Fargo, North Dakota

People are often memorialized for their deeds. These memorials can be settling a country to being remembered for a great sacrifice. When a monument is considered, size, location, and the material it’s made out of is very deeply thought about. Why place a monument to Kurt Cobain in Wyoming? It doesn’t make any sense. If you build something out of wood, it can be burned away or slowly fall apart over time. These three parameters being up the ideas of how to go about making the monument stand the test

Louise Erdrich Louise Erdrich was born on June 7, 1954 in Little Falls, Minnesota. She grew up in Wahpeton North Dakota near Turtle Mountain reservation, where her grandfather Pat Tourneau was a Tribal chairman. Erdrich uses characters not only to demonstrate the experiences of Native Americans, but also the heartache and pain she has gone through in her life. Erdrich’s family was far from normal, they faced many obstacles, but unfortunately they were not able to overcome them

Amos Bad Heart Bull was a member of the Oglala Nation, historian and artist of the sets of drawings that start with Oglala life before 1856, The drawings, catalog the life of the Oglala through 1903. By preserving the most minute details of daily life, then the battles with the Crow from 1856-1875. Additional significant set The Battle of the Little Bighorn, as it was one of the most studied actions in U.S. military history, and the enormous works on the subject are dedicated mostly to answering

It is widely known that for centuries Native Americans have been oppressed, used and discriminated against. A sort of hatred towards our government and our people transpires among the Natives, and rightfully so. There are many reasons for the Natives to feel exploited, yet protesting the pipeline and fighting back to the American political system can give Natives a feeling of triumph and accomplishment if they are able to successfully halt the construction of the pipeline. Murdoch specifically states

The area known as the Standing Rock Indian Reservation located in North Dakota and along the Missouri River, has been targeted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and other governmental entities, to construct a 1,172-mile-long pipe, right through the area’s clean water and ancient burial grounds. The United States Government is in favor of the project for its economic benefit, while the Indian American tribes of Standing Rock are against the project due to the harmful implications that this pipe

The Native American tribe, the Mandan, settled in modern day North and South Dakota where they carried on with their unique cultures and lifestyle. They also share a nation with Hidatsa and Arikara tribes. The Mandan settled in areas with a climate that ranges from very warm summers to extremely cold winters. This tribe was not nomadic and settled in a certain place for their whole life. The everyday lifestyle of the Mandan tribe was different from life today. The Mandan lived in rectangular shaped

To Native Americans, the land is sacred and should be treated with respect. They’re a part of nature and nature is a part of them; they are all one. Land does not belong to one, it belongs to all. The Dakota Access pipeline would damage the Native Americans water, and it would hurt the ancestral cultural sites along with spiritual factors. This is shown in “Song of the Sky Loom” and “The Man to Send Rain Clouds” along with the present day focus of the pipeline. Water has always had significance

How long does a bond stay between two people? How about when the two were stranded on an island naked and afraid? In the Goats we encounter an unusual relationship which is made over time between two kids who went through with similar experiences. Many wonder if the bond will end shortly after their journey. On the other hand people believe their bond will stay strong after their journey, which is believed that can be done. Since they have been through the same hardships together, they had the opportunity

Truganini was a determined, intelligent, resourceful, resilient, woman who obtained an incredible mental and physical stamina. Truganini is widely considered to be the last full blood Aboriginal Tasmanian. Truganini was born on Bruny Island in 1812, nine years after British settlement was established. She was a daughter of Mangana, who was the chief of the Bruny Island people. Truganini was courageous in the face of harsh and brutal times. She overcame Sexual and Physical abuse. She lost her loved

Americans are at odds over the morality and legality of the proposed Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) because some believe the construction of this enormous conduit perpetuates the cycle of the American government disregarding Native American rights and others recognize the pipeline’s potential to revolutionize the role of oil in the country’s economy. This issue is older than the United States, yet it resurfaces in 2016 in an emotional discordance between inhabitants of the Sioux Standing Rock Reservation