People of the Black Hills War

the city. The people of Guernica were massacred,…

As more Americans moved West through the Homestead Act, less farmable land was available. Although this didn’t stop people from expanding west, people also began to expand to other territories in the Pacific and Caribbean. To expand, Americans thought mainly about themselves took control over of natives who already lived there. The goals of imperialism were fueled by self-interest economy, religion, politics and exploration. To begin with, the idea of Manifest Destiny inspired Americans to move…

In Wilson's play Fences, black men and women are stereotyped due to several factors. The play took place after World War II when women had replaced men in their roles. After the war was over, many women wanted to keep these jobs but were again replaced by men and thus remaining at home to play their initial roles. Rose, Troy's husband has been portrayed as an extremely maternal figure in the play (Grabowski, 2013). She is presented as a strong stereotypical mother who plays the role of taking…

When I picture the Civil War, I picture people fighting in a field and Abraham Lincoln delivering triumphant speeches of freedom and emancipation. Not often do I think about the desperate human struggle for survival in POW camps, the brutal journey many took to escape slavery, or the hundreds of dead bodies that lay mutilated after brutal battles. In the graphic history Battle Lines, by Jonathan Fetter-Vorm and Ari Kelman, such realities and human experiences are visually portrayed. In order to…

(1966) has had a large influence on his own filmmaking career. In Martin Evan’s interview with Ken Loach about the Gillo Pontecorvo film, Evans says “[Loach’s] film-making is committed to a realist style; one that strives to give a voice to ordinary people and their daily lives.” The Pontecorvo film as an early example of postcolonial film is a good place to start when looking at The Wind that Shakes the Barley. What makes these films similarly peculiar is their obvious stance as outsider…

our servicemen and women. The first memorial, the Bronze “Yellow” Ribbon Monument, stands tall on a hill overlooking one of the busiest streets in Abingdon, Virginia. It is made of black granite and has a large bronze ribbon on it, large enough for everyone passing by to see it. It is titled, “Until You’re Home Again,” and has it carved into the granite on the front. The second memorial, Vietnam War Veterans memorial, is not so prominent but still provides the same message of support and…

Since the “White Man” first discovered Native people, we have been forced to submit to their will, we have went through genocide, slavery, and just about anything else you can possible think of; however, even after all Native people have went through we still stand strong today, and we even fight in wars that aren’t our own. Today I want to tell you about a subject that could get messy if you are dead set in your ways, but I ask that you please keep your mind open, because I as a Native American…

REVOLUTIONARIES WAR There were African American troops that marched with George Washington. In 1815 they served under Andrew Jackson in New Orleans against the British. CIVIL WAR It was not until the Civil War that there was a large number of African Americans in the military. When the Confederates attacked Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, many African Americans wanted to join the Union army. Sometime in 1862 Colonel Higginson from Massachusetts was given command of the First Regiment…

African Americans from the South of the United States to the North with the largest amount coming in 1915 to 1920 of over 500,000 Blacks. African Americans left the miserable condition of the South that included low wages, racism, and horrible violence, and headed up to “The Promised Land” of the North where it was believed they could find refuge or even start over again. Black Protest and the Great Migration by Eric Arnesen is a history of documents telling the story of the African American…

Sitting Bull and his tribe, the Hunkpapa people, commenced in a sun dance. Black bear, a leader of the Northern Arapahos invited some Southern Arapahos to Tongue River. They set up camp there, and had many hunts and dances. Because of this, many tribes in the Powder River dispersed all over the Big Horn Mountains and the Black Hills. When Star Chief Connor of the U.S. Military learned that theses various tribes were scattered, he said that the Native American people “must be hunted like…