People often say that that the past has passed‚ unable to be altered‚ but if one chooses to do better in the present‚ they can have a brighter future. The idea that people can rise above their past and prevail with the power of hope even in times of tragedy is often lost amongst people when they experience misfortune. Reservation Blues articulately highlights the contrast between the permanence of circumstance and the possibility of a fruitful future. While Alexie provides somber backstories for
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Response Paper on Black Elk Speaks BB Nicholas Black Elk‚ Lakota visionary and healer communicates his painful conclusion to John G. Neihardt at the end of his interviews in the following way: “[…]The nation’s hoop is broken and scattered. There is no center any longer‚ and the sacred tree is dead”(207). After he narrates the unspeakable tragedy of his nation‚ the concluding lines mark the tragic end of a personal life and that of a national
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“Custer’s Last Stand”. . . You still never heard of if ok then here’s a quick summary. . . Custer’s Last Stand June 25‚ 1876 On the 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
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Wounded Knee was a terrible event in US history. It showed how the US government didn’t understand the Native Americans and treated them badly and unfairly.<br><br>Big Foot was the chief of a subtribe of the Lakota called Miniconjou. He was very old and had pneumonia. He was taking his tribe to the Pine Ridge Reservation in south-western South Dakota. <br><br>Most of the women and children in Big Foot’s tribe were family members of the warriors who had died in the Plains wars. The Indians had agreed
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Dee Brown. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. New York‚ NY: Henry Holt and Company. 1971. Pp xiv‚ 445. In the book Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee‚ which was written by Dee Brown and published in 1971‚ Brown talked about the horrific experiences that the Indians endured while living in America. Residing in the east‚ and faced with numerous threats‚ Native American Indian tribes were forced West by the government during the 19th century. The book explained all of the backlashes they received from
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spare the tribe anymore retribution from the army‚ he leaves with his wife (Stands with a Fist) for the wilderness. The movie takes place on the western frontier. This is where Lt. Dunbar sought to explore. While on the frontier he encountered the Lakota Indians. With this the
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the Upper Mississippi Valley‚ 1650-1862‚ The Conquest of Texas: Ethnic Cleansing in the Promised Land‚ 1830-1875 and The Indian Southwest 1580-1830: Ethnogenesis and Cultural Reinvention. Other publications include Sitting Bull and the Paradox of Lakota Nationhood and he teaches U.S. Survey and Native American history courses at University of Oklahoma at undergraduate and graduate levels. Anderson is credited for co-editing with Alan R. Woolworth on the publication of‚ Through Dakota Eyes: Narrative
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Black Elk Speaks The Oglala people were very spiritual and believed in another world and higher being. The Oglala Sioux Nation’s rituals‚ traditions‚ and ways of life are reflected through the story of Black Elk‚ an Oglala Sioux medicine man‚ who shared his life stories with the poet John Neihardt in an attempt to preserve the history of the Sioux traditions. Neihardt’s book‚ Black Elk Speaks‚ also depicts the struggles of the Lakota Indians (Oglala Sioux Nation) as they defend their land against
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October 2009 Family Virtues Virtues are usually taught through the eyes of the wise‚ also known as the elder. In the book The Lakota Way‚ by Joseph M. Marshall III‚ his tribe teaches virtues though story telling. The virtues of the Lakota tribe and those of my family are more similar then I had anticipated‚ although we do have our differences. The Lakota Way‚ stories and lessons for living‚ is a book written in 2001 by Joseph M. Marshall III. Marshall dedicates his book to Kimberly Jo Schumidt
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points at a given distance from a point within it called the center and a series ending where it began‚ especially when perpetually repeated. These previous two definitions are coherent in Lakota religion. One of the most profound symbols in the Lakota culture is the circle. Being keen observers‚ the people realized the circle appears on many things no matter where you look in the world and beyond. The sun is round. The moon is round. The earth is round. The seasons follow each other in a perpetual
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