== Indians and the Frontier ==
Conflicts with the Indians started to subside after peaked with "Custer's Last Stand" in 1876 (its official name is the "Battle of the Little Bighorn"). There were subsequently bloody battles in 1877 between the U.S. Army and the Nez Perce, an Indian tribe led by Chief Joseph in Oregon and Idaho. This tribe did better against the U.S. Army than other tribes had, but ultimately this tribe was relocated to Oklahoma just as many others had been. Today Oklahoma has by far the largest Indian population (by percentage) of any State.
[[File:Massacre of Our Troops - NYT.png|300px|right|thumb|''New York Times''' article (July 6, 1876) describing Custer's Last Stand, and calling Indians "savages" which would be considered racist today]]