Sioux

downtown Seattle leaving his mark all while his rage intensifies. Indian killer takes place in the late nineties. Olivia and Daniel Smith played a huge roll in providing John with a non-specific mix of cultural influences. They read him books about the Sioux, Winnebago and Navajo’s completely unaware of John’s tribe. Father Duncan, a Spokane Indian Jesuit was the first to tell John of the differences between the Jesuits and the Indians through imagery on stained glass windows one of their…

Introduction There seems to be no small amount of literature on how Native Americans are represented in our popular culture. Over the past several decades, Native Americans have been mythologized in films, TV, and other forms of popular media. And, “For the most part, the white man’s visual expressions of Native peoples have been dominant” (Boehme, et al. 1998:75). It is these depictions that have created a false impression of American Indians. As anyone could guess, the conquest of…

the battlefields deeply affected him. The Black Hawk War was a win for the Americans when they caught up with Black Hawk and his men and killed or captured most of them. Abraham lincoln accomplished his goal by helping to keep Illinois safe from the Sioux Tribe.(“16th President of the United States.”, Black Hawk War”) His military leadership was that he was a captain in the Black Hawk War and Commander-in-Chief during the Civil War. His main mission during the Civil War was to find the right…

Author Louise Erdrich argues her views about the treatment of Native Americans in her poem “Dear John Wayne”. Erdrich’s tone and who she is really addressing are intermingled together to paint a picture of attending a drive-in to watch an old western movie in which Wayne is the starring role. The poem is somewhat like a letter with a beginning introduction and a closing disguised as the beginning and ending of a movie. The way Erdrich approaches her argument is strange and leaves the reader…

had been an officer her junior and her senior year of high school. I have tried my best to match her in my involvement of the FFA. The FFA has been apart of my life since I was in the seventh grade. I remember helping out at Old Macs durning the Sioux Empire Fair. Because my sister was an officer she had to find workers. Well me being her kid sister that really didn't have much say I was forced to help her I remember being there all day and hating it. Having to pick up animal poop was not how…

The Importance of Memorials (An Analysis of the Impact of Memorials) Throughout history we wouldn't really know what happened if it wasn't for records that people took. For instance, we wouldn't know what Native Americans did if it wasn't for their petroglyphs. We wouldn't be able to recall what happened during the civil war or even World War One if it wasn't for records from people who wrote about it. Another example would be the Egyptians because they created large sphinx to display a…

As a Sioux Native American, Vine Deloria Jr. has spent a lifetime in the shadow of the stereotypes that falsely represent his culture. In an essay from his book We Talk, You Listen, Deloria Jr. illustrates multiple stereotypes in order to instill a desire within minorities to embrace their heritage and destroy preconceived notions of minority groups, especially Native Americans. Deloria Jr. begins the essay by establishing the types of stereotypes Indians are facing. He alludes to multiple…

powerful tool. Taking away the freedom to navigate freely online is almost as destructive as taking away someone's voice. The impact that people’s words online have had can be shown through various movements like Black Lives Matter, Standing Rock Sioux Protest, and the Women's March. In all of these movements, the internet was a key asset in political expression and organizing (National Press Club). The government should monitor the internet in the sense that they should uphold the laws in…

Adversity is a normality. Neither looked down upon, nor viewed as a worthy experience. It is commonly found, flourishing in our lives, whether in our roots, or in our branches, birthed with us, or haphazardly appearing throughout our lives. It strains the human mind and soul, yet is not treated like so. Physical and mental tolls are taken, but a cry for help is desperate, and often, one finds themselves neglecting or overlooking another’s adversity. Yet, we, as a society, still expect epiphanies…

amongst the Native Americans in the west and the whites. The expansion of the railroad system and the increase of the North’s economy also contributed to the relocation of Native Americans. This enraged the Native Americans and during the Civil War, the Sioux Indians killed white farmers who took their land in the North. Furthermore, December of 1862 held the largest Native American execution in America. Thirty eight Native Americans in the west were hanged because they refused to move. In 1864,…