Cheyenne

The Lakota Sioux, are industrious, nomadic people with strong leaders, homemade clothes, and simple way of life eating what they kill and using every part of the animal. There other Sioux brothers called the Nakota and Dakota lived very close to them and they interacted frequently. Being forced out of there home they had to move North up to Oklahoma. The Lakota are very nomadic people they have gone from place to place. Originally they lived on the northern plains of north america. “The Lakota…

After six weeks of fighting with many casualties on both sides, the then governor of Minnesota, Henry Sibley led a final onslaught against the Dakota Indians. The Dakota warriors were subdued and captured; about three hundred and three Sioux warriors were tried and sentenced to murder for their involvement in the war. Out of the number, thirty-eight of the warriors were publicly executed on December 29, 1962; the rest was commuted to various life sentences by Abraham Lincoln, who was the…

The History of the Navajo and Monument Valley The Navajo, or the Diné as they call themselves, have their own story about how they came to Monument Valley, which they call Tsé Bii’ Ndzisgaii or “Clearing Among the Rocks” (Perrottet; “Navajo History”). According to one version of that story, there were four worlds of different colors. On the first world there were some types of insects which made up the “Air-Spirit People,” four beings ruling over the four seas, and four clouds over the sea of…

Powwow Highway Task Sheet 1. How does Powwow Highway depict the Northern Cheyenne Reservation in Lame Deer, Montana? The reservation is depicted in a way which clearly shows that the people there are living below the average. Most of the houses have no windows, pylons are rare and the whole reservation looks empty. The only place where we can see some community life is the pub and the community room, where an IBA agent tried to convince the tribe to sell their lands. 2. Later the characters…

situation, Irwin canceled the order to distribute ammunition that was supposed to be used for the buffalo hunt. Meanwhile, it seemed that Crazy Horse was becoming more and more disillusioned with his decision to surrender. He had to watch as his Cheyenne brothers who fought alongside him were marched south to Indian Territory where the government had been actively dumping other tribes from all over the Unites States. There were constant rumors that the Sioux reservation would be located on the…

The Black Hills were part of the Dakota Territory and was a rich reserve of natural resources used by the Sioux Indians for many years. Though the region also contained populations of Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians, they were collectively referred to when in mention of the Sioux, who were the more dominant majority of the region. The region had a long history of rumors of gold that attracted gold seekers and settlers in the early 1800s.…

In 1991, the movie Dances with Wolves was nominated for twelve Academy Awards, and won seven of them, including Best Picture of the Year. This was originally a novel by Michael Blake in 1986 but became a movie in 1990 and was directed and produced by Kevin Costner and Jim Wilson. The main characters were Lt. John Dunbar (Kevin Costner), Stands With a Fist (Mary McDonnell), and Kicking Bird (Graham Greene). This movie was set in 1864 and told the story of a soldier named John Dunbar who chose to…

Describe Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, a western movie about the Sioux and Americans conflicts, was released in 2007 and was directed by Yves Simoneau. This movie occurs in the western part of America, in many Indian reservations. The main location was Pine Ridge, and the main battle was at Wounded Knee. The movie begins around the time when the Sioux were defeated at Little Bighorn. Then, the Americans continued to try and steal their land. Americans offered the Natives money for their land,…

In today's date there are still many problems with the Sioux Nation. They are still going through many tragic events. 8 out of 10 adults Native Americans suffer from alcoholism. Usually 17 people are living in a two or three bedroom home. In the book Saga of the Sioux, the author shows the different conflicts and themes. In the nonfiction novel Saga of the Sioux, there are two major conflicts. They are Man vs Nature and Man vs Society. They were primarily hunters though the cast and santees…

Imagine living off of anything you can find, and giving up your life so others could live. Well, this was what the Blackfoot tribe did in their daily lives. In the Blackfoot language, which was based of the Algonquian language, they called themselves Siksika meaning "Those with Black Moccasins." Originally the nomadic American tribe migrated from the Great Lakes to live in the plains region including Montana, Idaho, and even Alberta, Canada. The Blackfoot tribe was split into three smaller…