A tipi (also tepee and teepee) is a Lakota name for a conical tent traditionally made of animal skins and wooden poles used by the nomadic tribes and sedentary tribal dwellers (when hunting) of the Great Plains. Tipis are stereotypically associated with Native Americans in general but Native Americans from places other than the Great Plains mostly used different types of dwellings. The term "wigwam" (a domed structure) is sometimes incorrectly used to refer to a tipi. The tipi was durable‚ provided
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The Battle of Little Bighorn was an intense‚ gory battle fought on June 25th‚ 1876. A group of federal troops led by George Custer were defeated by the Lakota tribe led by Crazy Horse and other Cheyenne warriors. George A. Custer was a United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the American Indian Wars. Crazy Horse was an Oglala Sioux Indian chief who fought for the removal of Indian reservations. He was born in Rapid City‚ South Dakota in 1840. George A. Custer
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Colin Calloway has done a masterful job of selecting and presenting an array of speeches‚ letters‚ documents‚ and drawings that tell compelling stories about the Plain Indians in the 1800’s. His introduction alone has just the right level of information and links basic themes and events to the documents presented in the text. In short‚ a model of how an introduction should be done. Colin Calloway’s intentions were to focus on the humanistic study of the Plain Indians views on how the West was lost
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Black Elk talks‚ about a personal story‚ that has different characteristics of several genders. biography‚ testimony‚ and history. However‚ the black elk is contains of 25 chapters‚ which discovered black elk’s early life. The story draws the black elk as a savior and glorified man that has all the power‚ which ensured to him since he was young. It recorded the shift of the Sioux nation from previous reservation to reservation culture‚because of their engagement in the war of Little Bighorn. Black
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The Sioux were thought of as violent and scary when really‚ the things they were doing‚ were beautiful. They have many traditions that revolve around life. Even today the Sioux carry on their ancestor’s beliefs and stories. Their ideas of life itself were special. The Sioux is an overall unique tribe. One of the most important things to the Sioux is the Sun Dance. The Sun Dance is a ceremony that lasts four days. It shows honor towards the sun and bravery to overcome pain (David J. Wishart‚ 1).
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Extreme pressure on reservation lands created bloody conflicts included the Sand Creek Massacre‚ the Sioux Wars‚ the Black Hills War‚ the Battle of Little Bighorn‚ and the Wounded Knee Massacre. In these battles both parties fought through a gruesome war were natives attempted to get back their lands in efforts to killing pioneers and all white individuals alike. Most battles of the east fought to take back or ward off any settles from coming into their hunting grounds or sacred land‚ resisting
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The Americans: Reconstruction to the 21st Century Chapter 5 Changes on the Western Frontier The culture of the Plains Indians declines as white settlers transform the Great Plains. Meanwhile‚ farmers form the Populist movement to address their economic concerns. Next Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company The Americans: Reconstruction to the 21st Century Chapter 5 Changes on the Western Frontier SECTION 1 Cultures Clash on the Prairie SECTION 2 Settling on the Great
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Why were Buffalo so important to the Plains Indians? Plains Indians became totally dependent on the Buffalo for their existence and it provided them with food‚ shelter‚ tools‚ entertainment and clothing. The Plains Indians became traveling hunters because the Buffalo moved to different places and the Indians followed the vast herds that covered the Plains. Until the arrival of the horse‚ the Native Americans hunted on foot. As they followed the Buffalo killed as many animals as possible for the
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Danielle DuBroc Blake Ellis History 1301 09/22/12 Chief Sharitarish on Changes in Indian Life (Pg. 188) Chief Sharitarish‚ the principle chieftain of the once Great Pawnees who are a tribe that mainly hunted on the Great Plains‚ decided to pay a visit to the new president of the time‚ James Monroe. Impressed by the colonist’s ability to create beautiful buildings and large vessels‚ Chief Sharitarish praises them for their innovations for these creations are far from his own comprehension. He
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Sioux Indian Tribe The Sioux Indians were one of the largest tribes in the American West‚ so they were known as a nation. They are also called Lakota or Dakota. The name Sioux means ‘little snakes’. Like a lot of the other tribes‚ the Sioux were nomadic and lived in places like Wisconsin‚ North and South Dakota and Minnesota. The Sioux nation had a rich history and was a very powerful tribe. A Frenchman‚ Jean Duluth‚ moved into the Sioux territory in the 17th century and took control of most of their
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