Lakota

After reading this excerpt from the book Crazy Horse: The Strange Man of the Oglalas by Mari Sandoz this passage gave Crazy Horse’s thoughts about the encroachment of the white man into Indian territory. The influential leader of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, Crazy Horse, held out against the government's efforts to imprison the Sioux on reservations. Almost all the Native Americans were sent to reservations by the late nineteenth century (Pollard, pg. 571). Crazy Horse was involved in many battles,…

Historical topic: ___Treaty of Fort Laramie________ I. Introduction Thesis statement: The Treaty of Fort Laramie is important because of how it led to the loss of a lot of Native American culture. It was part of their culture to live close together, but the treaty separated them by giving the Sioux too much land on each reservation. Not only that, but because the U.S. Government did not keep some of its promises to the Native Americans, it was not even worth the tradeoff. For…

Fallen Chief Crazy Horse was perhaps one of the greatest war leaders of the Lakota people, his reputation and prestige as a courageous and fearless warrior was acknowledged by his enemies and allies alike. He is remembered for being one of the bravest of warriors always riding at the front of a charge. In his lifetime he counted more than two hundred coups which exceeding the likes of other respected warriors such as Red Cloud, Spotted Tail, and Sitting Bull. If Crazy Horse had lived in an…

Identification and Evaluation of Sources This investigation examines the historical question of “to what extent did the Black Hills Gold Rush of 1874 lead to the Great Sioux War of 1876?”. One key source chosen to support this investigation is a treaty written in 1868 between the the United States (U.S.) government and the Native American nations of the Dakota Territory regarding ownership and land rights of the Black Hills. The other source is a firsthand account from a Cheyenne woman that…

as casino owners or models for their Halloween costume. However, the book Black Elk Speaks sheds a more morose light on Native American life and culture. John G. Neihardt tells the story of Nicholas Black Elk, a healer and visionary of the Oglala Lakota tribe; Black Elk’s story stands testament to the cultural annihilation Indian peoples faced in America during the latter part of the nineteenth century. It is through the perspective of Black Elk that one can see just how much Sioux culture was…

Crazy Horse was a Oglala chief who fought to protect the lands and traditions of the Lakota from white men who wanted to take the Native Americans’ land. He was known as a visionary and great warrior. His Sioux name was Ta-sunko-witko. Crazy Horse was born near what would be Rapid City, South Dakota, around 1842. In 1865, Crazy Horse lead war parties to stop roads to goldfields from being built. To discourage white settlers from moving to his lands, he helped massacre Captain William J.…

Battle of the Wounded Knee The battle of the wounded knee occurred on December 29, 1890. When it occurred, it was near wounded knee creek on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in the US state of South Dakota. Philip Wells Was a mixed-blood sioux who served as an interpreter for the army. He later recounted what he saw that Monday morning. Surrounding their camp was a force of U.S. troops charged with the responsibility of arresting Big Foot and disarming his warriors. Just before the…

chooses to take a post in the West because he wants to see the frontier before it is gone. After finding the fort abandoned John becomes friends with the nearby Lakota and becomes part of their tribe by learning the language, being given his own name, Dances with wolves, and marrying Stands with a Fist, a white girl who was saved by the Lakota when she was young. The theme of…

I read Sitting Bull: Champion of the Sioux by Stanley Vestal, Sitting Bull was a Hunkpapa Lakota Leader that wouldn't back down from the war. While reading Sitting Bull Champion of the Sioux I found a variety of things that I could compare to but I also found things that aren't similar. The biggest thing that I found that wasn’t similar was the fact that he was a man of his word if I were to say that I'm going to do something I wouldn’t do it but Sitting Bull would. There were countless parts…

Tatanka Iyotake a principal war chief of the Lakota and Oglala Sioux better known as Sitting Bull , once said “If we must die, we die defending our rights”. This shows the strong tension between the native americans and the settlers. Throughout history the two groups created multiple treaties among each other. As gold mines were discovered, indian land was bought off by the white settlers, the indians were faced with the ultimate choice: assimilation or extermination. The age old quote, “kill or…