In addition‚ explain the significance of Wounded Knee in the larger context of the Indian Wars. The Wounded Knee massacre occurred in 1890 between white American settlers and the Sioux people. The Sioux refused to follow US military orders to give up their weapons and instead engaged in battle. Over 300 people‚ including women and children‚ were massacred during the battle. This effectively ended the Plains Indians resistance to white settlement. The Plains Indians way of life was threatened
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It has been over 400 years since white settlers came to America and claimed land originally belonging to the Native Americans. Indigenous peoples of America‚ including the Sioux tribe‚ have suffered continuously because of the settlers and eventually their government. The Sioux tribe is recently taking a stand by protesting the plan for the construction of an oil pipeline in North Dakota that could seriously jeopardize the water supply of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. This pipeline also would
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“Wounded Knee Massacre” Melinda Belcher May 2‚ 2010 In 1848 a series of gold and silver discoveries signaled the first serious interest by white settlers in the arid and semiarid lands beyond the Mississippi‚ where many Indian nations had been forced to migrate. To open more land‚ federal officials introduced in 1851 a policy of “concentration.” Tribes were pressured into signing treaties limiting the boundaries of their hunting grounds to “reservations” The Sioux tribe was limited to the
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everything with care and therefore the name Slow was an appropriate name. While still a small child Slow learned to use a small boy’s bow hunting birds‚ rabbits‚ and other small animals. As he grew into a young man‚ he desired to prove himself to his people. At the young age of 10‚ he demonstrated both skill and courage when he killed his first buffalo. When Slow was 14‚ he was considered very young to join a war party. However‚ slow was very anxious for a chance to prove himself. The chance arrived
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the battle of little bighorn is tThe Battle of the Little Big Horn ensured for General George Custer the fame he had always wanted. His death and the destruction of those men in the US Army’s Seventh Cavalry who fought with him by the largest gathering of Native American warriors that the country had seen‚ immortalised Custer in films‚ books and in the psyche of Americans. Paintings by the likes of Edgar Paxson and Kurz and Allison portrayed Custer as the all-American hero fighting with his men to
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Reaction papers for 1003 Paper #1 US Dakota War of 1862 Paper #2 Boarding schools / Reservation Era Paper # 3 Reaction to what Does Justice Look Like? ALL REACTION PAPERS: Must have a minimum of 1530 words Times New Roman Font 12 point double space do not change margins Please include citations/sources at end of paper‚ attach a copy of the rubric as well (give credit where credit is due‚ this is also more scholarly) Any paper that is less than 1530 words will not accepted PLEASE bring in a hard
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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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savage Indians. We should put the blame where it belongs‚ on the U.S. Government who lied‚ cheated‚ and stole from the Oglala forcing Crazy Horse‚ the great war chief‚ and many other leaders to surrender their nation in order to save the lives of their people.<br><br>In the nineteenth century the most dominant nation in the western plains was the Sioux Nation. This nation was divided into seven tribes: Oglala’s‚ Brule’‚ Minneconjou‚ Hunkpapa‚ No Bow‚ Two Kettle‚ and the Blackfoot. Of these tribes they
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for instance‚ the men did the hunting and the occasional fight to protect their family.the women farmed‚ cleaned‚ did the child care‚ and gathered food like berries. the arikara were a well structured tribe when it came to duties. most arikara people originated in north and south dakota. now most of them‚ the ones that are alive‚ stayed and still live in north dakota. in the beginning every tribe lived off on their own. soonafter‚ smallpox came and wiped out many of the arikara‚ they then became
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The North Dakota Access Pipeline; More Harm Than Good? The North Dakota Access Pipeline has been a major topic for national controversy for almost year now. It has sparked a major disagreement between Native Americans and the Government. Is this perhaps another treaty that has been broken? The North Dakota Access Pipeline is a $3.7 billion project constructed by the Texas-Based Energy Transfer Partners. Ir. Although it is said to be the safest and most efficient way to transport crude oil
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