The 11-day Ruby Ridge standoff of August 1992, which followed efforts by Idaho authorities to apprehend and arrest alleged white supremacist Randy Weaver. Though Weaver survived, the assault resulted in the deaths of three people, including his wife and 14-year-old son

The armed standoff between Leroy Schweitzer's Montana Freemen anti-government militant Christian Patriot group and the FBI. The members of the group referred to their land as "Justus Township" and had declared their leaders and followers `sovereign citizens" no longer under the authority of any outside government. They became the centre of public attention in 1996 when they engaged in the prolonged armed standoff