Lakota

Childhood Concept – Old After eating dinner at his great aunt and uncle’s farm house in Gardner, Colorado, he remembers looking at his great uncle and thinking, “this man is ancient.” The eight year old boy stared at his uncle with both fear and interest. His uncle was sitting on a faded, dusty orange chair that looked like it was made at least 50 years ago. The fabric on the chair was worn thin where years and years of arms resting had worn the arm fabric down. The old man’s shoes were…

Native American 's Treatment In The 1800s Have you thought of all the land that is the now U.S? Have you thought about how exactly did they acquire the land? No one thinks of the people who lives were giving or taken for the expandtion of this great nation. The treatment that was endured by the Native Americans for more land, by greedy white settlers. Although the white settlers desired more land for settlement,the treatment of the Native American harsh and unjust. Bureau of Indian Affairs:…

Standing Rock protesters VS Army Corps of Engineers. A group of 200 Native Americans stood among the Standing Rock Indian Reservation on April 1st, 2016 to protest against the 3.7 billion Dakota Access oil pipeline. The Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) is a pipeline that transfers 470,000 barrels of unpurified oil from Bakken North Dakota to a terminus near Patoka, Illinois (Epstien, 2016). On July 26th, 2016, The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers approved the final word for the land easement and water…

The greatest contrast between their experiences is the fact that her parents chose to send her to the school. In fact, being socialized in American society was so important to her family that her grandfather refused to speak Lakota in front of her. Her grandfather’s viewpoint was due to his desire for her not to struggle to transition into American society, unlike his experience with the Indian boarding school. Unlike, the school in The Middle Five she went to an all-girl school…

We also tell stories to teach our children how to hunt, or grow food, or make clothing. In the Lakota Tribe young girls are told a story about a White Buffalo Calf Woman. Two boys go out to hunt for food and they see a woman in the distance. The first boy starts to have sexual desires and wants to go up to the woman and talk to her and maybe make…

a. What were the goals of the Indian boarding schools? Since the time of Thomas Jefferson, there has been an attempt to assimilate the Native American tribes into the European way of life. After the removal and resettlement of the eastern tribes to the Indian Territory day schools are set up to teach the children of the tribe the “right way” of living. This approach proves unsuccessful due to the children’s exposure to their parent’s and their tribe’s traditions at home. This lead to the…

You would think that students would leave lunch with full stomachs and empty trays, but that is not the case anymore. The government has now imposed restrictions on school lunches that has made the food served unappetizing to many students. These restrictions require limited calories, fats, sugars and sodium while emphasizing fruits, vegetables, whole grains, dairy and proteins. This causes there to be very limited tasty options for school cafeterias to serve. Because of this it has resulted in…

people could bet their bottom dollar upon you to take responsibility of others. Being trustworthy also meant having the ability to outlast others in the world. Trust along with honesty from an outsider meant that he or she could be trusted by the Lakota. Today, trustworthiness is still an important virtue in our society; all people want to believe that they can trust others. Like red wine, aged cheese, and leather boots, there are some things that survive and just get better; trustworthiness…

Many long lasting health issues continue to impact the prosperity of Native Tribes all over the United states. Sexual abuse in relation to an overuse of drug and alcohol consumption result in the highest suicide rate of any population in the United States. With the highest rate of both poverty and depression in the United States, it is common for Native Americans to look for drugs and alcohol as an escape from their suffering. In a study performed by The Substance Abuse and Mental Health…

Indian conflict played a significant role in the founding of the United States, starting almost immediately after Christopher Columbus’s landing in the Americas. When the Spanish settlers arrived in the “new land”, they brought crops, livestock, and advancements in weaponry from their homes; this increased violence between tribes and brought new diseases/invasive species to the Native’s land. Along with bringing physical representation of Europe, the Spanish brought religion, offering…