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    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

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    In saga of the sioux there are several examples of man vs man in the text. one example is the death of crazy horse. The soldiers followed behind him trusted there bayonet deep into crazy horse's abdomen and killed him in september on the 5th of 1877. This is just one of the examples of the man vs man conflict. another example could be the death of sitting bull. sitting bull was killed in december on the 15th of 1890 he was being captured and he was shot in the head. In this book there is also

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    The American and trying to force the native Americans out of there land.The tribes refused and that forced the U.S American troops to attack athem.The leaders of the tribes sitting bull, red cloud crazy horse, chief Joseph, Geronimo, and the Lakota people gathered there warriors to fight in the battle to protect their land and keep it. This battle was also know to be called

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    Connor McStay I am going to tell you about the Arapaho Indians the Arapaho Indians were made in 1878. They use to live in Colorado, Wyoming, and Oklahoma. The Arapaho Indians use to live in the plains they liked to live in the plains. The other thing they use to do is farm they you’se to farm for food at their hut or fort or house. The Arapaho Indians were the 19th century. The Arapaho Indians were called the north because they always travel north that's why they

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    In the beginning, many native americans were killed, while Omaamikwe was guided by a spirit. Protecting Omaamikwe was the spirit’s task and succeeded. Then, after some time a drum came to Omaamikwe which was the big drum. Omaamikwe was instructed on all the songs and eventually the big drum society was formed. Today the big drum is a powwow drum which is very social to the people. The drum’s purpose is to bring people together at a powwow. Which is a gathering of people to celebrate their heritage

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    Chief Joseph was an American hero because he led the great retreat to Canada. Joseph was born in 1840 and died in 1905. The U.S government tried to kick the Nez Perce out and store them on a reservation. The Chief then tries to lead his people to safety in Canada. A few members of the tribe attack a group of white settlers. Outnumbered, Joseph and the Nez Perce surrender. The Nez Perce and the elders were promised millions of acres of land near Wallowa, Oregon. When gold was discovered in

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    The “Native American Masterpieces from the Charles and Valerie Diker Collection” exhibition is a selection of extraordinary Native American works of art that is drawn entirely from the New York’s Charles and Valerie Diker Collection. The collection celebrates the Native North American legacy and the artist’s attainments from culturally diverse indigenous civilizations across the North American region. The works are arranged thematically. Certain objects of the same category were placed fairly close

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    The Crow Indians were located over a large area which included south-central Montana and north-central Wyoming, along the Big Horn and Yellowstone river drainage, the Musselshell and Powder River, the Wind River Range, Yellowstone Lake, and the Rocky Mountains. The land was a mixture of coniferous and deciduous foothill and mountain forest, grassland prairies, and cottonwood-treed river valleys. The forest had edible berries and roots for grazing herd animals. The Crow had a focus on the cultivation

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    In North America, the people of the Plains built a way a life on the fertile lands that spanned from Southern Canada to Texas, from the Rocky Mountains to the Mississippi River. This is where the buffalo thrived. The Plains people depended on the buffalo and even developed a hunting technique while others settled in villages, choosing instead to grow crops. But as time went on and the European settlers pushed westward and threatened the way of life not just for the Plains people, but for all Native

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    Chief Joseph is one of the best known Indian Chiefs in American history. He was the leader of a tribe in the Nez Peirce nation when they were forcibly removed from their homeland in Idaho. His main goal was to protect his people and try to preserve their homeland. When Chief Joseph took leadership of his tribe from his father, Chief Joseph the Elder, the American government was attempting to move the Nez Perce off of their ancestral land in the Wallowa Valley, Oregon Territory into a reservation

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