South Dakota

Skylar Cashin Colleen Goodrich American Environmental History 2 May 2016 The Great Sioux Nation Among the great native tribes that called the Americas their home, none are as iconic in American culture than the Native Americans of the great plains. Among these tribes, there arose the Great Sioux Nation, one of the largest and most powerful of them all. They seem to have had a deep connection with and have held a gentle balance with nature that few cultures throughout human history have seemed to

pride, and dignity.  Back then most reservations had more land then they do now.  Now on the reservation it looks like a checkerboard.  Even to this day they are losing sacred land.  An example of this would be on the Sioux reservation with the South Dakota

forced the Dakota to either defend against takeovers from other native tribes, or move their tribes further south This constant warfare caused the Dakota population to decline rapidly to one-third of its original population between 1680 and 1805. Population decline and loss of territory led the once dominant Sioux to lose their prominent position amid other Native American groups. Similar to other societies, the Dakota participated

“We’ve been here for hours!” cried John. “Stop your complaining, you were the one that got us stuck in this mess in the first place!” Bill Hickok scolded. Calamity Jane turned around and yelled at both, “Will you two stop it! I can’t think with you two at each other’s throats. Besides it’s no one’s fault, we got in here together and we will get out together.” “Calamity Jane was born on May 1st, 1852 in Princeton, Missouri” (Biography.comeditors). “Calamity was a rough character people said, with

group’s identity as a people. One such group is the Teton Lakota of the Sioux Nation in South Dakota, an area that has been home to them for hundreds of years and, while their entire homeland is precious to them, of particular importance are the Black Hills, or Paha Sapa as they are called in Lakota. The Black Hills are an isolated mountain range rising 3000 to 4000 feet above the surrounding plains of South Dakota, Wyoming, and Montana (Sundstrom et al. 1996). The importance of this land to the Sioux

When you look at the history between the United States and the Native Americans, it has not always been wonderful. The people of the United States have mistreated the Native Americans in many ways. It has not always been just the government that treated them badly either, it has also been the people and big organizations, like oil companies. Also it is not something that is just in the past either, some of the mistreatment is even happening today. This explains why the Native Americans do not

and hard into my family history and adorned the memory of our vacation to South Dakota, along with the activities attached to the trip. In my family narrative, I will be explaining a family trip to Mt. Rushmore, Kalahari, and the wild experience of standing in a glass box staring down from the Willis Tower, trying to unlock my personal definition of the word family. Now, let’s jump to the exhilarating trip to South Dakota! Have you ever wondered what it was like to stand in front of Abraham Lincoln

long and hard into my family history and adorned the memory of our vacation to South Dakota, along with the activities attached to the trip. In my family narrative, I will be explaining a family trip to Mt. Rushmore, Kalahari, and the wild experience of standing on a glass box staring down in the Willis Tower, trying to unlock my personal definition of the word family. Now, let’s jump to the exhilarating trip to South Dakota! Have you ever wondered what it was like to stand in front of Abraham Lincoln

Curriculum Development Interview This paper will summarize the information gained by interviewing a Curriculum Specialist in a specific school district in eastern South Dakota. How curriculum is used and who determines how it is used will be the basis of the interview. Other aspects will include what the district’s process is when adopting curriculums and finally how the teachers are effectively using it. Included will be a reflection piece that will include the positive aspects of adopting and

There are so many different cultures across the globe that use music or dance as a form of different values and beliefs. In reading a lot of different articles to see how this would be best written I found that a lot of Indian cultures did a lot of dances for cultural beliefs for example the Lakota, Navajo, Ponca, Ojibway tribes did multiple dances to help with their way of life. This paper will explain why these cultures believe in the expression of dance to help with their way of life. I will explain