American Bison

From roughly 1870 - 1900, the United States expanded into the American West from to a so-called “Geography of Hope”. This move West was sparked mainly by the concept of the Manifest Destiny. This essentially gave people the idea that the act of moving West was both essential and inevitable. Some advancements that made the move easier and more accessible were the railroads and overland trails. There was also the drive that moving West would fulfill one’s life with opportunity and would…

people groups, an event when generally autonomous groups assembled to reaffirm their fundamental convictions about the universe and the otherworldly through customs of individual and group give up. It is a service rehearsed diversely by a few North American Indian Nations, yet a significant number of the functions have highlights in like manner, including moving, singing and drumming, the experience of dreams, fasting, and, at times, self-torment. The Sun Dance was the most awesome and essential…

misconception is that native americans had only bows and arrows to hunt or for war. But in the movie, they showed native americans using all kinds of weapons. From different kinds of spears, to clubs or even axes. For example in the water fight scene. The younger native american, (smiles a lot?) stabs the white guy in the back with an axe just to save his life. In In the bison hunting scenes, they used every kind of weapon they had, from spears to bows and arrows and knives to cut the bison.…

When the fighting of the American Civil War had come to an end, the US saw the west as their future, liberating them from the turmoil and conflict of today and giving them a new tomorrow where they could develop themselves in new lands of financial and civil independence from the government. Unfortunately, while motivated by paintings and advertisements for this new tomorrow, Americans coming to the west still faced turmoil and conflict as people had to compete to build something of their own…

Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Story: A Psalm of Life & Song of Hiawatha Members: Adriana Alvizo, Selena Contreras, Serena Hempstead. 1. Writer's Background: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born in Portland, Maine in 1807 February 27. He is an American professor and wrote poets. Henry’s first poet was called “The Battle of Lovell’s Pond” in November 17, 1820. When longfellow was just 15 years old he was then enrolled at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. Later in his senior year he…

live? “The Sioux are individuals of the Great Plains Native American cultural group.” The geography of the area in which they reside influenced the lifestyle and values of the Sioux tribe. There are three main disunions of Sioux: Eastern Dakota, Western Dakota, and the Lakota. Many Sioux tribes were nomadic individuals who moved from place to place chasing after bison (buffalo) herds. Much of their lifestyle was built around hunting bison. The Sioux lived in the northern Great Plains in lands…

The topic of government and economy within the west has intrigued historians for decades. Many questions have been raised in regards to the ethics involved when settling the west, and how our country would differ if those series of events were handled disparately. When the settling of the west occurred, the ideology of the settlers was along the lines of: “ride forth my son and stake your claim for God has determined it”, otherwise known as manifest destiny. This mindset is the reason the…

Buffalo’s are extraordinary animals, they used to hunted by Native americans, but then after everything that happened then and now; their are still buffalo, but they are protected and are in places that take in protected animals and takes care of them. Buffalo are also called “ Bison” . They are very large animals and they are mammals. Males are slightly larger than females. Buffalo’s have hooves that are slightly larger than horses hooves. They are herbivores which means they eat grass and…

Life in the 19th century was hard for the Indians to adjust to. The Westerners decided to claim as much as they could. So how could the Indians adjust to such living conditions that had just been pushed onto their land? In recent years the Americans only remembered the Indians when we celebrate “Thanksgiving” and of course the myths and legends of Pocahontas. Sure that was part of the Indian culture only affecting the influence it had on America. There are many things can contribute to this.…

1865-1900’s, Western Expansion caused major impacts on the Natives Americans and European Americans. Natives were slowly being wiped out due to the powerful challenges caused by the colonist and the conflict between cultural arrogance such as the natives being primitive and the European Americans thought of being superior. It causes cultural issues that led to Reservation Systems which the U.S. Government forced Native Americans tribes to live in certain areas. This act caused rebellious plans…