Lakota

Red Cloud; The most important Lakota leaders of the nineteenth century. Red Cloud was a Native American war leader who became an important part of history for his role in fiercely defending his peoples land against the U.S. government Chief Red Cloud was Chief of the Oglala Lakota tribe. Chief Red Cloud was Born in Nebraska in 1822, the Lakota chief Red Cloud was an important figure in the 19th century land battle between Native Americans and the U.S. government. He successfully resisted…

The Ghost Dance is a Native American religion that was instituted in the nineteenth century by a member of the Paiute tribe , Wovoka (Bowker , The Columbia Encyclopedia). The Ghost Dance Religion itself was a ritual for a peaceful end of the Western expansion and the Native Americans to get their land back . The actual dance ritual only lasted five days (each night of each day except for on the last day it was from the night until morning) (The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions).…

Tashunka Witko, better regarded by his anglicized name, “Crazy Horse”, was a Lakota warrior instrumental in the defeat of General Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn. “Tashunka Witko” directly translates to “His-Horse-Is-Crazy”, but does not ring a bell as proficiently as the name “Crazy Horse." Furthermore, this Lakota Warrior was bestowed with the name “Crazy Horse” after he displayed himself as a competent warrior, and was born with a different name: “In the Wilderness.” In fact, the…

and his tribe were alive and are now extinct because they did not have food, or did not have any shelter for them to live anywhere.”Above all, the Miniconjou praised Spotted Elk for his political and diplomatic accomplishments”.(“Gale group”). Other Lakota tribes often requested his services during times of conflict with other Native American groups. This is why i think Bigfoot is real,if you see a big hairy thing in the forest I would turn around and start running.But yet no one has…

try to bring back the dead, as there would be a consequence if he did so. By giving Shadow guidance in that the dead must stay dead, Whiskey Jack is preserved as a culture hero. Whiskey Jack also shows trickery as he does not go by his full name. A Lakota woman explains how he is called Inktomi. Whiskey Jack did not tell them his tribe name because modern American culture exploits Native Americans, taking the name of the tribe and using it for a motor home (Whiskey Jack). This becomes insulting…

On December 29, 1890, the United States’ Seventh Cavalry surrounded a camp of Sioux Indians at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. According to eyewitness to history, Massacre at Wounded Knee, 1890, the Cavalry’s mission was to arrest the Miniconjou Lakota’s chief, Big Foot, and disarm his warriors, because of their involvement in the Ghost Dance Movement. The conflict quickly arose, as a result of the tension that had been building up between the two sides for the past few months…

rejected christianity and continued his people’s way of life. A Ghost Dance was hosted in 1889 to restore Native American way of life and Sitting Bull joined it. In 1890, when the authorities found out on Sitting Bull’s powerful movement, they got the lakota police to go an arrest Sitting Bull but a gunfight broke out. Sitting Bull got shot in the head and died. Sitting Bull’s final years ended in a…

and resources the two tribes avoided trade with one another. The Sioux were given the name “little snake ”In the tongue of their warring neighbors the Ojibwe.The Dakota Sioux were allies and trading partners with the other two band of Sioux the Lakota and Nakota.Later on the Dakota Sioux traded with the French European for their modern tools and equipment for buffalo hide. This trade created many problems for the Dakota Sioux and led to their downfall. First european…

Crazy Horse was finally realizing that he would not be able to win the war against the whites and started coming up with questions and things they would argue about if they met with the whites for a treaty. Crazy Horse and much of the Sioux leaders decided to finally meet with the whites and talk negotiating. While the Indians were on their way to meet the whites, they go through a camp of crow scouts and things turn hostile very fast. One of the crow scouts shot and killed the Indians who were…

person, too.” This quote by Rachel Grady sums up my feeling after reading about life through the eyes of Mary Crow Dog in her book Lakota Woman. Mary Crow Dog lived a life of joy and sadness, oppression and small victories, and little retribution. Her life wasn’t easy from her childhood through her adulthood she fought for survival of herself and her people, the Lakota People. This essay will discuss the life of Mary Crow Dog through the lenses of a white American, who couldn’t imagine what it’s…