Sioux

My responsibility includes environmental and culture awareness. In North Dakota there is the protest of the Dakota Access Pipeline. Not a lot of Americans understand the problem. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe are protesting against the construction of the pipeline. Most Americans only think the tribe is protesting against the pipeline because it goes through their reservations disturbing sacred lands and burial grounds. The problem is so much more…

However, a noncustodial parent is the person who does not have primary care, custody or control of the child and has an obligation to pay child support. The Division of Child Support is divided into eight field offices and are located in Aberdeen, Sioux Falls, Rapid City, Huron, Mitchell, Watertown, Pierre, and Yankton (South Dakota Department of Social Services). The policy we chose was codified law 25-7A-56, regarding South Dakota Child Support revokes or restricts driver’s licenses, and…

1. The Battle of Wounded Knee resulted from the conflict over Native American assimilation. Conflict between the white views of Native American integration was evident as the rift between Christian reformers and humanitarians grew. Many Christian reformers were adamant in forceful Indian assimilation into white culture and society, whereas humanitarians wanted to take a softer approach—treating the Indians nicely and persuading them to join the white ways. The forceful group overpowered the kind…

differently, she and Martin still have many views in common. Throughout the story, Martin grows to understand the deeper meaning of heritage. Martin and Maria are similar and different in many ways. Martin is a half-white Indian boy, who has a Sioux Indian grandpa named Iron Shell. He lives in an environment which makes him want to impress his friends. As a result, he modifies the stories of the reservation and how his grandfather looks, to make it sound…

From the early 1800’s till the late 1900’s America began to change drastically. After the removal act of 1830 and the signing of agreements like the Treaty of Echota, which gave all lands east of the Mississippi river to the U.S. government. White American population began to blossom and so did the spread of Euro-centric culture. Although at the time Natives were not considered citizens, whites still wanted to rid Natives of their culture and replace it with their own. In order to begin the…

TED 252 has taught me more about the realities of the world’s ongoing battles with racism, stereotypes, and oppression than any of my past teachers and history textbooks have in the last 12 years of my education combined. In this past week I have learned a great deal about the Native American’s perspective on the longstanding issues they have had with the American government since the time of the first arrival of European settlers. Being completely frank, I have come to a conclusion that I…

Ocean. Their plan was to start in Minneapolis and go to York Factory at the Hudson Bay. They canoed up the Minnesota River and its tributary, the Little Minnesota River to Browns Valley, Minnesota, portaged to Lake Traverse and descended the Bois des Sioux River to the Red River of the North which led to Lake Winnipeg, then went down the Nelson River, Gods River, and Hayes River…

Massacre at Wounded Knee, 1890- This was a massive attack on a rogue Sioux tribe who wanted to rebel America’s regulatory decisions and oppression. Almost all Natives who were involved were killed while only a few soldiers died. It finally ended military disputes between the Sioux and United States military, allowing the entire country to be deemed settled and confirmed in America’s ownership. Cuban Revolution-…

Race, Ethnicity & Family In 1967 the United States Supreme Court unanimously overturns Pace vs. Alabama (1883), ruling in favor of Loving vs. Virginia. Removing bans on interracial marriage which was said to be in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. In addition to calling marriage a basic civil right, the Court stated, “Under our Constitution, the freedom to marry, or not marry, a person of another race resides with the individual and…

Native Americans have suffered in many ways. The deprivation of their surrounding lands has either made them lose their identity, or the symbolized depiction of family and culture. When the Europeans arrived and settled, they changed the Native Americans way of life for the worst. These changes were caused by a number of factors including oppression, disease, loss of land, attempts to export religion and laws, which violated Native American culture. Each group, of Native Americans had its own…