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    Arapaho History

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    Hand game is also known as guessing game in Arapaho. Arapaho also named Inuna-Ina. This nation was from much farther east and they moved to the westward in the America‚ and Arapaho separated three groups during they moved‚ which is The Gros Ventre‚ The Arapaho and the main northern group. Arapaho is developing the bison-hunting economy. The major ritual of Arapaho is a complex form of Sun dance and it is similar to the Plains region. The hand game is a funny entertainment game and popular throughout

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    Cheyenne Motor Club Essay

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    4-stroke engines doesn’t seem to be the something you would have heard in Cheyenne in 1909. Many may assume of a growing Western town part of the developing West there would be terms related to cattle‚ rodeos and continuing to tame the Wild West. However‚ the Industrial Age was in full swing and many in Cheyenne wanted to be a part of this flourishing new revolution. On Tuesday night March 2‚ 1909‚ twenty-five local Cheyenne automobile drivers met to form motor club . This meeting was informal and

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    From The Way to Rainy Mountain A single knoll rises out of the plain in Oklahoma‚ north and west of the Wichita Range. For my people‚ the Kiowas‚ it is an old landmark‚ and they gave it the name Rainy Mountain. The hardest weather in the world is there. Winter brings blizzards‚ hot tornadic winds arise in the spring‚ and in summer the prairie is an anvil’s edge. The grass turns brittle and brown‚ and it cracks beneath your feet. There are green belts along the rivers and creeks‚ linear groves

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    Crazy Horse and Red Cloud

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    Exam 1 Essay Strengths and Weaknesses of Crazy Horse and Red Cloud Throughout the 19th century and all of the hardships Native Americans endured‚ many Native American leaders came to and fell from power. With all of changes whites brought to the plains including everything from the idea of purchasing land to the introduction of whisky‚ life for Native Americans of the Great Plains became increasingly harder and harder. Whites were relentless in the way they pushed the Native Americans to their

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    Ex parte Crow Dog‚ 109 U.S. 556 (1883)‚ is a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States that followed the death of one member of a Native American tribe at the hands of another on reservation land. Crow Dog was a member of the Brulé band of the Lakota Sioux. On August 5‚ 1881 he shot and killed Spotted Tail‚ a Lakota chief; there are different accounts of the background to the killing. The tribal council dealt with the incident according to Sioux tradition‚ and Crow Dog paid restitution to

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    Lakota Sioux Tribe Essay

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    Lakota Sioux Indians The Lakota Sioux Indians resided in the Great Plains where they lived off the land by hunting herds of buffalo and adhering to set customs and rituals sacred to their native culture. Therefore‚ from what I can discern‚ the Lakota Sioux Indians epitomize what for most of us is our basic understanding of Native American Culture. In addition to the initial diplomatic intentions of the U.S. towards the Sioux people via the Lewis and Clark expedition. The lifestyle of the Lakota

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    The predicament of the Native American Indians throughout history is devastated by many battles of relocation from one reservation to the next. One would perceive the Indians merely as puppets that were manipulated by white settlers. However‚ the Battle of the Little Bighorn was unique. Custer’s Last Stand has been a symbol of bravery‚ of folly‚ and of oppression. The New York Times article provides first-hand knowledge of the event and presents an image of heroic American soldiers who were overpowered

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    In 1874‚ George Armstrong Custer discovered gold in the Black Hills of Dakota where is Sioux’s reservation. Before the gold rich‚ in 1875‚ the U.S. Government made a negotiation with the Sioux for buying the Black Hills; however‚ the offer was refused because the Sioux considered this land as the sacred region. Ignoring the treaty agreements between the Sioux people and the Americans‚ the U.S. Army decided to invade this lands led to the battle of the Little Bighorn in June 1876. To the Sioux tribe

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    A battle that had a remarkable impact to the Indians was the battle of Little Big Horn. This battle was between Seventh Cavalry and sitting Bull’s band of hostile Sioux. The name for this battle originates because it occurred on the little Big Horn river. The reason for this battle was because during that time period there was a lot of racism against the Indian and the Cavalry wanted to kill them all. There are many points of view that tell and explain what happened in the battle one which was U

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    Jedediah Smith was a clerk‚ frontiersman‚ hunter‚ trapper‚ author‚ cartographer‚ and explorer of the Rocky Mountains‚ the North American West and the Southwest during the early 19th century. After 75 years of obscurity‚ following his death‚ Smith was rediscovered‚ as the American whose explorations led to the use of the 20-mile (32 km)-wide South Pass‚ as the dominant point of crossing the Continental Divide‚ for pioneers on the Oregon Trail. Coming from a modest family background‚ Smith traveled

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