North Dakota

We have come to learn over the course of time that American Native Indians still have no clear answer on whether they are considered sovereign or not. The definition of sovereignty is to possess power, and although some Indian Tribes are climbing the ladder in earning this right, there is one reservation imparticularly that is suffering due to the neglect of the US Government. The Pine Ridge Reservation is one of the poorest areas in America and suffers great poverty due to the actions of the…

In the Little Bighorn Battle on June 1876 between the Lakota and Cheyenne people verse the United States. The conflict was the cultural change and clash between the two: on one hand there is the Lakota and Cheyenne were they are buffalo/horse people, and on the other hand there is the United States is industrial/agricultural people. From 1868 the US and Lakota negotiated on the Fort Laramie Treaty; however, that made conflict towards the other tribes (National Park Service Website). This…

After six weeks of fighting with many casualties on both sides, the then governor of Minnesota, Henry Sibley led a final onslaught against the Dakota Indians. The Dakota warriors were subdued and captured; about three hundred and three Sioux warriors were tried and sentenced to murder for their involvement in the war. Out of the number, thirty-eight of the warriors were publicly executed on December 29, 1962; the rest was commuted to various life sentences by Abraham Lincoln, who was the…

mission trip and has lead many trips to Indian reservations and other places in the world. I think that his knowledge and experience were greatly appreciated and was helpful. I believe that I was properly trained and prepared for my trip to South Dakota. Kurt had the group read “Neither Wolf nor Dog,” which gave us a narrative of the interaction between the author, Kent Nerburn and his time spent learning and growing with Dan, a Native American elder. This gave us some insight in how the…

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,…

In The Journey of Crazy Horse: a Lakota History by Joseph M. Marshall III Crazy Horse’s vision quest is a precise prophecy of his life and death. In the vision he sees an Indian on a horse with long unbraided hair and a lightning scar on his cheek, and in his first battle he also dresses like this and he proves to be a courageous warrior. This vision also points to him rising above white people but also being conquered them, which is another sign to his life during and after the Battle of Little…

According to Tyler Troudt once said, “The past cannot be changed forgotten to edit or erased it can only be accepted.” In the book The Lakota Way, it is talking about all the old stories that no one talks about anymore. Some of the stories are about respect, honor, love, sacrifice, truth, bravery. Joseph M. Marshall the third wrote this story so that young adults around the world and mainly the Lakota people know their culture, so they knew all the stories about the people long ago. What the…

Hidden away in South Dakota lies the forgotten Indigenous people of The Pine Ridge Reservation. The Pine Ridge reservation was established in 1878. It is the second largest reservation in the United States, bigger than Delaware and Rhode Island combined. The reservation is about 2.7 million acres but only half of it belongs to the Lakota people, it is the home to about 28,000 to 40,000 people in Lakota and Sioux tribes. According to an demographics article, 35 percent of the population is under…

(Hoffman 1C). On the road to the tournament, construction was done on I-90. The border between South Dakota and Minnesota was redone, and the crew began to lay concrete (“Construction Crews Prepare to Lay Concrete on I-90 to Minnesota Border” 1D). Also in Sioux Falls, a golf benefit took place. The Kris Tschetter Celebrity Golf Benefit took place at the Minnehaha Country Club (Whitney 1C). South Dakota was already planning for the fall hunting season with future estimates of pheasant…

The Lakota is one of the largest Native American tribes and they have many rituals. They have faced many difficulties to keep their ceremonies and rituals. The European- Americans and the Secretary have banned these rituals from being performed in the Lakota culture. After a long period of time, these rituals had not been celebrated and their reintroduction into the Lakota culture was a time of renewal for the tribe, people, and earth. The Sun Dance and the Yuwipi were two of the most important…