North Dakota

Differences Between North and South The United States was divided by regions due to many differences. Both regions had different ways of socializing within their communities. The economies of the regions were extremely different from each other. Each region also had very different political views on how the country should function. These differences caused conflict that would lead to the Civil War. Socializing was very different in the North in comparison to the South. The reform movements…

about the various environmental and social impacts of the Dakota Access Pipeline. The documentary is hosted by Sarian Fox. Fox visits Standing Rock, a camp set up by the Sioux’s tribe to protest the presence of construction workers on the reserve land. The documentary captures how the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline would impact the lives of the people living on the reserve as well as other residents in the Dakota region. The Dakota Access Pipeline threatens many aspects of the native…

On an August morning in 1824, James Wilson and his 12-year-old son, John Thomas, arrived at their harvest-field near Reedsville, Pennsylvania with two horses and a sled. They threshed the buckwheat and hauled away the chaff until lunchtime. As they sat side-by-side eating their meal, they were set upon by a party of natives of the Six Nations intent on capturing the father and son. The Wilsons could offer no resistance and their long march began. Their trail was northward, through the…

One of the most regretful and saddest battles in american and indian history is the Wounded knee massacre, Wounded Knee was the last battle that killed the last indian tribe. On the morning of December 29,1890, on wounded knee creek near the Pine Ridge agency, the Seventh Cavalry of the U.S Army opened fire on the encampment of a band of miniconjou and sioux indians. The beginning of this battle started when the american military forced the indians to live like and live with white men, the…

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 lived through and experienced some of the events leading up to the Great Sioux War of 1876. Source A. Fort…

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…

Bear Butte Bear Butte is a very sacred site to many different Indigenous people’s cultures. Each of these cultures has their own origin story for the Butte. Bear Butte was the most sacred to the Cheyenne and to the Lakota peoples. The Cheyenne called it Noaha vose and Nahkohe vose meaning the giving hill and bear hill. The buttes origin story for the Cheyenne comes from the legend of Sweet Medicine. (Kinsella “Bear Butte: Crossroads of History”). Sweet Medicine travelled to the sacred butte,…

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…

Quite often, authors draw from their own personal memories when writing. Sue Monk Kidd is no exception. Kidd is a feminist and a writer-activist known for writing fiction reflecting the context of the civil rights movement in The United States. Combining the best aspects of fiction and broad conceptual ideals, Kidd used narrative as a tool for igniting social change. The significance of Sue Monk Kidd’s life, work, and legacy will last for years to come. Sue Monk Kidd was born and raised in the…

South vs. North The north and the South’s culture are defiantly more different than you would think. The economy of the south was mainly all about farming unlike the north. The North’s economy was farming and factories. The transportation between the two places was almost exactly the same. The society to the north is not as you would think. The south society was different than the north by a big difference. The north and South’s cultures are close but not to close. The south had a hard time…