South Dakota

Is manner significant to a protest today? Could it be possible that this might also cause significant impact to their cause? The government is building the Dakota Access Pipeline in Standing Rock in North Dakota. The Dakota Access Pipeline is an oil pipeline from Bakken oil fields to Illinois. The American Indians are protesting because the oil pipeline might contaminate the water supply in the area and will destroy sites of cultural and historical significance. In “An Indian Protest for…

The choices we decide on can make drastic changes in our lives. I learned this when I moved to South Dakota. I also learned that I could make new friends in new places. When I first moved to South Dakota I didn’t have many friends well really none at all. We moved here from Hendersonville, Tennessee and honestly I’m glad we moved away from there. When we moved here we had some friends who were here, so I was able to make at least one friend before school started. Starting school wasn’t so…

Dakota Nation(Santee) Native cultures of the americas Traditional location of Sioux tribes prior to 1770 (dark green) and their current reservations (orange) Ashley Rodriquez MYP American history (1st hr) October 19, 2015 The Dakota tribe was one of the three bands of Sioux a Native American tribe that resided in the upper lands of North America .The Dakota Sioux to was a nomadic tribe that traveled between Lands to live in the best hunting and gathering grounds. this…

When I went to Jamestown North Dakota a medium sized city in the absolute middle of nowhere land. This place is so much in the middle of nowhere you didn't see anything until a mile a way. The way there took a long time it took four and a half hours.when we were there we went to a hotel there were we were staying it was a nice hotel on the edge of the city. The way home was less boring because we did more on the way back. We went out to eat a lot we didn't go out to eat one time while we…

Chief Sitting Bull was the Chief of the Sioux Indian tribe. He was born in the river valley. River Valley is now known as South Dakota. When he was young he was associated with the little wars between different tribes such as, the Crow and Assiniboine tribes. Before he became chief, in his earlier years he had many nicknames such as Jumping Badger. He was also very first Chief to become chief of the whole Lakota Sioux nation. When he raided other villages, he didn’t really focus on killing…

posed to you are the realities of the Standing Rock Sioux Native American Tribe right now. The Dakota Access Pipeline debate as to whether or not it should be relocated from the Sioux Native American reservation is presently taking place due to its construction being merely half of a mile downstream from protected sacred land. The Dakota Access Pipeline has already been relocated once before further south from Bismarck due to concerns that pipeline leaks would contaminate water sources…

Rock Sioux Tribe of the Dakotas Context: The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is located in both North and South Dakota. This tribe is often called the Sioux tribe, a derogatory term that dates back to the seventeenth century, when the Ojibwa called the Lakota and Dakota “Nadouwesou”. French traders then shortened it to its last syllable “Sioux” (“standingrock.org”, 10/21/14) Part of the Dakotas was purchased by the United States from France through the Louisiana purchase. The Dakotas were admitted as…

production of the North Dakota Access Pipeline. The pipeline is 1,172 miles long and it will transport 470,000 barrels of oil per day. The pipeline will begin in North Dakota, travel through South Dakota, and Iowa, and end in central Illinois.The pipeline will be placed through the Standing Rock Sioux land, which is in North Dakota, and the pipeline would affect their only water supply if the pipeline spills. I chose this area because the media doesn't show what is happening in North Dakota and…

In December of 2014, a company called Energy Transfer Partners LP proposed the plan to make a pipeline, formally called the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). The pipeline was planned to span across four states, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, and Illinois, and would cost an estimated $3.78 billion to complete (Miller). The purpose of the pipeline is to carry 570,000 barrels of crude oil per day from two oil sites, Bakken and Three Forks, to an oil tank farm near Patoka, Illinois. Though the…

Introduction Recently Dakota Access pipeline is running the headlines. Native American tribes and their partners, drove by the Standing Rock Sioux, have been challenging the Dakota Access pipeline, a venture that would transport oil from the Bakken oil fields in North Dakota and Montana over the Plains to Illinois. The nonconformists, numbering in the thousands and including individuals from several distinct tribes, contend that finishing the pipeline would profane hereditary grounds, undermine…