the Sioux and entire Lakota nation. He led a large amount of Sioux warriors in many battles against the American government that were fought over the rights and lands of the Lakota nation. He was against the American government and the forceful ways that they took over Indian lands‚ and therefore he used his strong‚ spiritual leadership abilities to battle against the American government as well as the U.S army. The author of the biography Sitting Bull and the Paradox of Lakota Nationhood‚ was written
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told about the dream catcher is the Lakota Legend. The story about this legend started out with an old Lakota spiritual leader that had a vision up on a high mountain. Iktomi‚ the teacher of wisdom appeared in the form of a spider in this vision. "Iktomi took Elder ’s hoop which had feathers‚ horse hairs‚ beads‚ and offering on it and began to spin a web." (Unltd‚ http://www.cynaunltd.com/dreamcatcher_legends.htm.) The Lakota leader passed his vision on to some people and the Sioux Indians use dream
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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 the dead man’s family. However‚ the U
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The Great Sioux War of 1876 By 1876‚ gold had been discovered in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The gold was found on Sioux land‚ and this region was considered sacred to the Lakota Sioux Indians. The he land was to be protected and respected by the United States Army‚ because of the Fort Laramie Treaty of 18681‚ but the Army could not keep miners off the Sioux ground‚ which led to the increase of Sioux grievances towards the Americans; some grievances that are still taken offense to today
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South Dakota‚ tells a vivid story of young boys‚ and how this tower helped them to escape the grasps of a gigantic grizzly bear. The Rosebud Indian Reservation is federally recognized as the Sicangu Oyate tribe‚ or the Sicangu Lakota‚ which is a more specific group within the Lakota tribe. (Rose‚ “About the Sicangu Oyate”) They say a group of young boys wandered off playing with their toys and end up getting lost in the prairie. They tried to find their way home‚ and walked for three days with still no
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World Culture’s Final Exam Terms Intro to the World 1. Cultural Conflict clash of different ways of life over scarce resources‚ religion‚ race‚ land‚ oil‚ water‚ power‚ etc 2. Cultural Relativism judge culture on their own standards and values 3. Culturally different one culture different from every other culture 4. Culture total way of life of someone 5. Diffusion mixing of different cultures from place to place 6. Ethnocentrism belief that ones own culture is superior to
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expansion a very bad time for the Native Americans. They were treated as if they were nothing and they were nothing to the U.S. and the white people. The white people overpowered them and took advantage of them. Everything the Native American people were known for disappeared‚ not completely‚ but it severely hurt them. In the end‚ the westward expansion and the white people had beaten the Native Americans. Even though it was not just a gigantic war‚ it was clear that the white settlers had won by taking what
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clan under chief Sand Hill experienced relatively few losses. The Dog Soldiers and the Masikota‚ who by that time had allied‚ were not present at Sand Creek.[32] Of about ten lodges of Arapaho under Chief Left Hand‚ representing about fifty or sixty people‚ only a handful escaped with their lives.And it was deemed the worst massacre because it killed mostly wemon and children. Wounded knee- Date December 29‚ 1890 Location Wounded Knee Creek‚ South Dakota Result Decisive United States victory
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In early May 1877‚ the Lakota Sioux medicine man and war chief Sitting Bull led his following of 135 lodges across the "medicine line" which was the name used for the border between the United States and Canada. Sitting Bull ’s decision to move his people north into the Province of Saskatchewan was the outcome of the gradual erosion of the Sioux way of life in the American plains because of the decimation of the buffalo herds. In addition‚ he was unable to protect his people against the U.S. military
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two entirely different things. On the website (http://essencialdreams.com/Chanupa.htm) it gives a brief overview of the Lakota story of how the tribe obtained the sacred pipe. It says how the spirit Wohpea brought the pipe specifically to the people of the tribe‚ rather than the medicine folks or the tribe leaders. Obtaining one of these pipes is more than just a gift to people who know of the pipes actual power. It is said that the pipe can either bless seven generations‚ or condemned seven generations
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