Sioux Indian Tribe The Sioux Indians were one of the largest tribes in the American West‚ so they were known as a nation. They are also called Lakota or Dakota. The name Sioux means ‘little snakes’. Like a lot of the other tribes‚ the Sioux were nomadic and lived in places like Wisconsin‚ North and South Dakota and Minnesota. The Sioux nation had a rich history and was a very powerful tribe. A Frenchman‚ Jean Duluth‚ moved into the Sioux territory in the 17th century and took control of most of their
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things in common and many differences as well. The young man is seen as a pessimistic in this poem and the Sioux more of the optimistic‚ even with many sufferings he has gone through in his lifetime. The young man and the Sioux both have very different lifestyles‚ but what exactly is James Wright trying to prove with the Sioux and the young man? This poem has two important roles‚ the Sioux and the other young man‚ both having to very different stories to tell the readers. In the poem there is a
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2041 “Freedmen has nothing but their freedom”. Discuss the treatment of ex slaves in the South during Reconstruction. Freedmen itself is the term used to describe slaves who became free men after the US Congress passed the Confiscation Act of 1862. Previously‚ at the outset of was in Tinkell and Shi’s text ‘America‚ A Narrative History’ one is made aware that at the beginning of war‚ then President Lincoln‚ whom was later assassinated had promised to restore the union but “maintain slavery
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North Dakota (Hersher). He along with many originations have spent the past couple of years protesting the Obama administration and now the Trump administration to stop the completion of the pipeline. They say that the pipeline is being built on the Sioux reservation and that this project can contaminate their drinking water
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In the spring of 1868‚ a conference held at Fort Laramie (present day Wyoming)‚ resulted in the Sioux Treaty of 1868. The treaty stated that as long as the Sioux agreed to settle within the Black Hills reservation in the Dakota Territory‚ there would be peace between the whites and Sioux. However‚ when migrant workers repeatedly violated the treaty‚ they found gold within the Black Hills. So in 1874‚ General George A. Custer and the United States Army led an excursion to the Black Hills with the
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recorded many of his observations in his journal. Sioux - Native American and First Nations people in North America - tried to steal Dunbar’s horse and intimidate him. In response‚ He decided to take a trip to Sioux camp. On his way‚ he saved Stands With A Fist - the white adopted daughter of the tribe’s medicine man Kicking Bird- after seeing she tried to injure herself in mourning of her deceased husband. He returned her to the Sioux‚ which changed their attitude toward him. After that‚ Dunbar
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Describe how this great Sioux leader also represented the “three distinct personalities” that the Lakota valued. The “the four cardinal virtues of the Lakota” that Sitting Bull possessed was bravery‚ fortitude‚ generosity‚ and wisdom. These four virtues are characteristics that most leaders we see today have and past leaders held. Tatankalyotanka or Sitting Bull demonstrated these virtues at a very young age and they were precursors to becoming the chief of the Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux tribe. At the age
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Pages 375-376 The Secession Crisis * Southern militant leaders‚ champions of “Southern nationalism” concept and also known as fire eaters‚ began demanding an end to the Union * The Withdrawal of The South * South Carolina seceded first. They called a special convention and voted unanimously on Dec. 20‚ 1860 to be the first state to secede from the Union. * Six other states joined South Carolina as Lincoln entered office. * Mississippi – Jan. 9‚ 1861 * Florida
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THE UNIFICATION OF GERMANY In 1871 the thirty-eight states of what was once the Holy Roman Empire‚ re-united to become what was known in the early twentieth century as simply‚ The German Empire‚ united under the rule of the German Emperor‚ or Kaiser. There are many factors which led to the unification of the German states; liberalism‚ nationalism‚ Otto Von Bismarck‚ fear of another Napoleon’‚ the Prussian King William I‚ and the three wars Prussia fought. One of the key factors which led to
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Biography Early life‚ education and monkhood Vasil Levski was born Vasil Ivanov Kunchev on 18 July [O.S. 6 July] 1837 in the town of Karlovo‚ within the Ottoman Empire’s European province Rumelia.[14] He was the namesake of his maternal uncle‚ Archimandrite (superior abbot) Basil (Василий‚ Vasiliy).[15] Levski’s parents‚ Ivan Kunchev and Gina Kuncheva (née Karaivanova)‚ came from a family of clergy and craftsmen and represented the emerging Bulgarian middle class.[16] An eminent but struggling
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