Sioux

The film was released in 1990 and filmed in South Dakota. The director and the producer was Kevin Costner and the main stars were; Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene, Rodney Grant, and Floyd Red Crow Westerman. The story is set at the end of the Civil War period. It is a sympathetic view of the Native American life. During this period, many American people viewed the Indians as ignorant savages. This film is fictional, and is about a white man, a lieutenant in the union army who is…

Westward expansion is an integral part of the American story. It brought enormous economic output, and new political ideas. But not all were winners during the expansion, the First Nations Peoples were slaughtered and removed from their tribal homelands. The following will describe the expansion of the United States from before the Revolutionary war until the Civil War. The journey of explaining western expansion can only begin with the Revolutionary War and its conclusion. Before the…

that combines America as a whole. The Native Americans form the foundation of our nation. If Americans want to keep moving forward America has to value Native American traditions and also the cultural traditions of immigrant groups. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe has existed for over 128 years with a philosophical tradition that is combined with honor and tribal sovereignty. In order to move forward as a nation, America needs to preserve the many qualities that have made America great. America…

in southwestern South Dakota, was the site of two conflicts between North American Indians and representatives of the U.S. government. An 1890 massacre left some 150Native Americans dead, in what were the final clash between federal troops and the Sioux. In 1973,members of the American Indian Movement occupied Wounded Knee for 71 days to protest conditions on the…

I always ask my dad “why here?” and it didn’t dawn on me until I got older. Here in South Sioux there is many opportunities and it is simply a peaceful town. My dad made the right choice and knew we could have a good education here. His hard work motivates me and I aspire to be as hardworking as him and my mom. Since I am the oldest out of three…

reason why they had left it. With the people outrage of Custer’s death the United States redrew the boundaries of the Black Hill reservation and started to allow whites to claim the land. Within five years of the battle of Little Bighorn all of the Sioux and Cheyenne were forced back into their…

Costner), Stands With a Fist (Mary McDonnell), and Kicking Bird (Graham Greene). This movie was set in 1864 and told the story of a soldier named John Dunbar who chose to live on a military post after almost ending his life in battle. He lived near the Sioux tribe, who was not accepting of him at first because he was a US soldier. They soon became fond of him as time went on. He bonded with a woman named Stands With a…

Whitside was not satisfied with what he found, he began to go to the lodges of the participants to search for more weapons. According to Ushistory.org, an article explaining the particles of the incident states,“The army demanded the surrender of all Sioux weapons. Amid the tension, a shot rang out, possibly from a deaf brave who misunderstood his chief's orders to surrender.”(Ushistory.org, pa 7) What ensued is known to history as one of the most brutal massacres of the era. Many soldiers shot…

In Lakota Woman, it tells a story about Mary Crow Dog who faces challenges with the Sioux tribe, and how she has a difficult time with her finding her identity and cultural background as a Sioux woman. Mary Crow Dog struggles with the identity of an Indian woman because of the domestic roles women had to play in the Native American culture. As a woman, Mary did not like how the white society would bring evilness to their Indian culture, and how the women would struggle to find their personal…

Work was shared by all, with men contributing to the community resources through hunting and women contributing through farming. There was no hierarchical monarchy in either the Sioux or Seneca tribes, though there were members of the tribe who held positions like the Shaman, or medicine doctor, for the Sioux, and the Chieftain for the Seneca. Both the Shaman and the Chieftain derive their power from the community and are appointed (and ousted) by the elder women of the tribe. What’s more is…