Lakota

Sitting Bull was a Lakota Sioux chief known for opposing the expansion of the American colonies onto Native American land. In 1874, the discovery of gold in the Black Hills of South Dakota had led to an increased interest in the Sioux territories, which Lakota people were reluctant to sell or otherwise depart with. During this time Sitting Bull led numerous attacks against federal troops that seeked to remove the Native Americans from their land, resulting in the Great Sioux Wars. In showing bravery

is approximately 1,172-mile, 30-inch diameter pipe. The pipeline will transport light sweet crude oil and reach major refining markets. Approximately 470,000 barrels of oil will be transported per day. The Native Americans from seven tribes of the Lakota (Sioux) nation and tribe of Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Oregon and of the indigenous nations and dozens of other organizations are preparing to stop the construction of this pipeline. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe has had many of their

of the Little Bighorn was fought along the ridges, steep bluffs, and ravines of the Little Bighorn River, in south central Montana on June 25-26, 1876. The combatants were warriors of the Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes, battling men of the 7th Regiment of the U.S. Cavalry. In 1868, many Lakota leaders agreed to a treaty, known as the Fort Laramie Treaty that created a large reservation in the western half of present day South Dakota. They further agreed to give up their nomadic

I signed up for World Religions class for a few reasons to fulfil graduation requirements, it was something new, and learn new perspective. Originally I signed up for this class due to it counting for two Minnesota transfer circular goals credit for human diversity goal seven and global perspective goal eight. I also sign up for World Religions class because it was something completely new to me. I went to a private Lutheran school preschool through eighth grade. Than to a high school that was

The history of Montana Here is some of Montana history from indians to gold rush and a lot of other things. The first indian tribe is the Assiniboine tribes. The Assiniboine have many similarities to the Lakota Sioux in culture and language. They are considered to have separated from the central subgroup of the Sioux nation. Scholars believe that the Assiniboine broke away from Yanktonai Dakota in the 16th century. The Assiniboine were close allies and trading partners

Wounded Knee: The Ties of Religion and Violence On the morning of December 29, 1890, many Sioux Indians (estimated at above two hundred) died at the hands of the United States Army near Wounded Knee Creek on the Pine Ridge Reservation. The Indians were followers of the Ghost Dance religion, devised by Wovoka, a Paiute prophet, as a spiritual outlet for Indian repression by whites. The United States Army set out to intercept this group of Native Americans because they performed the controversial

To begin, Gord Downie is significant to Canadian history because he made Indigenous issues more prevalent to Canada’s modern day society. To start, Gord Downie helped bring awareness to Indigenous people by writing book and an album about their struggles called ‘The Secret Path Project’. The Secret Path project highlighted the death of Chanie Wenjack, a 12-year-old Ojibway boy who died from hunger and exposure after trying to find his way home, on foot, from school. The little boy's body was found

these stories is “How Devils Tower Came to Be”. The other story is “Deep in the Amazon”. The setting help create the plot. The plots explain how characters get lost and eventually get home. In the first story “how the devils tower came to be” two Lakota Native Americans got lost from the Tribe by a bear. This is found in paragraph 2. They were very afraid and prayed to the Great Spirt as found in paragraph 2. They were saved by the Great Spirt who created the rock or the volcano, and sent an eagle

How’s American identity created American identity is created by our decision and choices and where you live. My great great grandpa named Charles J Odstrcil was born in May 14,1883 in Czechoslovakia, he arrived in the the United States in 1908 in 1909 he arrived in North Dakota in 1909.He got married to Cecilia S Urban on May 20,1919 in Roseau County Minnesota.On March 29,1915 their daughter Gertrude Marie Odstrcil born in Minnesota. Their second child Charles George Odstrcil was born February

the end the setters got the best of the native americans. The important uprisings are the battle of little bighorn, sand creek, and red cloud's war. The red cloud uprising started when the army started to build forts on the Bozeman Trail. The lakota tribe used that as their hunting grounds. Crazy horse a leader of that tribe made the commander think that there was a small raiding party at the forts. The army sent a group of 80 soldiers to investigate. The natives were ready and killed the group