Sioux Arrowhead: A Short Story

The Sioux creation story and the book of Genesis in the Bible both mirror an image of how the world along with human life was created. When forming their creations they were dissimilar in the way they produced water and land. In Genesis God created water by just a spoken word and it would appear. However, the Creating Power would form his creations with objects using his hands to form land from mud the story states “He sang all the while that he shaped the mud in his hands and spread it on the water to make a spot of dry land for himself.” Additionally, he completely covers everything with land by a command and using feathers from an eagle by waving them over the spot he had produced. Both of these stories reveal that in a previous time their God was unpleased with what he had created so he destroyed the world because of the people’s acts of immorality and unruliness. Also, this gives reflection on the role of the natural world being impure, failed and contaminated by sin and only the grace of “God” can save them. When God or the “Creating Power” recreated the world in their effort to maintain order people needed to understand how powerful and almighty they were by being able to create life or to end it.

The Lakota tribes environmental wisdom and spirituality grew to stabilize among years of conservation and concern for the earth. All animals were respected like humans and the rivers and trees were cared for because the nature was well alive like the humans that existed in it. The Lakota tribe lives on the Northern Plains of North America and are often referred to as Sioux. The Lakota tribe of the Great Plains is very much rooted to the earth and place a huge emphasis on it being their home. In their culture the world was not savage, nor were the animals wild because on earth all spirits resided in nature. They defined their culture and continue to strengthen their values like kinship, courage, and wisdom in their community through rites of renewal/passage, dance, and their style of clothes.

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe currently fights to save its only water source from natural gas and oil contamination. This troubling current event has a somewhat forgotten historical analogue where very similar themes presented themselves. The Kinzua Dam Controversy, which took place in the 1950’s and early 1960’s, resulted in the displacement of over 600 Seneca Indian families and the acquisition of a large tract of traditional Seneca Land for dam building. Additionally, the acquisition of Seneca land represented a breach of “The Treaty with the Six Nations of 1794,” which explicated prevented such action by the US Government. The dam and its construction, which primarily benefitted Pittsburg, inspired a heated discourse concerning the ethics of native relocation.

When I was in elementary school, there were three people I was fascinated with: Ludwig van Beethoven, Adolf Hitler, and Abraham Lincoln. Beethoven’s music and personal story enthralled me,and I was striving to understand the appeal of the Fuhrer to those he led to comply with evil, but Abraham Lincoln was my hero. He freed the slaves, he was honest, seemed like an all-around great guy, and was tragically assassinated. I latched onto him because he was one of the greats; his decisions and actions really changed lives of Americans and the course of the nation as a whole. This was truer than I was aware of at age ten. Being fascinated with all the presidents, although Lincoln always had a special place in my heart, I talked about them all the

Luther Standing Bear’s account of his life growing up as a Sioux Native American amidst a nation flourishing with change is a powerful and poignant narrative that draws us deeper into the history of The United States. My People the Sioux and the life of Luther Standing Bear are both crucial in examining the positive connotations of Indian Boarding Schools and the use of education to challenge the inferiority complex surrounding Native Americans.

One of the project areas I have consistently participated in is home improvement. My first year of 4-H, I made a bulletin board that had my name, along with pictures and quotes that represented me to hang up in my room. I remember my judge specifically telling me that she prefers to have a piece of felt or cork on the back of your project when you hang it on the wall to prevent it from scratching your wall. She also told me to look at the colors and make sure they all coordinate; those were both things I didn’t think about when making the project. I saved all of my judges notes, and the year after I read them all before and after creating a project to make sure I didn’t make the same mistakes twice. Each year I enter in this area, I improve my projects by applying all the tips I’ve learned previously and even more. This year, I also learned about the rule of three. The rule of three means that when you’re decorating, it’s better to have three objects rather than two. My judge told me odd numbers always look better in a room than evens, which is now just another trick I can use for future ideas and projects.

