The Dakota

and Yellowstone rivers, where their survival solely depended on the buffalo that roamed the area ("Sitting Bull", 2009). Sitting Bull became the chief of the Lakota nation in 1868 after he led his people on an attack in Fort Rice, now known as North Dakota ("Sitting Bull Biography",…

primitive and the European Americans thought of being superior. It causes cultural issues that led to Reservation Systems which the U.S. Government forced Native Americans tribes to live in certain areas. This act caused rebellious plans such as the Dakota Sioux Uprising of 1862, the Dawes Act of 1887 and Geronimo. Another major conflict were the issues with land, trade, medicine and cultural differences such as the Ghost Dance, even though some Natives accepted the Treaty Process,…

(Hoffman 1C). On the road to the tournament, construction was done on I-90. The border between South Dakota and Minnesota was redone, and the crew began to lay concrete (“Construction Crews Prepare to Lay Concrete on I-90 to Minnesota Border” 1D). Also in Sioux Falls, a golf benefit took place. The Kris Tschetter Celebrity Golf Benefit took place at the Minnehaha Country Club (Whitney 1C). South Dakota was already planning for the fall hunting season with future estimates of pheasant…

This semester in history, we talked about many things that I would not think about on a daily basis outside of school. Our lessons made me think in new ways about different concepts. The two things that made me most interested were learning about the Dakota Access Pipeline involving the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and the requirements for voting for the President of the United States. DAPL made me more aware of our environment and realize how one thing could drastically affect so many areas of…

the different ways of how the Dakota and Ojibwe Indians lived. Both Dakota and Ojibwe had specific tasks for men’s and women’s some of these tasks were the same and somewhere different. They also shared and defined food and dwelling. In this essay I am going to compare and contrast the Dakota and Ojibwe Indians.The Dakota people are a Native American tribe and First Native band governments in North (Isan-ath; “knife” + “encampment”), who reside in the eastern Dakota central Minnesota and…

organization on Facebook like Defend Big Bend, T.E.J.A.S, Indigenous Environmental Network, and Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. They encourage people like it, follow it, and contribute to it. I also received three papers include Pipeline Spills, North Dakota People Fighting Dakota Access Pipeline, and Environmental Justice Network. After I read these papers, I have a link to the movie “The Cherokee Word for Water” which I watched in the movie program. This movie was based on the true story of Bell…

Of the many Native American tribes that lived in Oklahoma were the Cheyenne tribe. They settled in present-day Minnesota, Montana, Oklahoma, and parts of Colorado, Wyoming, and South Dakota. They were farmers along the Sheyenne River valley. Therefore, they were able to settle in villages and develop a somewhat civilized culture. The Cheyenne tribe holds a great legacy and culture that still exists today (Alchin). After the move westward by the French to the Great Plains, their culture had…

The Battle of Little Bighorn In the land of the Black Hills, gold was discovered by white settlers. This event took place in the 1870’s in Dakota Territory. The chance to get 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…

The controversy arisen from the Dakota Access Pipeline has created a divide between Native American activists verses a large United States pipeline company and police officials. Both Energy Transfer Partners and indigenous activists sociologically construct this situation to result in very different ideals of what the pipeline will contribute to society. The Native Americans advocate environmental rights while the corporation advocates economic growth. The legal consciousness of Native Americans…

Dakota Johnson and Cara Delevingne in love! Affair fuels Jamie Dornan Amelia Warner divorce? Dakota Johnson of ‘Fifty Shades’ fame might be linked with her co-star Jamie Dornan but it looks like she is growing closer to another woman in her personal life. Care Delevingne, ex of St. Vincent has found a great friend in Johnson and the two are getting closer day by day, reports Aussie Network News. Both have been spotted together on numerous occasions and Johnson even celebrated her birthday with…