the Shawnee out of the Cumberland Basin (in modern-day Tennessee and Kentucky), pushing them north of the Ohio River. [1]
• The Ojibwe (Chippewa): Armed with European-supplied firearms, the Ojibwe expanded their territory south and westward into the Great Lakes region, continuously chasing the Dakota (Sioux) further out onto the plains. [1, 2, 3, 4]