What is American Indian Wars?
{{Infobox military conflict |conflict = American Indian Wars | image = Cavalry and Indians.JPG | image_size = 400 |caption = An 1899 chromolithograph of US cavalry pursuing American Indians (artist unknown) |date = 1540–1924 (intermittent)<!-- See Tiguex War (1540–41) and the Renegade period (1879–1924) articles --> |place = United States, Canada |result = <!-- Please see Talk page before editing --> * Sovereignty of various combatants extended or lost * Many treaties, truces, and armistices made and broken by combatants * Indian reservations established in the United States and Canada |combatant1 = American Indians (1540–1924) ---- [[First Nations]] (1540–1924) ---- [[Inuit]] (1542–1924) <!-- first contact ~1000; first Basque whaling station and (minor) conflicts in 1542 --> ---- [[Aleut]] (1743–1924) <!-- Russian fur trading and conflicts since 1743--> ---- [[Yup'ik people|Yupik]] (1784–1924) <!-- Russian arrival on Kodiak Island with an instant war --> ---- {{flagicon image|State of Muskogee (Florida, 1799-1803).svg}} [[State of Muskogee]] (1799–1803) ---- {{flagicon image|Metis Blue.svg}} [[Métis in Canada|Métis]] (1799–1924)<br>[[Provisional Government of Saskatchewan]] (1885) |combatant2 = {{flagicon|Spanish Empire|1785}} [[Spanish Empire]] (1540–1821) ---- {{flag|Kingdom of France}} (1540–1763) ---- {{flagdeco|England}} [[Kingdom of England]] (1607–1707)<br />{{flagdeco|Scotland}} [[Kingdom of Scotland]] (1621–1707)<br />{{flagdeco|Kingdom of Great Britain}}{{flagdeco|United Kingdom}} [[British Empire]] (1707–1907) ---- {{flagdeco|Dutch Republic}} [[Dutch Empire]] (1614–1664) ---- {{flagdeco|Sweden}} [[Swedish Empire]] (1638–1655) ---- {{flagicon image|Hudson's Bay Company Flag (1682-1707).svg}} {{flagicon image|Hudson's Bay Company Flag (1707-1801).svg}} {{flagicon image|Hudson's Bay Company Flag.svg}} [[Hudson's Bay Company]] (1670–1924) ---- {{flagdeco|Russia}} [[Russian Empire]] (1741–1867) <!--1741, first landing on the Aleuts; not necessarily aware yet...--> ---- {{flag|Un