Lakota

Long before Europeans landed on the east coast of the American continent, native peoples were living and thriving across the land. This is historical fact that is taught in schools across the country. However, much of the rest of Native American history that we are exposed to in schools really does not reflect truth. While the broad lessons capture parts of the story, the reality is that much of the history is distorted and paints an inaccurate picture of the tribes and how they were treated by settlers

as a great warrior with many great fighting virtues of bravery, strength and insight. People cannot talk about Sitting Bull without mentioning the historic war known as the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Around 1831, a child was born in Hunkpapa Lakota, a tribe of Sioux residing in Grand River known as present-day Dakota for a very long time. That child was named Jumping Badger by his family; however, because of quiet and , everyone called him “Slow” during the boyhood. At the age of 10, that young

The Battle of the Little Bighorn, also known as “Cluster’s Last Stand,” which was fought on June 25, 1976 in Montana, U.S. The outcome was indulged for the Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne tribes, who presumably will defeat the U.S Army under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer and its 7th Calvary. This trounce defeat by the tribes, will consider Indians bloodthirsty by the demise of their enemy. The Indians overwhelmed the 200 men by a cluster of 3,000 men. This insisted the battle was lost by

arrived troops were on the pine ridge reservation in South Dakota to quiet the ghost dance disorder of 1890.After the Indian police killed chief sitting bull while trying to arrest him on December 15th on the standing rock his hunkpapa band of the Lakota tribe grew agitated and troop reinforcements arrived.When 200 of the Indians fled southward to Cheyenne river military officials feared a hunkpapa miniconjou coalition.There was about 38 of the hunkpapa joined a more militant group of 350 or so miniconjou

Introduction The Indians that had fought General Custer had actually fought a battle against an even larger American Army Force only 10 days earlier. In mid June of 1876 General George Crook and approximately 1325 American soldiers, packers, miners and Indian allies moved north1. The intent was to get contingents of the Cheyenne, Sioux and Arapaho to move to reservations. History Gold had been discovered in the Black Hills of the Dakotas, and the American military intended to take it by force

The second Treaty of Fort Laramie, signed in 1868, guaranteed the Lakota people ownership of 25 million acres of land, now known as the Great Sioux Reservation, only to be occupied by Indian people (“Treaty of Fort Laramie” Article 2). While this treaty kept the peace for a few years, the United States government soon reneged on the agreement and allowed miners to enter reservation lands to look for gold. Eventually, the government decided to use military force to retake the land from the Sioux people

early years that lead up to him becoming a warrior. Starting off with his birth and childhood, how he learned different virtues, to finally becoming interested in being a warrior. Each time he was involved with killing a white man or protecting the Lakota during a war, helped him in becoming more of a warrior and leader of his people. Then he was also involved in rescuing people from the white man and by doing this, it had proved that the virtues he had

In the last half of the 19th Century, the Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho were fighting to keep their original homeland, from the western borders of Iowa and Missouri to the Rocky Mountains, and from the Canadian border all the way down to Mexico. In the fall of 1866, the war reached Chief Red Cloud. On the Bozeman Trail, the US Army built three forts, scaring away the buffalo on their main hunting zone. To drive the whites away, Red Cloud and his Lakota tribe used bows and arrows made from the wood

he was known for his bravery and standing up for what he believed in. He led his people in multiple battles and did all he could to give them the rights they deserved. Sitting Bull’s parents were Tatanka Iyotanku, Sitting Bull, who was a Hunkpapa Lakota chief, and Her Holy Door. Sitting Bull had at least four wives over the years. His first two wives died early in his life. He had many children but he favored two of them. His favorite son was named Crow Foot and his daughter was named Standing Holy

Tóhaŋni waŋžíla iyápi iyóhi šni! In Lakota translation means “one language is never enough.” Language can be viewed as a verbal expression of culture. It is used to support and carry culture and cultural ties. Language provides us with many of the categories we use for expression of our thoughts, so it is natural to assume that our thinking is influenced by the language. The principles and levies in the country we grow up in shape the way we think to a certain extent. Culture is indistinguishable