Sioux

Civil disobedience continues to be one of the most effective strategies in fighting for change and fighting for justice. Just last year a new battle began when the people of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe protested the construction of the Dakota Access oil Pipeline. The pipeline is considered a threat to the region’s clean water supply and to the ancient burial grounds of the tribe. In September of 2016 a section of the land considered sacred…

The Indian was wounded, so Rafe helped her by setting her leg. They then saw a pack of Indians coming up over the hill. The Indians came up to them and surrounded them, but then the Indian girl told them that they Rafe helped her. The Sioux Indians let them go. They found the ranch, settled there and worked to clean it up to make it nice again. Rafe went back into the town and the guy that laughed was drunk and he was ready to have a shootout. Rafe just walked by. Then, the guy shot…

in baseball. As people from the Negro Leagues were chosen to go many places Willie wondered what would happen the Negro League after most of the players were picked. Soon his question was answered the Negro league end. Willie was picked to play in Sioux City, Iowa, on the Giants' Class A team, but was shortly removed because of racial problems( his skin color). On the other, he was transformed into a Trenton, New Jersey, to play in a Class B Interstate…

Lake tribe otherwise known as Devils Lake Sioux were concerned with the treatment of their tribal youth advocated and pushed for the Association on American Indian Affairs (AAIA) to look into the issue (Mannes, 1995). As a result, in 1969 they found that, between 25-35% of young Natives living in states with large populations of American Indians had been separated or removed from their families at some point (Mannes, 1995). Consequently, the Devils Lake Sioux along with other tribes, allies and…

Either if it is Wednesday or Sunday, varieties of religion have service to give value to the purpose of the religion. In Sean Carroll’s “The Meaning of Life”, he states, “Most people who turn to religious beliefs do not do so because they think it provides the best theory of cosmology or biology. They turn to religious beliefs because it provides them with purpose and meaning in their lives, with a sense of right and wrong, with a community, with hope.” Religion, by itself, has its own influence…

The Pender Vs Parker case was first brought to light when there was an opportunity for the Omaha Nation to legally tax the all liquor sales throughout the Omaha Tribal Reservation. In 2006, the Omaha Nation Tribal Council elected to tax and regulate liquor sales on the reservation to help stimulate economic development. The tribe’s liquor regulations require licenses for the businesses that sell alcohol and a 10 percent tax on alcohol purchases. A group of retailers sued in federal court in 2007…

My mom was a legal secretary in Sioux Falls until she got married, then she became a housewife and took care of me and my sister. Housewives were rather common; mothers often didn’t have a job since they had so much work to do at home. She did a lot of volunteer work, but she was making…

Expansion of the west definitely impacted the Native Americans in plenty of ways, it changed their culture and way of life. Native Americans were forced to adjust to the American way of life, although not all Native Americans wanted to such as Chief Sitting Bull but others took the change peacefully like Chief Black Kettle. What caused the expansion to the west was the transcontinental railroad which linked the nation. In order to build the railroad and allow settlers to move in along it the US…

other nations which cost more money in transportation and process. The national government supports this idea of having a local source that can supply the whole nation at a lover cost. In contrast, various tribes who oppose to the project are the Sioux. Their crops, animals, and themselves depend from the water of the Missouri river since it is their main resource to survive. is this the reason why these people disapprove the construction of these pipelines from North Dakota to south Illinois?…

something like going out to eat. If I could take time back and I was younger, I would want to spend more time with my mom because I've never realized how much she cares for me to this day and I regret that. When my mom and I have a day together we go to Sioux City, go out to eat and go shopping. Those are the kind of days and what we like to do together in our free time on the…