One of the indigenous peoples are the Cheyenne of the great plains. Their language comes from the Algonquian language family. The Cheyenne women farmed crops including corn, beans, and squash, while the men hunted deer and buffalo. They hunted small game such as birds and rabbits, they got most of their food from hunting buffalo. Their aim was more accurate from using a bow and arrow or lance, they didn't use any guns to hunt. In Minnesota the early Cheyenne, used wood frames packed with earth and grass to construct something to live in which was called an earth lodge. The Cheyenne from the Great Plains lived in teepees made from wooden poles and buffalo hides.

A séance of guardians where wind was still and temperatures exist at a below zero degrees past a dark ravine where tombs of ancient Sioux Indians are laid to rest. Is a the place that a sorrowful tragedy had taken place of the Galileo clock and the Sioux Arrowhead. A woman named Jade in her mid 30's was accompanied by her best friend Autumn she knew since elementary school each brought their best friend dolls to share with each other and prove their loyalty to each other, but each unknowingly were about to cause a war between powerful elements that should never be taken lightly.

“The average life expectancy on the Reservation is 47 years for men and 52 years for women.” In the novel, the Saga of the Sioux, the author talks about their point of view, different conflicts, and the theme. Every day the Sioux are treated badly by the government and it isn’t right. In this book, it talks about all the times they were betrayed, lied to, and cheated.

A significant part of the mainstream comprehension of the Plains Indians is in view of the far reaching and omnipresent writing on Lakota Sioux. Different tribes, for example, the Crows (Absarokee), the Arapaho, or Gros Ventres have a tendency to be disregarded. Particularly, Crows. These lovely individuals were THE primary adversary of the Lakota and albeit simply a small amount of their number, the Crows were extremely fruitful in bothering the Sioux groups and keeping them under control.

The Sioux Nation is a nation established before America was a country and is still around. They are still being treated unfair by the government. The average life expectancy on a Sioux Reservation is 47 years for men and 52 years for women. In the book Saga of the Sioux, the author discussed different conflicts and the theme.

Where the Sioux tribe lived was in Minnesota, Nebraska, South and North Dakota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Montana, Northern Illinois and South Central Canada.

Lakota Woman is a story that speaks about Mary Crow Dog that faces challenges with the Sioux tribe. The story elaborates on the difficult phases and solutions helping Mary Crow Dog discover her identity and cultural background as a Sioux woman. Also Mary Crow Dog struggles with her identity as an Indian woman because of the diverse domestic roles women had to play within the Native American culture. Additionally, Mary did not like how the Caucasian created immorality to the Indians as well as how the Indian women had to struggle to discover their personal strength. Not to mention, remain loyal to their traditions. Furthermore, the novel discusses the issues that Indians are faced with as it relates to their relationship they have form with the white society. Interpretatively, the Caucasians view Indians as savages and that they didn’t have any values. The Indians were stripped from their homeland. They had to live differently from their original ways because the hunting approaches were no longer available to the Indians. While residing on their reservations, Indians started to lose a sense of their identities, which were customs and ceremonies, and fighting trying to gain their land back.

This tribe is located in the center of North Dakota near the Missouri river. According to the census, it is estimated to be about 30,000 members in this tribe. Also, there are other tribes that habitat near or around them. For example; Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara, the Yanktonai, Sisseton, Wahpeton, and Hunkpapa. These people live in areas or lands that the government provided them to be their homeland. A place where they could cultivate their own crops, take care of their domestic animals and a soil where it was allowed to hunt for food; However, from a time ago the federal government want to use their lands to process a new project that consisted in build a pipeline across few states. This is a tremendous riot between Native Americans and the federal government who support this work. In the meantime, this issue will briefly describe the benefits and consequences of having a crude oil pipeline on native Americans lands.

This summer, as a volunteer with the Guildford Community Church, I flew out to the Sioux Reservation in South Dakota- home of the Native American Lakota tribe.