of Russia to a shooting match. Though the Grand Duke was noted for being an excellent wing shot‚ Annie Oakley beat him‚ missing only three birds out of fifty‚ while he missed fourteen. (AnnieOakleyFoundation.org) The great Sioux warrior Chief Sitting Bull was so impressed by Oakley ’s skill that he adopted her‚ giving her the name "Watanya Cecilia"--"Little Sure Shot." Though her life inspired dime novels‚ a Broadway play‚ and Hollywood movies‚ little is known about the real Annie Oakley‚ an intensely
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The Americans: Reconstruction to the 21st Century Chapter 5 Changes on the Western Frontier The culture of the Plains Indians declines as white settlers transform the Great Plains. Meanwhile‚ farmers form the Populist movement to address their economic concerns. Next Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company The Americans: Reconstruction to the 21st Century Chapter 5 Changes on the Western Frontier SECTION 1 Cultures Clash on the Prairie SECTION 2 Settling on the Great
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defenseless people with a rage-like assault. At the time of the massacre‚ Lakota Sioux Indians were living peacefully on a reservation near their sacred homeland in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Chief Sitting Bull and his band returned from Canada under a promise of amnesty. Sitting Bull was a medicine man who practiced the Ghost Dance. The Ceremony was supposed to help free the Indians from the white men. The Ghost dance was started by an Indian holy man. During a total eclipse of the sun
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The Sioux tribe was impacted by Westward Expansion in many ways. The U.S. army tried to gain control of the Sioux ‚ many of whom entered and left reservations at will. The U.S. army then attempted to force the remaining Sioux tribe of the land by sending more forces under Colonel George Cluster into the hills of South Dakota. The Westward Expansion was also detrimental to the needs of not only the Sioux tribe but all Native American tribes. Most tribes depended solemnly on buffalo for food as well
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“fomenters of disturbance” and a threat to the western conquest. Sitting Bull-the most influential of all Sioux leaders-was invited to leave Standing Rock and join his people at the Stronghold on the Pine Ridge reservation. Agent McLaughlin dispatched 43 reservation policemen to arrest Sitting Bull before he set out to Pine Ridge. Denying the fact that Catch-the-Bear shot the initial shot at a preservations police officer‚ the fact that Sitting Bull was
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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 had given the Sioux exclusive rights to the Black Hills‚ but when gold was later discovered in the area‚ white miners flocked to the territory. Despite the treaty‚ the U.S.
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LTC Custer was not willing to execute his plan early because of the opposing threat that was looming with the Sioux and Cheyenne Indians. Instead‚ he waited until night fall to execute a foot march close to the Indian village and conduct a surprise attack on the Indians the next morning. There were a lot of moving pieces during this time and LTC Custer made sure his subordinates were on the same sheet of music like himself. The only problem that the 7th Calvary was faced with was slow and poor communication
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men and the inhumane‚ often violent treatment of the American Indian tribes. There are several historical figures that shape this story and are accurately portrayed in the film‚ each one playing a critical role in the fate of the Indians. Chief Sitting Bull‚ a highly regarded leader of the Lakota Sioux tribe‚ resists the white men for as long as he can‚ but becomes increasingly disturbed by all the violence and killing‚ ultimately conceding‚ in hopes of bringing peace to his people. However‚ after
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* Custer entered West Point the U.S. Military Academy. He graduated last in a class of 34 in June of 1861. * In the two years since the war had broken out‚ he had been promoted several times all the way to the rank of Brigadier General of Volunteers‚ commanding the Michigan Cavalry Brigade. * Through the rest of the war he steadily advanced in responsibility and rank. By war’s end in 1865‚ Custer commanded an entire Cavalry Division holding the rank of Major General. In many cases‚ Generals
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Americans‚ the U.S. Army decided to invade this lands led to the battle of the Little Bighorn in June 1876. To the Sioux tribe‚ they decided to fight for their rights and preserve their reservation from white man; therefore‚ under the command of Sitting Bull‚ they were ready for combating so they left their reservation and gathered in encampments along the Little Bighorn
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