Standing Rock North Dakota Culture Analysis

Throughout the course of this semester we have covered a myriad of myths and how they apply. Of all the myths covered, the Native American myths always stood out most. This paper will be focused on the how the black snake and water protectors of Standing Rock North Dakota and how they can be liked in correlation of the native mythology motif. The myth under analysis is that of Uncegila, a female serpent who can be portrayed in native trickster myths. With all the chaos that has been happening recently such as standoffs, blockades, peaceful protests, and currently the rerouting of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAP) the term black snake has been used in repetition. After watching footage of the injustices being done in Standing Rock, and keeping up to date on the events happening there,then the quest had begun to figure out what the black snake really represented. Although we are fixating on a Sioux myth, other tribes too, have similar stories. The myths differ from tribe to tribe, however, the basis remains. Water is Life. After much research and tireless effort Uncegila had fit the …show more content…
Look at it from the standpoint of the domino effect. Number one : the human drinks the polluted water. Number two :eats the crops grown and watered by polluted water. Number Three : The animal and or crops die before it can even be hunted to be consumed. Number four: The human eats the animals (hunting/fishing) that are also contaminated by the polluted water. (diseased meat). In the event of an oil spill, if the health effects do not first reach the human, then by all means it will affect the overall biodiversity of the land which will then turn into the human's problem once