Lakota

I am writing to you for help to keep Bears Ears a National Monument. I think it is important to protect this land. There are people out there that are destroying this area in Utah. The Natives have a lot of history on this land and I think it is important to protect it from those who are destroying historical artifacts. Native Americans to this day are still performing ceremonial traditions and to keep it sacred for them. Ranchers are becoming upset because they want to use this land for…

1 Analytic Response to “The Orphan Boy and The Elk Dog”I am writing an analytic response to “The Orphan Boy and The Elk Dog” by A Blackfoot Legend. This story “explains the origin of an important part of the North American Blackfeet culture—horses. Horses did not always exist in North America. Spanish explorer Hernando Cortés brought the first horses to Mexico in 1519, and they quickly spread northward. By the 1600s, many Native American tribes had captured and tamed wild horses.” -Textbook…

Chief Little Raven was born in about 1810 on the Plains of Nebraska, probably near the Platte River. Chief Little Raven, or Houusoo, which means “young raven”. Houusoo grew up to be a very influential man. He brought peace to many nations in his world. He welcomed white people during the Gold Rush. Houusoo was a very powerful man both in Oklahoma, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, and almost anywhere else he traveled. Young Raven was widely known for his superior speaking skills, as well as his…

The article “Black Elk Speaks” addresses many problems that the “Wasichus” did to change the way the native americans lived and carried on as a culture. “Black Elk” is discussing his story to John Neihardt and John is using his evaluation skills to simply for future readers. “Black Elk” is telling the stories of how the “Wasichus” building their roads drastically changed the way of living for the native american way of life. He relies on his emotions “pathos” to spread views on what the…

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…

Since April 2016, the Standing Rock Sioux tribe in North Dakota have been protesting the construction of the Dakota Access pipeline because it could threaten their only source of water. The most frustrating aspect of this situation is that the tribe was not consulted about the pipeline before the approval of it. They were completely blindsided by this news and are now fighting for their land. Recently, a massive Facebook protest also broke out in support of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe where…

Do you know whose name was originally jumping badger. Sitting Bull name was originally jumping badger.Sitting Bull was a tribe chief. He was a holy man . He fought to protect his tribe. Sitting Bull has been credited for several acts of bravery in his lifetime . According to (Bio.) Sitting Bull was born in 1831 in what now is called south carolina Near the yellowstone river. In addition sitting bull loved making bows and arrows. He hunted Buffalo,Rabbits and Birds.His father was known as…

The Apache Kid was one of the most notorious and fiercest Apache outlaw in the Wild West. He is a White Mountain Apache, later became a renegade. He was most active in the states of Arizona and New Mexico and the Mexican states of Sonora and Chihuahua. Named Haskay-Bay-Nay-Natyl, the Apache Kid got his name due to wrong pronunciation of his name. He was recruited to the U.S Cavalry as Scout to fight his fellow Apache. Then after two years promoted to a sergeant. In his early days, he was…

Geronimo (Apache chief) leads attacks into Mexico. The U.S. then places soldiers near his reservation, so Geronimo and some of his people escape to their stronghold in Mexico and build an army. Geronimo flees the reservation again when he hears rumors he is going to be arrested. Then the U.S. army sends a large force against Geronimo's 24 men. He surrenders and is sent to prison in Florida. He dies on a reservation as a prisoner of war. Little Wolf (Northern−Cheyenne chief) who helps lead a…

Wounded knee is located on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. South Dakota is home to the Sioux tribe and many of its counterparts including the Oglala, Rosebud, and the Yankton Sioux tribes. Wounded Knee, named after a creek on the reservation, was remembered as a place of much resentment, betrayal, of “the white man’s lies and promises,” and of lost hope because of the massacre that took place there in 1890. Eighty-three years later this same site would host a more controversial…