Shannon County, South Dakota

Of the many Native American tribes that lived in Oklahoma were the Cheyenne tribe. They settled in present-day Minnesota, Montana, Oklahoma, and parts of Colorado, Wyoming, and South Dakota. They were farmers along the Sheyenne River valley. Therefore, they were able to settle in villages and develop a somewhat civilized culture. The Cheyenne tribe holds a great legacy and culture that still exists today (Alchin). After the move westward by the French to the Great Plains, their culture had…

Wounded knee is located on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. South Dakota is home to the Sioux tribe and many of its counterparts including the Oglala, Rosebud, and the Yankton Sioux tribes. Wounded Knee, named after a creek on the reservation, was remembered as a place of much resentment, betrayal, of “the white man’s lies and promises,” and of lost hope because of the massacre that took place there in 1890. Eighty-three years later this same site would host a more controversial…

The Battle of Little Bighorn In the land of the Black Hills, gold was discovered by white settlers. This event took place in the 1870’s in Dakota Territory. The chance to get rich was now for the American settlers, but the only problem was a Native American tribe called the Sioux occupied this land. The United States Government saw this as a problem. On January 31, 1876, the government urged the Sioux leader named Sitting Bull, and his people to give their land away to white settlers and…

there. When they left the state of Minnesota they stumbled upon museum of miscellaneous things to look at. On that day the museum had a old claw foot bath tub sitting out in the front that they all took a picture with all of them in it. Also in South Dakota they also stopped at an old car museum because Ruthie liked old cars. When they arrived in the badlands they really took in its natural beauty. They stayed at a pretty nice motel in the badlands, and at night the rangers had been showing…

Corps of Engineers, the builder of the pipeline, for trying to build a pipeline over their “sacred land” and their drinking source, the Missouri River. Today, me, Lauren, and my clients will prove to you why they're protesting is unfair and why the Dakota access pipeline should continue to be built. My first…

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…

Christopher Columbus landed in the new world in 1492, he discovered a group of peoples and named them Indians. The Natives seemed to be uncivilized and lack humanism, often thought to be savages. However, the English were the real savages in their crusade to inflict their religion on anyone who wasnt English. Indians were unevolved compared to the mighty English. At this point Native Americans have yet to discover the horse. Due to the primal behaviors of the Indians, hunting and farming was…

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…

the lifestyle and values of the Sioux tribe. There are three main disunions of Sioux: Eastern Dakota, Western Dakota, and the Lakota. Many Sioux tribes were nomadic individuals who moved from place to place chasing after bison (buffalo) herds. Much of their lifestyle was built around hunting bison. The Sioux lived in the northern Great Plains in lands that are today the states of North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Tribes voyaged all over the plains, however, and sometimes…