Sioux County

My First Thanksgiving I am Waheen. My tribe is the Wampanoap tribe that lives by the ocean, and surrounded by forest. I am twenty years old and I have three young children. All of them are sons, and they are very active. Over a season ago, some White people settled down the river from our village. This morning, we heard many of the guns that these settlers carry go off over and over. It made the children cry and scared us all. Our chief gathered 90 warriors and some of us women to cook…

After the Louisiana Purchase, Thomas Jefferson decided to have two explorers travel the land to see what was on there. Jefferson chose his secretary Merriwether Lewis, and he chose William Clark to be his partner. Then they assembled the Corps of Discovery, which concluded of 31 men and one dog named Seaman. Merriwether Lewis was one of the leaders in the group. He studied different rocks animals and plant life. Though, unfortunately Lewis was always the unlucky one on the trip. He managed…

One of the most arguably greatest Native American chiefs to have walk this earth? There were many Native American chiefs during the early 17th century - early 20th century including Crazy Horse, Geronimo, Red Cloud, Tecumseh, and even Pontiac or Gall All skilled warriors even greater chiefs but the one chief to rise from being one of the feeblest members of his tribe to the very first chief of a whole nation, the Lakota nation to be exact (Johnson 1). His name was Sitting Bull. Sitting Bull was…

Zits is a foster child, having spent the majority of his life moving from one negative or abusive family experience to another. Most of his time traveling gave him a lot of experiences. Over the book ZIts accomplish much more experiences than anyone else over the world.Result of time traveling, he also changed to angry little boy into critical thinking and individual. One event that most effect on ZIts was his second time traveling. Which was Native Indian Boy, a small boy at the camp of Little…

In 1889, President Harrison’s government promulgated a new Indian policy that came with some radical changes. It declared that families were to live on 320-acre individual allotments instead of residing in multifamily camps or villages; they were to support themselves by agriculture and instructed by Euro-American Farmers; and lastly, children were to be sent to boarding schools. The boarding school's primary purpose was to cut off the children from their Indian heritage and make them speak…

Stage three of Campbell’s monomyth begins as Chief Ten Bears instructs the village to move to its winter camp. Since his first day at Fort Sedgwick Dunbar had kept a daily journal of his activities, including guidelines to the location of the Sioux, and evidence that he has retained too much information about their ways, “In this fashion it becomes an entirely symbolic record of his metamorphosis, a map which traces his spiritual journey” (Smith). This begs the question, was he right to endanger…

Magua a traitor to the Native Americans guided two men named Duncan, and David he also guided two women named Cora and Alice. They are on a journey to Fort William Henry. Magua led them the wrong way and they encountered Hawkeye and his Mohican friends. After they met them Magua escaped. The new group, went down the river and hid in a cave beneath a waterfall. The next morning they are attacked by indians; they went down the river again to escape. The three guys were running low on ammunition…

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…

"revisionist western" - a movie that reversed the traditional roles of Cowboys and Indians. In fact, it is nothing of the sort. However, it is said, "Dances with wolves" is a historical drama about the relationship between a Civil War soldier and a band of Sioux Indians, Kevin Costner's directorial debut was also a surprisingly popular hit, considering its length, period setting, and often somber tone. According to my experience, this film opens on a particularly dark note, as great melancholy…

Jedediah Smith, the son of a general store owner. Born on January 6th 1799 in Bainbridge, New York passed on May 27th 1831, a very accomplished man. Jedediah grew to love travel and explored large areas, this after becoming the first American to read the 1814 edition of Lewis and Clark. He made his first trip in his teens. In his travels he rediscovered the South Pass and “ascend the Missouri River” in a fur collecting business of 100 enterprising men. He also crossed the Mighty Rockies…