the documentary Wrenched! illustrate the roots of environmental movements? Relate the themes of the documentary to the protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline and in favor of protecting the environment of the reservation of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and the many federal waterways in that vicinity. How is peaceful protest different from environmental terrorism? How do industries‚ governments‚ environmental organizations‚ and even individual people exploit the impact of a term like " environmental
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Wounded Knee Massacre The Wounded Knee Massacre came after a battle between the United States and the Sioux. The Sioux had won the battle and clearly the United States were not happy. The Wounded Knee Massacre started with soldiers from the United States that were sent to this tribe to arrest the leaders because the Indians had different beliefs. They started with a man named Sitting Bull who was killed in the process. The United States were sent back and a man named bigfoot was in charge now. A
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morning of June 25‚ 1876‚ lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer and the 7th Cavalry charged into battle against Lakota Sioux and Northern Cheyenne Indians. Custer’s orders were to wait for reinforcements at the mouth of the Little Bighorn River before attacking the Indians‚ but Chief Sitting Bull had been spotted nearby‚ and Custer was impatient to attack. A treaty had given the Sioux exclusive rights to the Black Hills‚ but when gold was later discovered in the area‚ white miners flocked to the territory
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battle. The army was told to kill and scalp them all. The casualties were mostly women and children. After news spread of this horrible incident to the other tribes‚ they wanted revenge. The Sioux troops ambushed the troops of William J. Fetterman‚ there was not a single survivor. In 1866 the U.S. and Sioux
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Haley Aldridge History 1302 Bruce 6th Most Impressive Native American Leader After the Civil War the United States looked westward to expand the nation to the Pacific Ocean. An impediment to westward expansion was Native Americans already occupying an claiming large territories. Most Native Americans did not understand the scope or magnitude of the hordes of people moving west. The primitive tribes of Native America were unprepared to deal with the magnitude of change
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The Declaration of Independence states that all men are created equal‚ have the rights to life‚ liberty and the pursuit of happiness‚ and have control of the government when it becomes destructive‚ these rights ‚ although stated in Americas constitution‚ were not granted to the Native Americans. The Native Americans were made to endure the hardships of being forced out of their land‚ being killed‚ thrown into countless wars‚ and promised lies. The 1830’s and 1890’s proved to be some of the worst
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English‚ so that they could communicate. The Lieutenant found a friend‚ which was a wolf‚ and became friendly with it‚ letting it eat from his hand. From this knowledge‚ the Indians named Dunbar‚ "Dances With Wolves"�. From then on‚ he helped the Sioux Indians fight against the Pawnee‚ by giving them guns. During this time‚ the Indian woman who was actually white but was raised as an Indian and Dances With Wolves fell in love and married. Then‚ Dances With Wolves told the Indians that more white
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The knowledge that the government lacked to know was that the Bighorn Valley was the local gathering place for Indian tribe meetings and camped at Little Bighorn were seven to ten thousand Indians‚ mostly comprising of Sioux and Cheyennes. Sitting Bull and his allies among them. Lt. Colonel George Armstrong Custer’s army was defeated and Custer dies. After the Little Bighorn victory‚ Sitting Bull and a number of his followers fled to Canada to escape the government’s
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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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It is said to be‚ that people arrived in multiple different groups or tribes to America at least 15‚000 years ago. The first Americans came from Asia and followed herds of grazing animals across a land bridge during the Ice Age. The people journeyed on foot slowly into North America. They battled many hardships‚ including harsh weather conditions and starvation. They were excellent hunters and gatherers. They hunted and fished. They ate moose‚ caribou‚ deer‚ bear and small animals like rabbits‚ squirrels
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