New Life I believe Ivan’s assessment on the American west is fair. The settlers were eager people ready to start a new life and seek what the world has for them. While the Indians were just peaceful inhabitants fighting for their land and rights‚ learning the ways of the white man. The vast majority of their land had been taken from them and their traditional economic systems were obliterated‚ and the buffalo on which they had depended on were slaughtered by the millions. Epidemic diseases such
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for now. I am pleased to hear that the Army Corp of Engineers will not grant an easement allowing the Dakota Access Pipeline construction to continue. They have determined that a more thorough analysis is necessary with the history of the Great Sioux Nation’s dispossessions of lands‚ how crucial Lake Oahe is to the Tribe and the relationships between governments. All the subjection to vicious dogs‚ tear
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greater mobility‚ which allowed them to hunt more effectively as well as make warfare more prevalent among the tribes. The Lakota’s traditional fighting style was not effective against the troops because while the troops were highly organized and trained the Lakota were not. The Lakota “in any battle‚ whatever the scale (R7)” stuck with traditional fighting styles. They would “singly and in knots gallop back and forth‚ firing arrows or musket balls at the enemy (R7).” The American troops followed the
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The movie I choose was Dances with Wolves. This movie was about Lieutenant John J. Dunbar and his experience in befriending the Indians. The movie starts off with Lieutenant Dunbar learning he needs to get his leg amputated. However‚ he refuses to get it amputated and attempts suicide by riding his horse through a line of fire during war. Lieutenant Dunbar survives and is treated by a general. The commanding officer gives Lieutenant Dunbar the horse he rode on in the line of fire and offers Dunbar
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The history of the Cheyenne Most people see Indians as mean‚ cruel‚ nasty people who speak a weird language but the Cheyenne are just the opposite. This tribe lived in the American Great Plains region in the state of Wyoming. Where the grass covered the prairies with some streams and rivers is where you would find the Cheyenne hunting and living their lives. Where they settled is were you would see children playing and their mothers building tepees and making clothes were as there fathers are hunting
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There are many controversies on the North Dakota pipeline‚ on whether or not it should be built. So should it rebuilt? Here are some reasons on why there are so many controversies. The Government wants to build on indian reservations‚ the risk of the pipeline breaking‚ and the possible jobs to build it. The Government wants to build on Indians reservations. The pipe line would run through a sacred burial ground. Also‚ it would run under a lake the tribe considers a crucial water source for them
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Hugh Glass Born:1783 Died:1833 Not much is known about Hugh Glass‚ but he was known as a true American mountain man. Very little is known about Glass until around 1823 when he left St. Louis to go fur trapping with Ashley Company. Several months into the trip the company was attacked by Indians. Glass was slightly wounded in the battle it’s what happened next that made him truly famous. Soon after the Indian’s attack Glass was mauled by a bear. His wounds included
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This story starts with a lost mine‚ a traditional premise for a desert tale. In 1849‚ a large party led by Captain Jefferson Hunt was traveling to California by wagon train. With winter approaching‚ and afraid of being trapped like the Donners on the wrong side of the Sierra Nevada‚ some of the settlers were convinced to leave the known trail and take a shortcut through unexplored territory. Further disagreements over the route led to additional fragmentation of the group. Of these fragments‚ the
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"Bad Medicine" The evening before the Cherokee Strip was thrown open for settlement‚ a number of old timers met in the little town of Hennessey‚ Oklahoma. On the next day the Strip would pass from us and our employers‚ the cowmen. Some of the boys had spent from five to fifteen years on this range. But we realized that we had come to the parting of the ways. This was not the first time that the government had taken a hand in cattle matters. Some of us in former days had moved cattle at the
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Sitting Bull Many Native Americans have attempted to resist the force of the United States government and the reservation policies‚ but none were as successful as Sitting Bull. Sitting Bull was a Hunkpapa Lakota Tribal chief that led his tribe and many others in the resistance against the U.S. Indian policies. Not only did he win many battles and resist the growing reservation movement‚ he also protected his people from maximum harm and harassment from the U.S. government. Sitting Bull has protected
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