eyes still young. And I can see that something else died there in the bloody mud‚ and was buried in the blizzard. A people’s dream died there. It was a beautiful dream.” (218) These were the words that Black Elk spoke of the dream that he and his people had of a country where they were allowed to live free and happy as they had before the white men invaded their territory. The Indians that Black Elk encountered in his lifetime all had only a simple dream to be able to live as they pleased. They
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leader was bad enough because they had no reason to and instead he ended up dead. Even if this was on accident they still have a right to be angry. There was a battle between the two sides before this and the United States lost. At the time the Indian people were not doing anything that went directly towards the United States government or soldiers in a bad way. This was not fair because they simply took advantage over them like they were nothing and did not have the right for their own values and beliefs
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The reading called Black Elk Speaks brings out many problems that the white people did to ruin the Native Americans way of life. Black Elk is telling his story to John Neihardt and John translated it. Black Elk is telling a story about how the white people roads ruin the way of life for the Native Americans. He relies on pathos to inform us on what the white people did. He is mourning about the loss of his tribe members. Some of the tribe meant a lot to him. Since he was the holy medicine
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community believes. Black Elk sees life as a circle and in a quote he compares life to the things of nature. People that see nature as living beings are called animism. Animism is mostly Native Americans or Europeans who have traveled to America. They believe that trees‚ rocks‚ the sun‚ the water‚ and animals have souls and that the power that nature has can either help or harm the people. In Black Elk’s quote he does compare life to nature but he does it in a circular way. As discussed before Native
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Sioux Indians The Sioux or Dakota Indians were 20‚000 strong in 7 different tribes‚ throughout the Great Plains. Free nomads of the Plains‚ they took full advantage of available horses‚ which were originally brought here by Cortez and the Spanish in 1519. The horse allowed them the mobility to pull their tepees as they traveled and were an invaluable aid in hunting buffalo‚ their main staple. While the Sioux were known to be great warriors‚ the family was considered to be
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the day of November 29th‚ 500 Cheyenne and Arapaho indians and around 1‚000 english soldiers went to battle. The battle took place in Colorado along Sand creek‚ where 400 indians were killed. Black Kettle‚ the indian chief wanted protection for his people and asked the United States army. There was a treaty in 1851 that promised the Cheyenne the land. The next day on November 29th‚ they went to war. It was an unfair and bloody battle. The army was told to kill and scalp them all. The casualties were
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of war horses were being run in from the west. Old men‚ women‚ children‚ and ponies were hurrying off toward the Big Horn. Reno realized that he was in front of the congregated warriors of the entire Sioux Nation in preparation for battle. Most people think that Custer expected Reno to lead a dashing charge into the heart of the Indian Camp‚ just as Custer had done at Washita. Reno did not dash as Custer had expected. The sight of the Assembled Sioux Nation removed any desire Reno had ever had
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Executive Summary The strategies and tactics of the Wagon Box Fight were truly amazing. Both the Sioux Indians and the American Armies had special methods‚ which served as an advantage for both sides. With Americans scattering everywhere throughout the west tensions became high for the Sioux Indians. Eventually Ambushes and even war would occur between the two sides causing a need for better strategies and technology. While some moves were better than others were‚ the strategies involved in the
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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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