South Dakota

The best selling book “Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee - An Indian History of the American West“ was written in 1971 by Dee Brown. It is a textbook account of much of the Native American experience in the era of European contact through the western expansion years early in United States history. It is comprehensive to a point, it does not completely tell the history of every tribe that had contact with the white people and the American government. What it does cover, to the best of my knowledge

“Curly” Crazy Horse said. “Get up right now and practice.” Curly got up in the cold brisk morning, going to grab his bow, he got tripped by something. “Ahh” He scraped his knee. His little sister was cleaning the bowls and the hide but she brought a sharp rock into the teepee. He runs a outside leg covered in blood running to his horse so his father couldn't see him. Jumping onto his horse named Crow, he took off to the raging river. It was spring in 1843 (2). 40 days before the big score. He got

Ever changing, the world promised a comfort of shared misery and remained reliable. Brutal truths are instilled, early and sudden, as lasting lessons always present and impossible to ignore. When bold questions slither into a mind as to why anything is and what may be the reason for the continued existence, people find or create places of unjustifiable magnificence. Paha Sapa, “the heart of everything that is,” is this place for the Sioux. The War of the Black Hills between the Sioux Nation Lakota

of the “Great Sioux War of 1876,” will consider Indians unpredictable in the battle field. The Wounded Knee, the confliction of North Americans Indians and the U.S government representatives, was located on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation of South Dakota, U.S. This massacre that began on December 29, 1890, was the cause of

Destruction written by both Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco offers a first hand account into some of the United States most impoverished areas, some not only the most impoverished towns in the U.S. but also in the western hemisphere. The town of Pine Ridge, South Dakota acts as an example of the long-standing marginalization of Native Americans conducted by the U.S. government, which has been taking place for over a hundred and fifty years. The ramifications of the policies put into effect by the U.S. government

but migrated to America about 30,000 years ago. Their long, straight jet-black hair resembles that of the Asian descendants. The Sioux tribes were located in The Great Plains, which consists of 7 different states Minnesota, Wisconsin, North and South Dakota; however, they were also known to live in parts of Nebraska, Illinois, and Montana. “The name Sioux is an abbreviation of Nadouessioux. (Britannica) The name was given to them by the Ojibwa (Chippewa). Sioux means, “Little snake”. The Sioux tended

three languages that belong to the larger Siouan language family. Sioux tribes are believed to originate from the lower Mississippi River. Some of them migrated to the Northern Mississippi River in present day Minnesota, Iowa, North and South Dakota, where they lived in large agricultural settlements during the seventeenth century. Later on, conflicts

future. In my life, I have experienced my different things in the past that have influenced my actions for the future. The main experience that I will always remember and that has changed the way I view things was from my summer trip to Wanblee, South Dakota on the Pine Ridge Reservation. I learned on the reservation that it is important to give back to

In 2016, South Dakota compared to other states in the Union, ranked fifty-first in teacher pay (Heidelberger). Which means that South Dakota educators have lower salaries than any other state. It is not a new problem for educators though as South Dakota has ranked last in teacher salary for some time. The payment of teachers in South Dakota’s public school has been debated for a great amount of time. Several things that the legislators encountered while creating this legislation are talked about

Crazy Horse was born in 1840 near Rapid City ,South Dakota. He was an Oglala Sioux Indian chief who fought against the removal to a reservation in the Black Hills. In 1876 he joined with Cheyenne in a surprise attack against General. George Crook, Then united forces with Chief Sitting Bull for the Battle of the Little Bighorn. In 1877, Crazy Horse surrendered and was killed by a soldiers. Since his death, Crazy Horse has become a great mythical figure. while still a young man crazy horse went on