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    discovered in the region. The US government directed the Sioux to vacate the region, which the Indians rejected. General Custer was called upon to lead a party of soldiers to force the Sioux Indians back to their reservation. The Sioux militants led by Sitting Bull did a great damage to the US soldiers. In the ensuing battle; General Custer and two hundred and sixty-five of his men were killed. Although, the Battle of Little Big Horn was momentary, it was regarded as a victory for the Native…

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    were put into reservations and forced, or at least they tried to make the natives face Cultural appropriation. It is also about how others like Sitting Bull, go and instead of submitting fight against white authority in there own distinct ways. One of the main characters in the film, Charles Eastman, is a Sioux doctor who became assimilated. Sitting Bull is the Sioux chief of whom refuses…

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    the us army tried to disarm a deaf person but we do know that this is a very important battle in native american history. We don't know why they thought that Sitting Bull was leading the ghost dance or even why they invaded our camp. We had to fight back but we couldn't do anything to stop them after they were in before we knew it. Sitting Bull had died a few weeks before the incident but that wasn’t gonna stop the dance. The massacre of Wounded Knee, also so called “The Ghost Dance” War…

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    Zits is a foster child, having spent the majority of his life moving from one negative or abusive family experience to another. Most of his time traveling gave him a lot of experiences. Over the book ZIts accomplish much more experiences than anyone else over the world.Result of time traveling, he also changed to angry little boy into critical thinking and individual. One event that most effect on ZIts was his second time traveling. Which was Native Indian Boy, a small boy at the camp of Little…

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    the darkness of night, then flowers flourished the next morning. In this desert there were two tribes along the river, one on the left and one on the right. Each tribe had a chief and the two chief’s names were Geronimo and Sitting Bull. Geronimo’s daughter was Awinita and Sitting Bull’s son was Alo. One day, Awinita was picking flowers along the river when she bumped into Alo who was fishing. As soon as their eyes met, it became true love at first sight! Each day they would visit each other by…

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    Crazy horse was the leader of the Lakota Sioux. He was celebrated for his battle skills as well as his efforts to preserve Native American traditions. He fought alongside Sitting Bull and others in the American-Indian wars, and was instrumental in the defeat of George Armstrong Custer’s forces at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. After surrendering to federal troops in 1877, he was killed amid rumors of a planned escape. Since his violent and controversial death, Crazy Horse, or Tashunka Witko,…

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    rich was now for the American settlers, but the only problem was a Native American tribe called the Sioux occupied this land. The United States Government saw this as a problem. On January 31, 1876, the government urged the Sioux leader named Sitting Bull, and his people to give their land away to white settlers and move to a reservation. The Sioux decided not to leave, and that this was their land. At this point, the Sioux and the whites hated each other. Meanwhile, the United States Army…

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    grow they realize they must work for these possessions and often times struggle to earn these on their own. The crave to own such items is often criticized, as Sitting Bull, the leader of the Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux tribe, writes, “Strangely enough, they have a mind to till the soil, and the love of possessions is a disease in them.” Bull compares the love of possessions to a deathly disease. The most significant aspects of the American Dream today include earning a respectable income,…

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    together to fight back. (Fredriksen “Crazy”). This sense of unity between the tribes was one of many events that led to the outcome of Little Bighorn for many reasons. By 1875, Sitting Bull had already gathered upwards of “4,000 Sioux, Arapaho, and Cheyenne warriors to help drive the white prospectors off their land” (Fredriksen “Sitting”). The newly founded Sioux army then proceeded to kill and drive of white prospectors looking for gold (Fredriksen “Crazy”). Due to the large amount of…

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    For example, it had already been said that Reno was dead; however, an outburst made by Reno himself is mentioned shortly after. “The major was swigging at a flask when DeRudio splashed by. ‘What are you trying to do?’ Reno asked. ‘Drown me before I am killed?’” (pg. 50) Evan S. Connell’s work, Son of the Morning Star is an extraordinary and captivating narrative. He has an acquiring mind and was not afraid to step away from the traditional form of writing. Behind the chaos there is meaning. The…

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