Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument

Due to my experience I was moved into a Senior Master Sergeant Position in my work-center. During the first two month’s it was very difficult for me to supervise six different nationalities, all the same rank as me. At first I wanted to put them all on the same standards as the Air Force, trying to instill our core value. My actions, decisions and behaviors created a non-effective inclusive environment, like that of General Custer just prior to his Battle at Little Bighorn. The moral of my section lowered because I started using the U.S. personnel more, not giving equal responsibility to all; contributing to an increase in aircraft documentation errors. My German Captain sat me down and discussed this, trying to help the situation. Had I known this earlier I could have changed my approach and focused more on the individualized consideration of the other nationalities, maybe creating an inclusive…

Crazy horse was the leader of the Lakota Sioux. He was celebrated for his battle skills as well as his efforts to preserve Native American traditions. He fought alongside Sitting Bull and others in the American-Indian wars, and was instrumental in the defeat of George Armstrong Custer’s forces at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. After surrendering to federal troops in 1877, he was killed amid rumors of a planned escape. Since his violent and controversial death, Crazy Horse, or Tashunka Witko,…

In South Dakota lies the memorial of one of the most respected leaders of the Oglala Sioux. This leader is known by many as Crazy Horse. Many people may not know the story behind Crazy Horse, but this Oglala leader, who possessed different leadership traits than most Oglala leaders, suffered the same fate as most Indians did in the 1700 and 1800’s and that inevitable fate was death. For most of Crazy Horse’s life war surrounded him. Crazy Horse also had killed countless times in his early war…

Since he found gold, “Indian agents were dispatched to the Black Hills to convince the Sioux to sell their land” (Johnson, 2003, 59). However, they did not accept the proposal, and the conflict “led to the famous Battle of Little Bighorn” (Johnson, 2003, 59). Even though “the U.S. Calvary had attacked first,” the Sioux were blamed for violating the Treaty of Fort Laramie. That in itself shows that the Native Americans were treated…

Sitting Bull Sitting Bull was born in 1831 in Grand River, South Dakota. He was a Hunkapa Lakota, a medicine and a holy man. Sitting Bull was famous both in American and Native American history. One of the ways he became famous was through the famous victory battle, “Battle of Little Bighorn.” At the age of 10 he killed his first buffalo ever, and four years after he had fought in an honorably battle against the rival clan. After killing his first buffalo and…

Tombstone, a western shooting up the charts Wyatt Earp, a retired officer, is forced to come out of retirement due to cowboys overrunning his town. Tombstone is a western covering Wyatt Earp, everyone involved, and the Arizona town of Tombstone during the 1800s. Tombstone received a 73% on Rotten Tomatoes and was named "one of the 5 greatest Westerns ever made" by True West Magazine. Tombstone is a western during the 1800s when cowboys were running around and when silver and wealth were…

Geronimo was a prominent leader of the Chiricahua Apache Tribe and the leader of the Apache Wars. He is famous for taking his men with him and going rogue as well as being a known “celebrity” after the wars. Throughout his life he battled for the right to Indian Land. Geronimo fought against the Reservation System and continued to fight and flee until the Closing of the Frontier, when this came into effect Geronimo surrendered. Geronimo explains that the white men came into their existence…

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…

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…