Black Elk And Black Deer

Of course, as soon as rumors that the Black Hills contained gold began to circulate, this promise became as empty as any others made by the 'Great White Father' to native peoples. And on May 17th 1876, the breaking of this treaty precipitated the crushing defeat of the 7th Calvary at the hands of the Sioux nation led by the defiant, "You need not bring any guides; you can find me easily. I will not run away" , Sitting Bull (Cooke 136) in the Battle of Little Bighorn (Cooke 133-151). But this battle, though a victory over the Anglo invaders, was temporary and short-lived. By September 5, 1877 Crazy Horse was dead, Sitting Bull was in exile in Canada and "…in all the Great Plains, from Canada south, there was no longer a free tribe or a "wild" Indian. It had not taken long; in 1840 the boundary of the permanent Indian Country had been completed and the Great Plains were to belong forever to Indians. A mere thirty-seven years later every solemn promise had been broken and no bit of ground large enough to be buried in remained to any Indian that could not--and probably would--be arbitrarily taken from him without warning" (Andrist 300). The Westward expansion was on, and the push to break up and the sell the Great Sioux Reservation was supported by a "westward-pushing railroad [and] promoters eager for cheap land to be sold at high profits to immigrants"

     Greed is a large part of the American culture whether we realize it as a society or not. Many countries around the world view the United States as a selfish country that does what it wants on a global scale, and does not share or allocate its predominate wealth. I am very thankful and proud to be a citizen of this country. Even though I would risk my life to protect our country and its freedom, there are aspects about our civilization that I wish could be different. Black Elk, “a holy man and a warrior of the Lakota Nation Indians,” was a member of the Oglala Sioux tribe during the most horrific period for Native Americans in the Western part of the United States. In excerpts from the novel of his life story

Black Elk plays a major role in retelling the history of the Lakota Native Americans. Having witnessed the Battle of Little Bighorn and living through the transfer of Native Americans to the Pine Ridge Reservation, Black Elk can attest to the treatment endured by Native Americans. Black Elk tells the story of a people injured in war and subject to sufferings for the years to follow.

The division in the world among the races always was and will be one of the

With the whites moving in on the Black Hills in search for gold, they wanted to buy it from the Lakota people. Crazy Horse moved and set up camp around the area and led raids on the miners. With these attacks, the whites decided to build more forts in the Lakota area, and force all of the Lakota people into agencies. Crazy Horse and the people who had followed him believed that they had to drive out the whites, and that the buffalo would return.

Highly respected for his bravery and insight, Sitting Bull became one of the head chiefs of the Lakota nation around 1868. Anderson goes on in the book to talk about the defense of the homeland of the Lakota's from the government, by Sitting Bull and the other tribes. Sitting Bull had no intention of selling any land and made that clear to the Americans. Land boundaries became a large issue between the Americans and the Lakotas. Americans pushed the Indians to define the territories so that purchases could be made.

The movie, filmed in 2007, depicts the lives of the Sioux Indians as if they were not a people that mattered. In the movie, they say, “the Indians lived like the poorest of whites.” They were pushed around and told repeatedly they could not stay on their own land. This was due to the Westward Expansion in the United States at the time. By 1876, most of the American Indians had already been forcibly relocated to reservation land. Red Cloud, a Sioux leader, settled with some of his tribe on the Sioux Reservation of the Dakota Territory and took the aid of the US government. When this happened, other Sioux leaders, such as Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, saw it as a surrender. These leaders refused to assimilate and went on to live life in their traditional way. Unfortunately, this all changed when the US found gold on Sioux land in the Black Hills. The movie tells the story of the Sioux Indians fight to try to remain in control of their own lives and stay on their own land. Then when they no longer can, the movie shows their path to surrendering to the whites and assimilating into the American culture.

With the hopes that it wouldn't snow, I traveled to Silverton Colorado with my dad in October. My dad and I had six elk tags for the very first rifle season. We pulled our camp trailer down to a nice wooded area about five miles before you get into town. The camp sight was about a quarter mile off of the highway. There were trees all around the camping spot; the only break in the trees was where the road came through.

Crazy Horse was brutally murdered and the Sioux surrendered (“Battle”). In 1890 the government learned that the Native Americans were doing the Ghost Dance (Cayton 265). The Ghost Dance was a ritual in which people join hands and twirled in a circle (Cayton 265). When the government saw the Ghost Dance, they thought the Native Americans were crazy and trying to rebel, so they tried to arrest Sitting Bull (Cayton 265). In this conflict that came to be known as the Battle of Wounded Knee, soldiers killed Sitting Bull, 120 men, and 230 women and children (Cayton 265). These battles pushed Native Americans onto reservations and took away their basic human rights.

Deer population needs to be monitored better. The North Carolina Resource Commission is responsible for limiting the deer population but their not doing a good job. The deer population is high in some areas and low in some. The major problem though is that the deer population is high in areas it don’t need to be any, for example it is high on and around highways and in cities.

Whenever I step out of the truck I can see for miles. I am hunting for deer so I had to find a good vantage point to scout. There are hills and plum thickets all around and other animals flying around.

Deer hunting supports population control, food supply, and reduces accident risks. While deer benefit from population control. Hunting policies can be helpful for humans too. Hunting helps with narrowing down or controlling the deer herd, without it decreases the chances of deer spreading or contracting diseases. Currently Male to female ratio stands, at about 50/50. As a result there's more reproducing going on. “Die-off” is the process which in the winter time, the number of deer decreases due to harsh temperature. Genetic code causes them to be a victim to be the least adaptable to natural selection . Not only do people help with cutting down the population but seasons help too.

If you are a resident of Ohio or are non-resident planning a hunting trip here this fall the following information will be very important. In 2017/2018 there 186247 deer harvested which was an increase of 4078 deer over the 2016/2017 season. (See summary by county) The Ohio Wildlife Council met on Thursday May 17th and set the following season dates as well as made changes to some regulations. (Changes in Red)

In November,Sam was awakened by a gunshot. He knew in was hunting season. Sam watched the hunter go for a deer, it was still running, it jumped a fence and fell cold dead. Oh, he saw his nice warm jacket lying in the ferns. Sam got the cold deer after dark, he also got two more deer that way. He ate smoked venison, nut meat,and hawthorn berries. Soaked some dried puffballs in water, fried them with wild onions and wild carrots. Sam made a jacket with enormous poaches. He thought, handsome.

The interior hold numerous types of vegetation. Especially grasses, such as blue stems, June grass, porcupine grass. As well as trees including, pine, spruce and fir trees. From these, animals such as, Elk, Antelopes, varying types of Deers and Wolves are present, These creatures feed on many of these vegetation, with the exception of wolves.