Key events in the history of the Southwest Native Americans include more than a hundred and fifty years of interaction with white settlers. These events, often tragic and inaccurately documented, contain the historical roots of life today on the reservations in the Southwest.

To learn more about the historical key events, please refer to the individual pages listed on the left side of this page or right below.

• Camp Grant Massacre - 1871
• Long Walk - 1864
• Trail of Tears - 1838
• Navajo War - 1860-1864
• Pueblo Revolts - 1680
• Self Determination Act - 1975
• Indian Religious Freedom Act - 1978
• Allotment Act of 1887
• Boarding Schools - 1890's
• Termination Policy
• Dust Bowl 1930 - Slaughter of Navajo Sheep
• Citizenship Act of 1924