Lakota people

have ultimately loss that connection. Many are unaware that languages can go extinct, and are everyday. Due to many years of fighting and revitalizing lost culture and history, the Lakȟóta language is no longer on the verge of extinction. Lakȟóta people have…

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…

Custer at the Battle of Big Horn (http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/05/us/crazy-horse-memorial/). Crazy horse was a member of the Teton Sioux tribe; he was an Oglala Lakota warrior: who was pointing into the distance riding a horse. The sculpture was carved out of the Thunderhead Mountain on what is scared land according to some of the Oglala Lakota tribe. It measures 641 feet wide and 563 feet high, the head measures 87 feet high. Crazy Horse was an excellent warrior…

“We do not want riches. We want peace and love,” said Oglala Sioux Chief Red Cloud. Many people, such as Chief Red Cloud, have stood up for their beliefs. In taking a stand, one represents a cause or opinion through their words and actions. Protesting, rebelling, and fighting are all examples of taking a stand. Chief Red Cloud of the Oglala Sioux took a stand in history when he refused to give up his tribe’s land, proving the strength of the Native Americans and creating opportunities for better…

Rock Sioux Tribe of the Dakotas Context: The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is located in both North and South Dakota. This tribe is often called the Sioux tribe, a derogatory term that dates back to the seventeenth century, when the Ojibwa called the Lakota and Dakota “Nadouwesou”. French traders then shortened it to its last syllable “Sioux” (“standingrock.org”, 10/21/14) Part of the Dakotas was purchased by the United States from France through the Louisiana purchase. The Dakotas were admitted as…

battle Sitting bull earned a feather and was finally seen as a leader. Sitting Bull was a magnificent warrior who became the greatest Lakota chief to ever live, as a chief he stood up for his tribe when the American’s…

great poverty due to the actions of the US Government. The Snyder Act of 1921 charged the US Department of the Interior with responsibility for providing education, medical and social services to many Native nations and tribes, including the Oglala Lakota, yet this Act is not showing any…

were able to accomplish a lot of various and needed projects. The work we did was important along with the relationship we were able to build and we were able to show the love of Jesus to those in need. We were also able to learn more about the Lakota people and their values through different events…

One of the most regretful and saddest battles in american and indian history is the Wounded knee massacre, Wounded Knee was the last battle that killed the last indian tribe. On the morning of December 29,1890, on wounded knee creek near the Pine Ridge agency, the Seventh Cavalry of the U.S Army opened fire on the encampment of a band of miniconjou and sioux indians. The beginning of this battle started when the american military forced the indians to live like and live with white men, the…

sonnet;),” (1876). These are the views of the battle that are often remembered, dramatized glorifications of what was intended to be one of the largest massacres of Native Americans. We see a very different view of the battle through the records of Lakota Chief Red Horse, who created forty-two illustrations based on his memories of the battle. The ledger drawings and accompanying testimony create a full narrative of the confrontation. Figure three depicts the Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapaho…