Plains tribes

became “less like hunting and more like extermination” (Gwynne, 152). In 1873, a hunter named Tom Nixon killed 3,258 buffalo in 35 days (153). The buffalo were not only the main food source for Comanche tribe, but was also a spiritual being to many of the Native Americans that lived in the Great Plains. Thankfully, the…

Native Americas first originated form Asia, they were seen as nomadic tribes that followed the animals and lived of them. Through process of migration and grazing, the animals found themselves crossing form Asia to North America, with the animals, came the Indians. The native Americans first reached America 13,500 years ago by crossing the Bering straight which is now not visible because of ice melting, some stayed in America and some kept on moving to form the Inca and Mayan cultures that we…

government can’t just give them money and have them forget what happened in the past they don’t forget just for the money maybe that’s why the Americans did it the Native Americans because they wanted money because of the gold in the area of thc tribes like Sioux for the Black Hills I like using this example because I like their response to 106 million dollars they were giving them for the Black Hills, the government thinks that money is everything but it isn’t. The U.S relies on money to get…

the species destroying the ecological balance of the whole region” (Steinbeck 468). He is describing the overfishing that was occurring in the Sea of Cortez. This situation has obvious parallels to Native American behavior. For example, the Great Plain Native Americans overhunted resulting in extreme declines in the population of Buffalo. Steinbeck also wrote, “Our curiosity was not limited, but was as wide and horizonless as that of Darwin or Agassiz or Linnaeus or Pliney. We wanted to see…

One of the great mysteries of the modern world is why and how America became such an economic and democratic success. The most salient explanation for this distinctive economic and democratic success of America is the Myth of the Frontier. As debatably the lasting of American myths, with roots in colonial times and a commanding enduring presence in modern culture, the Frontier Myth instilled Americans with the ideas of the perennial rebirth, fluidity of life, new opportunities, and continuous…

The village structure and welcoming society of the Mandan and Hidatsa fascinated European and American explorers who traveled the Northern Plains. These men documented their experiences in travel journals and artistic depictions that defied the popular image Western America. Although these paintings are masterpieces of American art, they often omit or subordinate the heart of Mandan and Hidatsa society: women. The placement and role of women in the art of George Catlin, Karl Bodmer, and Fredrick…

In the chapter, On the Illinois: The Making of Modern Music and Culture in the Oklahoma Ozark Foothills, The Oklahoma Ozark area is a physical and cultural transition zone between the Great Plains and the eastern woodlands. This area has been considered home to many of the Cherokee people since their removal by U.S. soldiers and settlers beginning in the 1820s (pg. 239). The Cherokees has lived in the Oklahoma Ozark area longer than any other ethnic group compared as of currently. The Cherokees…

him by severing his heart from his body with stone knives, setting free the imprisoned animals. Carving the dead monster’s body into pieces, Coyote flung them throughout the land where they became the different Indian tribes of today. But he had forgotten the region in which…

In America, we love to gamble. Whether it is on sports, dogs, horses, or cars, or even if it is in a casino- we cannot get enough of it. There are about fifteen hundred casinos in the country, scattered from one side of the continent to the other. That is more casinos than any other in the states, and most go all out to make each and every patron welcome and go the extra mile to make everyone feel like a superstar. Most are more than just a simple place to gamble, but they also have shows, a bar…

It was Sunday, and children were running about with their mothers in tow, and the mailmen were relaxing in their homes because of their one, rare day off that had been gifted to them on that fine summer day in July. And there was a certain group of persons, wizened from old age that had a grasp on their colt 's tooth, (1) watching the youngins gallop and hunt after each other, 'round and 'round they went- like a lost puppy chasing its tail. And it was on this fateful Sunday morning that a…