 As settlers expanded their holdings into the Great Plains , they ran into land conflicts with Native American tribes . This resulted in frequent raids , massacres and armed conflicts , leading to the federal government creating multiple treaties with the Plains tribes , which generally involved establishing borders and reserving lands for the indigenous . As with many other treaties between the U.S. and Native Americans , they were soon broken , leading to huge wars . Over 1 @,@ 000 battles , big and small , were fought between the U.S. military and Native Americans before the tribes were forced out of their land onto reservations . 
 As settlers expanded their holdings into the Great Plains , they ran into land conflicts with Native American tribes . This resulted in frequent raids , massacres and armed conflicts , leading to the federal government creating multiple treaties with the Plains tribes , which generally involved establishing borders and reserving lands for the indigenous . As with many other treaties between the U.S. and Native Americans , they <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>were</mark></a> soon broken , leading to huge wars . Over 1 @,@ 000 battles , big and small , <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>were</mark></a> fought between the U.S. military and Native Americans before the tribes <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>were</mark></a> forced out of their land onto reservations . 
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