Sioux

Unaware of what caused the downfall at Little Bighorn, many have speculated possible causes of Custer’s defeat. These possibilities include Custer’s sanity, his confidence and other stereotypes. In the story, Connell’s collection of stories told by Sioux woman and other survivors give the reader ideas of what might have been the cause of this disastrous downfall. When looking back on the battle a discussion between an Indian and General H. L. Scott reveals a possible cause of this defeat. For…

happened, where In the Colorado territory, a US Cavalry which was led by Colonel John Chivington, killed over 150 Arapaho and Cheyenne women and children. Almost 40 days after the Sand Creek Massacre, the town of Julesburg, Colorado was burned down by Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapaho warriors. Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse led Cheyenne, Lakota and Arapaho Indians in…

In high schools across America, students are first exposed to the dismaying trend of anti-intellectualism through the concepts of tracking and career placement, political correctness, cultural parallels, educational values, and curriculum standards like Common Core. Disturbing aspects common to this trend are standardization of curricula and a limited point of view when investigating ideas and and drawing conclusions. In many peoples’ opinion, America is turning towards Socialist ideas and…

Let’s say you're heading to the theater and you buy your ticket. You head over to the concession stand for your popcorn and soda. In the 1990s, a regular-sized soda weighed in at 6.5 fluid ounces and a small-sized popcorn was a reasonable treat. That’s about 355 calories. The same movie food items today has more than tripled in its size. These days, a movie-theater-sized tub of popcorn and a regular sized soda have almost 880 calories, that not including extra snack and add-ons. Approximately…

Memorials are made to honor people for what they accomplished in their lives. Memorials aren't just made for anyone though, usually whatever you accomplished has to be recognized by a lot of people as great. Otherwise you are just another soul that once lived. Most memorials aren't made by the person that it is made after has passed, this is because it is a symbol to remember what said person did. There is a much conservancy in memorials today. People questioning is that memorial really…

Trail was written to inform readers about a historical event? Abercrombie Trail is about an emerging adult named Evan taking a big step in his life. He travels to America to start a new life. He ends up getting in the middle of a war, the Sioux Uprising. The Sioux said,”Over the earth I come.”(pg.176) He runs into many difficulties and conflicts. There were many conflicts in Abercrombie Trail and I put three of them in my paper such as: Evan vs. his commandments, Crooked Lightning vs. his…

In July 1851, Sibley, Ramsey, and federal commissioner Luke Lea chose Traverse des Sioux as the site for treaty negotiations. It took several weeks for enough representatives of the Sisseton and Wahpeton bands to arrive. Once they had arrived, however, it did not take long to come to an agreement. The Dakota were in a very weak bargaining position because they believed that if they did not sell their land, the United States would take it. Negotiations took several days, and some Dakota leaders…

Initially the movies made in the 1960’s purposely avoided the subject of the Native Americans strife. Most recently though the movies created in the last twenty-five years documents the attitude change of the White Man in the acknowledgement of their ancestors contributions of the near obliteration of the Native American race. This report will discuss the relationship changes between whites and the Native American since World War II based on the production of historically documented movies.…

There can be no doubt that the Lewis and Clark expedition was a monumental juncture in American history – the lands that they explored more than two hundred years ago are today home to millions of Americans. However, at the time, most Americans had only a faint conception of what genuinely existed west of their homes. They could not have imagined the spectacular lands of the Pacific coast, territory that would become, arguably, the nation 's most highly sought-after within 50 years. However,…

The lack of healthcare in rural towns is an issue that I can relate with. I decided to write about this issue because a lot of people are unaware about it. This is an issue that is growing in America because cities are growing and towns are getting smaller. So they can’t afford to keep hospitals and clinics anymore. That means people in smaller towns have to travel to the bigger cities to get their healthcare. With the more people aware about the lack of healthcare in rural towns in the United…