Native American tribes in Nebraska

Sequoya hoped this language would help Native Americans share land and power with whites and keep their freedom, but sadly his plan failed. Native Americans in the Southeast: • Since the 1600s, whites wanted Native Americans to move, yet there were still many in the East in the 1800s. • Many whites wanted Native Americans to move, so that they could have more land and/or because whites thought Native Americans were barbaric. Other whites want to Native Americans to just blend in with white…

into some of the headnotes that give the reader sort of good view of the Dakota tribe. Essentially, the word Dakota means ally in their language, which is the Dakota Sioux language. The Dakota people are a Native American tribe located in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and South Dakota and North Dakota. The Dakota people are First Nations band government in North America and the largest division of the Siouan family. The Dakota tribe is divided into the western Dakota and the eastern Dakota. In this…

Alberta, to Nederland, Texas, and traverse Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas” (Palliser 2012, 8). The media has written about the different perspectives on this proposed project. The Indian Country Today article is written from a Native Peoples perspective and is stating that in many cases when it comes to environmental projects, Native Peoples are not taken into consideration by the Federal Government. For Native Peoples it feels that yet again their land is taken…

more land and take control of the Native Americans. But the two major causes of westward expansion were to gain jobs and explore the land. One cause of westward expansion was to expand the Americas by gaining more land. Evidence shows in document 6 that millions of acres in Nebraska and Iowa were up for sale. The land was also for sale in Kansas in two types of living: prairie life and woodland life. A primary source stated that an ad of Native American land was for sale showing that…

The Western United States, commonly referred to as the American West, traditionally refers to the region comprising of the westernmost states of the United States. European settlement in the United States expanded westward after its founding, meaning that the meanings of the West has evolved over time. The history of the American West in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries has acquired a cultural mythos in the literature of the United States, The image of the cowboy, the homesteader and…

Lakota Tribe The Lakota Tribe was one of the many northern native american tribes. They were the only tribe to win a battle against the Americans, a battle known as the Battle of Little Bighorn.. They still exist today, and live in South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota,and Nebraska. Religion, tools, and food were some of the most important things in their culture. The Lakota’s tools were very well-developed. They used bows, arrows, spears, clubs, and shields made from buffalo hide. They also…

In the early history of the United States, relations with the Native Americans were not perfect. The United States government made an effort to make treaties with the Indians but they failed to honor them. Over 250 treaties were made by the United States with various Indian tribes. These treaties were made over land rights, property disputes, and relation problems with whites. Over the course of history, all the treaties were disrespected and broken in some way by the United States. The Treaty…

I am a chief of the Oglala Lakota tribe. Known the best for my success in confrontations with the U.S. government. Born in Nebraska in 1822I led as a chief from 1868 to 1909. I am one of the most capable Native American opponents the United States Army faced; I led a successful campaign in 1866 to 1868 known as Red Cloud's War over control of the Powder River Country in northeastern Wyoming and southern Montana. My parents named me after an unusual weather event. My mother, Walks as She Thinks,…

Reservation in the northeast Nebraska. In the 1800's, the Omaha Tribal people were suffering from diseases such as small pox. (Case File number 4:07-cv-03101)Attacks from neighboring tribes pushed the Omaha Tribe farther into despair. The results were detrimental, half of the Omaha Nations population perished. In hopes of securing peace, the Omaha Tribe entered into "peace and friendship" treaties with the United States in 1815 and again in 1825. Treaties involving the Omaha Tribe resulted in…

The westward expansion was one of Americans biggest desire to take the western territories that were claimed by other countries. Westward expansion played a pretty big role in the divisions during the 1840s and 1850s in the United States. The exploration of new land leads to an unknown abyss, to gain access to the western part of the country the white settlers had to pass through the Native Americans, or a horrific predator waiting to attack. Complication with Texas led to the Mexican War and…