Lakota

The story I am about to tell you is all very true and is about the story of my life…in a shorter way of saying it. Therefore, my story might motivate you about some things that you will probably have on mind, so read closely. The beginning of my story starts out with the letter “I.” The real “My Story” I used to live in a town called Yankton, or at least that’s where I remember living by the time I started to remember things. You see, there are things I cannot remember, like when I was

Define: Androgyny There are many confusing words in the English language. Perhaps it’s the history behind the word that makes it confusing and so interesting. Also, how does a word gain its meaning? What’s happening today can change how a word is seen. Topics like this are perceived in various manners. Words like androgyny have a very interesting past, present and future. On the website, Dictonary.com, Androgyny has five different meanings. Except for the botanic definition, they all refer to

The introduction of horses has changed the lifestyle of Indians dramatically. The change, however, has a good and a bad side. In the article, Hämäläinen indicated that “Horses did bring new possibilities, prosperity, and power to Plains Indians, but they also brought destabilization, dispossession, and destruction” (834). It happened in the late sixteenth century when the Spanish approached the Great Plain. The horse changed the lives of buffalo hunters who turned to hunt for trade from that for

Throughout history, Native Americans have been victimized by Americans and the American Government. Native Americans were here long before the English settlers found and migrated to America. They tried to buy the land from Native Americans, and money was not important to them so they refused. Over time this costed a lot of Native American lives and most of their land was taken from them. Native Americans were immensely mistreated in the 1900’s by white Americans and are still being wronged by deceiving

Mary Crow Dog published Lakota Woman in 1990. In the memoir, she describes her history of activism in the American Indian Movement including several seminal demonstrations during the 1970s. In the beginning of the book, it is immediately clear that Crow Dog’s life was incredibly difficult. She attended a Catholic boarding school, where she was always get beaten up for “being Indian” and holding hand with boys. When she was fifteen, she was raped because people believed a woman who is having her period

Power, displeased, flooded their world till no one remained. When the time came to create another world, the Creating Power was careful, leaving us with a long-standing message: not acting in peace with each other would result in our destruction. The Lakota, joined by many other Native American tribes and indigenous tribes all over the world, share this common belief; that if peace is destroyed, so will be the world. Yet, for as long as can be remembered, disputes over land have haunted us. The ideas

risk to the environment is worth it for the economic benefits of the pipeline. Taking in any considerations for the health for those that could that be affected by pipeline as acceptable collateral damage, devaluing their worth as humans. Sicangu Lakota reinforced this by stating that is pipeline would directly contaminate their sources of drinking water. This contamination would be equal to or even worse than the contamination that Flint,

The Black Hills of South Dakota were home to a number of Native American tribes including but not limited to the Sioux, Lakota, and Cheyenne. When Custer found gold, the Sioux of the Black Hills refused to sell the land to him when he asked. He reported their refusal back to the government and was further commanded to take the land alongside General Terry. On the way, Custer

you? Delusion or fantasies? Both Black Elk and Aurelius Augustinus came to their religious belief in mystical manners. Augustinus left a mistress and son in his pursuit of God in Milan while Elk started a series of visions at age five to become a Lakota holy man. They both sought counsel form holy men and made significant impact on their religions. Augustinus’s meditation of Christ Jesus raised him up to a clarity that evil does not exist in Gods perspective (Hallman,

The Native American tribes of today, are nothing compared to their ancestors. The treatment, hostility, and silver tongues of the past damage can never be fixed no matter how many words, medals, promises, and gifts you give them. The late Native American culture and its tribes have been unfairly mistreated and misrepresented with lies from propaganda, breach of treaties, and harsh antagonization from American business owners and regular people alike. These actions have put a horrendous reputation