Claim: Frederick Fraske(March 8, 1872-June 18, 1973) was a Private of the 17th U. S. Infantry, serving from 1894-97 and the last surviving veteran of the Indian Wars from Russia
Evidence: The American Indian Wars, also known as the American Frontier Wars, the First Nations Wars in Canada (French: Guerres des Premières Nations) and the Indian Wars is the collective name for the various armed conflicts that were fought by European governments and colonists, and later by the United States and Canadian governments and American and Canadian settlers, against various American Indian and First Nation tribes.