Fargo, North Dakota

In The Journey of Crazy Horse: a Lakota History by Joseph M. Marshall III Crazy Horse’s vision quest is a precise prophecy of his life and death. In the vision he sees an Indian on a horse with long unbraided hair and a lightning scar on his cheek, and in his first battle he also dresses like this and he proves to be a courageous warrior. This vision also points to him rising above white people but also being conquered them, which is another sign to his life during and after the Battle of Little…

According to Tyler Troudt once said, “The past cannot be changed forgotten to edit or erased it can only be accepted.” In the book The Lakota Way, it is talking about all the old stories that no one talks about anymore. Some of the stories are about respect, honor, love, sacrifice, truth, bravery. Joseph M. Marshall the third wrote this story so that young adults around the world and mainly the Lakota people know their culture, so they knew all the stories about the people long ago. What the…

Hidden away in South Dakota lies the forgotten Indigenous people of The Pine Ridge Reservation. The Pine Ridge reservation was established in 1878. It is the second largest reservation in the United States, bigger than Delaware and Rhode Island combined. The reservation is about 2.7 million acres but only half of it belongs to the Lakota people, it is the home to about 28,000 to 40,000 people in Lakota and Sioux tribes. According to an demographics article, 35 percent of the population is under…

(Hoffman 1C). On the road to the tournament, construction was done on I-90. The border between South Dakota and Minnesota was redone, and the crew began to lay concrete (“Construction Crews Prepare to Lay Concrete on I-90 to Minnesota Border” 1D). Also in Sioux Falls, a golf benefit took place. The Kris Tschetter Celebrity Golf Benefit took place at the Minnehaha Country Club (Whitney 1C). South Dakota was already planning for the fall hunting season with future estimates of pheasant…

The Lakota is one of the largest Native American tribes and they have many rituals. They have faced many difficulties to keep their ceremonies and rituals. The European- Americans and the Secretary have banned these rituals from being performed in the Lakota culture. After a long period of time, these rituals had not been celebrated and their reintroduction into the Lakota culture was a time of renewal for the tribe, people, and earth. The Sun Dance and the Yuwipi were two of the most important…

Native American religion and practice traditional sacred ceremonies in order to escape the reality of the psychological and physical mistreatment they face within American society. Mary Crow Dog was a Sioux Indian of the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota. (Pg.5) As a child Crow Dog attended the St. Francis boarding school where Indian children were forced to assimilate and faced with punishment if they disobeyed. (Pg.4) Crow Dog became involved with the American Indian Movement as a teenager…

In The Lone Ranger and Tonto and “How to Write the Great American Indian Novel” by Sherman Alexie, reservation realism is portrayed through continuous references of Native American conflict. In The Lone Ranger and Tonto, Thomas-Builds-the-Fire was arrested for detaining the reservation postmaster, Eve Ford. Several years later, the case goes to trial and the Bureau of Indian affairs grants Thomas an opportunity to give his testimony. During the trial, Alexie mentions Eve Ford sitting among the…

foreign mission field. Specifically, I wish to serve low-income students on a Native American reservation. In addition, I am currently serving as the Summer Ministry coordinator for the Great Plains Chapter of Child Evangelism Fellowship in South Dakota. I pray God continues to call me to service through CEF and allows me to take up full time ministry with them after graduation. • Your involvement in leadership, service and ministry while a student at Taylor. While at Taylor, I served in…

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 such as the Dakota Sioux Uprising of 1862, the Dawes Act of 1887 and Geronimo. Another major conflict were the issues with land, trade, medicine and cultural differences such as the Ghost Dance, even though some Natives accepted the Treaty Process,…

The search for identity in The Secret Life of Bees Identity is defined as the “condition or character as to who a person or what a thing is; the qualities, beliefs, etc., that distinguish or identify a person or thing” (Dictionary.com). Each person is born with the ability to eventually find their true identity. In a world of societal pressures, this process can be a difficult journey. Through the influence of others and experiences a person’s identity begins to unfold. The identity is a…