Long before Europeans arrived, American Indian tribes fought each other for land and resources. This caused ongoing rivalries and tensions over hunting territories. When Europeans entered North America, they exacerbated these conflicts by trading weapons and horses to some tribes, giving them strategic advantages over others. This allowed certain tribes like the Iroquois, Ojibwa, and Lakota to push neighboring tribes off desired lands through periods of prolonged warfare. European involvement thus intensified and expanded the scale of existing land disputes between American Indian groups.

1. What Conflicts
Occurred Among
American Indians?
Unit 3, Lesson 5
By Mr. Casey

2. AGENDA
• New Vocabulary Words
• What Conflicts Occurred Among
American Indians?

3. Rivalry
• Rivalry (noun) - a relationship in
which people or groups compete
for the same thing

4. Rivalry

5. Rivalry

6. Advantage
• Advantage (noun) - a condition or
circumstance that puts one person
in a superior position

7. Advantage

8. Advantage

9. American Indian
v.
American Indian
• Long before the Europeans arrived,
American Indians (Native Americans)
fought and competed with each other
for land and resources

10. American Indian
v.
American Indian
Powhatan
1. Inherits an empire of five tribes
2.Captures 24 more tribes and their land
3. They are forced to pay taxes
(copper, pelts, food)
4. Powhatan controls 9,000 people and more than
120 villages
5. His kingdom will stretch from the Potomac River
to Suffolk, virginia

11. American Indian
v.
American Indian

12. American Indian
v.
American Indian
THE ARRIVAL OF EUROPEAN
SETTLERS CREATES MORE
TENSION AND COMPETITION.

13. American Indian
v.
American Indian
1. COMPETITION OVER LAND
2. AMERICAN INDIANS FORM
ALLIANCES
3. TRADE GIVES SOME TRIBES
A STRATEGIC ADVANTAGE
(WEAPONS)

14. American Indian
v.
American Indian
The Beaver Wars-1640-1701
IROQUOIS AND HURON FIGHT
OVER BEAVER TRAPPING LAND

15. American Indian
v.
American Indian
The Beaver Wars

16. American Indian
v.
American Indian
●THE IROQUOIS (with the help of weapons from the
dutch) KILL OFF MOST OF THE BEAVER
IN THEIR TERRITORY.
●THEY WANT THEIR NEIGHBORS
HUNTING LAND, SO THEY ATTACK THE
HURON AND SURROUNDING TRIBES
AND DRIVE THEM OFF THE LAND.

17. American Indian
v.
American Indian
The Beaver Wars
*The Huron trade furs with
the French
*The Iroquois trade furs
with the Dutch

18. American Indian
v.
American Indian
The Beaver Wars
IN THE LATE 16OO’S -ALGONQUIAN,
WITH HELP FROM THE FRENCH
AND SURROUNDING TRIBES, DRIVE
THE IROQUOIS BACK.
*Leads to the Peace Treaty of 1701.

19. American Indian
v.
American Indian
Lakota v. Ojibwa
THE OJIBWA PUSH WEST
INTO LAKOTA LAND. THEY
HAVE AN ADVANTAGE
(WEAPONS) OVER THE
LAKOTA. THEY EVENTUALLY
PUSH THE LAKOTA OFF
THEIR LANDS NEAR THE
GREAT LAKES.

20. American Indian
v.
American Indian
THE LAKOTA MOVE WEST PUSHING OTHER TRIBES
OFF THEIR LAND. THE LAKOTA BEGIN TRADING
FOR HORSES AND GUNS AND EVENTUALLY
BECOME KNOWN AS GREAT HUNTERS AND
WARRIORS.

21. American Indian
v.
American Indian

22. BIG IDEAS-LESSON 5
HOW DID TRADE WITH
EUROPEANS AFFECT
RIVALRIES BETWEEN
AMERICAN INDIAN GROUPS?

23. American Indian
v.
American Indian
HOW DID TRADE WITH EUROPEANS
AFFECT RIVALRIES BETWEEN AMERICAN
INDIAN GROUPS?
1. RECEIVED POWERFUL
EUROPEAN WEAPONS AND
HORSES
2. TRIBES WERE PUSHED OFF
THEIR LAND BY TRIBES
3. TRIBES COULD CONTROL
MORE LAND