Sioux

Native Americans have endured disease, colonization, and relocation from their homes. Much of their culture was drastically changed due to mission efforts and government intervention which led to massive acculturation. However, to claim that their culture was buried with their ancestors is a rather ignorant accusation. In other words, it was transformed to fit the view of modern society, but remaining in touch with their roots. To better understand this transformation, I have focused to analyze…

challenge my abilities and enrich my academic potential by exposing me to new ways of thinking. The idea of learning from world-class faculty/staff and even those attending the conference from other backgrounds deepens my desire for more. As a girl from Sioux Falls, SD, I want to get out of my comfort zone and this conference offers so much more to realize, achieve…

When cultures are plagued with the onset of devastation they often are said to be left with only two choices, to given to said devastation or fight against it. When this devastation comes with the onset of cultural genocide it becomes difficult to decipher which option is “correct” when the results of both choices are often interchangeable. However, Jonathan Lear’s Radical Hope tries to convey that in the outbreak of cultural desolation, the choices of how to handle the situation are a lot more…

Synthesis Essay - Abraham Lincoln MSgt Daniel M. Endris Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy Abraham Lincoln It is difficult for any of us to imagine what this nation would look like today, had President Abraham Lincoln not understood the implications of leading the Union through the Civil War and worked to abolish slavery. Would all of us in our class be sitting in the same room together as one unit, serving in the United States Air Force? Likely we would not, let alone…

alert the world about the vested economic interest the U.S. government held in the Hills and the extent to which that interest governed U.S. governmental policy and federal court cases regarding their land" (The Federal Government and the Lakota Sioux). More on the side of de-escalation is where we find that the U.S. would start to listen but go against what was said and take more land or like today with the pipeline of breaking it up so that it is not a national project so they 're not doing a…

An immigrant boy walks into a village looking for food and shelter to stay in for the night. He starts to ask for food water, the people in the village ignore him; calling him names and stealing what little clothes he has. He leaves the town filled with anger and hatred. A couple years go by and the boy is now an adult and a member of a gang, who steals from immigrants and leaves them brutally beaten. All because the people from the village he visited as a young boy, treated him like a dog…

While speaking with my senior mentor, Abe Bos, it was hard to not be amazed at everything that he has accomplished and been through in his life. He has travelled, loved, lost, and created a beautiful family. He credits all of his accomplishments to God and has lived his life to glorify our Heavenly Father. Abe was born in 1932 in New Jersey. He was the second of three children born in his family. His mother was a stay at home mom and his father was a teacher and a principle. Abe enjoyed…

In Ronald Takaki’s, A Different Mirror, he provides readers with insights about the racial and ethnic diversity of the United States and how those differences impacted the country. Each chapter has a “master narrative” either an immigrant or people from America that just landed there. It’s interesting to see what certain groups have gone through to come to America or what they experienced in the developing nation. Some of the groups such as Native Americans had a rough time when the American…

how in most cases the U.S. government acted poorly in most Indian related matters. The mistakes the United States Government made, could have easily been prevented if they had considered the Natives as humans. In chapter 4, The Cheyenne, Arapahos, Sioux, and other tribes agreed to let the whites use their land for trade and for…

learning from it. When exploring other cultures and their perspective of knowledge, it is seen that obtain knowledge is primarily gained from the stories of their ancestors. For example, the Sioux legends and mythology played an important role in their traditions and the way they rationalize the world around them. The Sioux had a respect for ancient wisdom and in resultant places the knowledge, they learned from their leaders above those they experience. Yet past knowledge can not be defined as…