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    Black Elk Speaks is a book written by John G. Neihardt as well as Black Elk the Lakota healer. This recounts the events in Black Elk’s life including: Ghost Dances, Battle of Little Bighorn, and Wounded Knee. The accounts of history in Black Elk Speaks reveals the late culture of the Plains Indians as they were being eliminated by the America soldiers as well as American settlers pushing into “untamed” territory. The Ghost Dance religion, tribal life, and reservation habitats were portrayed very

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    Battle of the Little Bighorn SSG Christian E. Hernandez 3rd Platoon, SLC, NCO Academy   AGENDA Introduction The Sioux Treaty of 1868 Violation Leadership Viewpoints Battle of the Little Bighorn Details General Custer on Verge of Remarkable Victory MAJ Reno and CPT Banteen Wary Conduct Battle of the Little Bighorn Alternate Outcome Conclusion References   Battle of the Little Bighorn Battle of the Little Bighorn (BLB), also called Custer’s Last Stand, is one of the most famous battles in U.S. history

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    the Dakota Pipeline near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, but the Sioux tribe is fighting to stop the installation of the pipeline to preserve their culture and assert their right to the property. The Dakota Pipeline is an oil pipeline that would transport oil from North Dakota through South Dakota and Iowa into Illinois. The Dakota Pipeline should not be installed because it disrespects the Native Americans’ culture and discriminates against The Sioux, a minority within the United States. The

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    recognized as part of a tribe, for John the Sioux Indian Tribe and for Jake the Na’vi Tribe. These two films are alike in cultural significance because they both show the viewer not to believe all that is said about individuals, races, and cultures. In the two films, both tribes were first looked at as evil enemies, but once the two men each took the time to get to know the individuals and the tribes as a whole, they realized that it was all just a lie. The Sioux and Na’vi were actually nice people who

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    Chief Seattle said, No Dakota Access Pipeline Actually, Chief Seattle had no idea what is Dakota Access Pipeline. Chief Seattle died in 1866, and the Dakota Access Pipeline project is a recent year’s project. For sure, if Chief Seattle is here, he will against the pipeline. According to the Chief Seattle’s letter, Chief Seattle believed that the earth does not belong to someone and everyone shares the earth. Moreover, the pipeline has positive effects on transverse areas. Then, why Seattle would

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    earth. All animals were respected like humans and the rivers and trees were cared for because the nature was well alive like the humans that existed in it. The Lakota tribe lives on the Northern Plains of North America and are often referred to as Sioux. The Lakota tribe of the Great Plains is very much rooted to the earth and place a huge emphasis on it being their home. In their culture the world was not savage, nor were the animals wild because on earth all spirits resided in nature. They defined

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    partners, drove by the Standing Rock Sioux, have been challenging the Dakota Access pipeline, a venture that would transport oil from the Bakken oil fields in North Dakota and Montana over the Plains to Illinois. The nonconformists, numbering in the thousands and including individuals from several distinct tribes, contend that finishing the pipeline would profane hereditary grounds, undermine the water supply, and unjustifiably trouble the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, which is probably not going to

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    Wounded Knee in 1973. History is nearly repeating itself, but there is a difference in how the conflict is being viewed by the American masses. The Dakota Access Pipeline is an oil pipeline that will run just half a mile outside of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe reservation. The U.S Army Corps of Engineers have approved the project, despite concerns from the tribe and others

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    have a income of $2,600 a year. Which is probably due to the poor living conditions and no jobs on the reservation. The Sioux as you can see still have problems even today. The book Saga of the Sioux was to inform us all about the Sioux. In the book it tells you all about the struggles the Sioux had. The theme of the book was keep your word. In the nonfiction novel Saga of the Sioux, there are two major conflicts. They are Man vs. Nature and Man vs. Society. “A few kept watch over the soldiers and

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    Standing Bear Symbolism

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    for nature. Luther Standing Bear was the son of an Oglala Sioux chief, and later after his career as an Indian in the Hollywood film industry he became chief of the same tribe in South Dakota. Luther Standing Bear uses both personification and symbolism of the Earth and Mother Nature’s soil to create meaning of their religion, which is significantly influenced and maintained by nature. The Lakota Indians, another name for the Western Sioux tribe, were true lovers of Nature and lived true to the land

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