Great Plains

In the 1800s, white pioneers were moving west and looking for places to settle. Native Americans occupied the Great Plains, and the white people were about to take over. Starting around the 1860s, the United State’s government started forcing the native peoples to leave their homelands and either move into the designated areas called “reservations”, or in some cases be exiled to Mexico. The Native people did not like this forceful threat at all, particularly because in the reservations they…

insects, lizards and bigger game animals. Bigger game consisted of mostly turkey, deer, fish, and duck. Native americans were great hunters and gatherers, often colonies who were strictly hunters could not maintain a permanent location due to the migrating herds. This made it especially difficult to harvest the land and keep grains and produce. On the other hand, there were great gatherers who lived solely on grains, and vegetables. Agriculture took a lot of labor and manpower to keep up with.…

The U.S. had major problems in the 1930’s and 40’s.Weather is what caused the dust bowl. Farmers had major struggles from the dry weather and dust storms.“Farmers and landholders in the Great Plains had to migrate in the 1930s during a period of drought, irregular rain, and erosion.”"Sander"All farming was ruined because of the weather farmers couldn't grow crops and the topsoil was ruined.They moved west to California where conditions would be better and tried to restart there.Weather was so…

The Searchers is a “classic” western. It tells the story of Ethan Edwards who is accompanied by his nephew Martin Pawley and their five-year-long search to find his niece after she is captured and her family killed by the Comanche Indians. Little Big Man is a “revisionist” western. It tells the story of Jack Crabbe, a 121-year-old man asked to tell his story about his life, which includes being captured and raised by the Indians and living in a white society with a variety of jobs leading him to…

them the religion and culture of the plains that they practice today. The southern plains had transformed them, not just physically but mentally too. They were able to stand up for what was right and were no longer slaves. Yellowstone was absolutely a magnificent place with lakes canyons, and waterfalls. It was a peaceful place but belonged to the wildlife that was living there. The highland meadows were the stairs that led to home or the “sun” on the plain that represents…

major effect on many people’s lives. A. previous techniques (erosion) Prairie grasses used to cover the land of the great plains, but when farmers arrived in the 1890’s, they plowed under the grass (“ Dust Bowl, 1934-1938"). Grass keeps soil from drying out, and it keeps the soil from blowing away (“ Dust Bowl, 1934-1938"). The number of acres of wheat in the Great plains tripled in the 1920’s and the total cultivated land in the US was at it’s highest in the 1930’s, reaching 530 million…

are very nomadic people they have gone from place to place. Originally they lived on the northern plains of north america. “The Lakota are known as the Teton or Western Sioux”. In 1640 the Lakota probably lived closer to their Dakota relatives. “The Lakota began to move west for three reasons. First, conflict with neighboring tribes. Second, to follow the large herds of buffalo, which roamed the plains. Thirdly, to avoid the encroaching whites who were moving west”. The army sent troops to…

graduation, I want to serve as an educator on the domestic or 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…

African- Americans made their way from the south to the west for economic development. Even the Chinese who worked on the railroads traveled to the west furthering its diversity. Settlers from the east changed the face of the “Great Plains”. Buffalo and cattle that lived in these plains were wiped out by the herds. All the farmers changed the land by growing crops and wiping out the natural grasses and land. Because of the railroads, cattle became very profitable due to the ease of getting the…

extensive research. We will study the black-tailed prairie dog population in an area of approximately 160 kilometers (km) within the Great Plains region of north-central Kansas weekly during breeding season of 12 weeks for 10 years (described in further detail below). My research team will observe twenty-five prairie dog coteries and their burrows (Hoogland 1995). The Great Plains area, the location in which we will…