The Rogue River Wars is an armed conflict between the US Army, local militias and volunteers, and the Native American tribes commonly grouped under the designation of Rogue River Indians, in the Rogue River Valley area of what today is southern Oregon in 1855–56.
While the conflict designation usually includes only the hostilities that took place during the mentioned period of time, numerous skirmishes had escalated in the area since 1850, eventually breaking into open warfare.
