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    5. What “hard dilemma” did President Grant face after the discovery of gold in the Black Hills? Why did this conflict between minors and Indians result in the Great Sioux War of 1876? What role did Sitting Bull play in the Battle of Little Bighorn? 4. Why did Sitting Bull oppose the building of the Northern Pacific Railroad? What act of Bravery did he perform at the Battle of Arrow Creek that added to his reputation as legendary leader of his people? In 1874 gold was discovered in the Black Hills

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    Sitting Bull Essay

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    Sitting Bull was great leader and a great warrior. He was recognized for many things including the Battle of Little Big Horn and the leader of Strong Hearts, He was the Sash Wearer. He spent much of his life taking care of his tribe and all Native Americans. Sitting Bull is the greatest Sioux chief and one of the greatest Native American chiefs ever. Sitting Bull was born in 1831 in the Hunkapapas tribe. (Estco PBS, 1) The tribe is in South Dakota. (Black1) He was mentally slow when he was born

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    Vy Pham Hist 1302 Sitting Bull Sitting Bull, the legendary chief of American Indian, who was described as a great warrior with many great fighting virtues of bravery, strength and insight. People cannot talk about Sitting Bull without mentioning the historic war known as the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Around 1831, a child was born in Hunkpapa Lakota, a tribe of Sioux residing in Grand River known as present-day Dakota for a very long time. That child was named Jumping Badger by his family; however

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    The four cardinal virtues that Sitting Bull personify were bravery, fortitude, generosity, and wisdom. He developed these four cardinal virtues of his people in his adulthood. “In adulthood Sitting Bull developed into the Hunkpapa incarnate, the admired epitome of the four cardinal virtues of the Lakota: bravery, fortitude, generosity, and wisdom” (Utley, 29). The reasons why one fellow tribesman commented that there was something in Sitting Bull that people liked was these children liked him because

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    Sioux Sitting Bull Alyssia Menezes March-April, 2017 One of the most important people in the Sioux tribe is Tȟatȟáŋka Íyotȟake (in lacota) more commonly known as Sitting Bull. He was born in 1831 near the Grand River, in what we now call South Dakota. Sitting Bull was a warrior, and killed his first buffalo at just the age of ten. The members of his tribe, the Lakota Sioux, named him Sitting Bull because his courage was like a bison that would hold it’s ground instead of flee from hunters. Even

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    Chicago Bulls Essay

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    Chicago bulls joined the NBA in 1966-67. When the bulls started they had lots of great players like Bob Love, Norm Van Lier, Jerry Sloan, and Tom Boerwinkle. When the bulls started their career they are the only NBA team ever to make the playoffs there 1st season in the NBA. In the mid 1980 bulls selected Michael Jordan and he became the greatest of all time. Jordan set lots of records like 7 scoring titles, slam dunk contest, and trick shots. Scottie Pippen was the best too for the bulls. After the

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    for others the fiesta is for a good time and later a good story. The most famous events is the running with the bulls and bullfighting. These events is why the festival has become so internationally known, for a different reason however, some take the event as exciting and blood rushing,while others describe it as extremely dangerous,cruel, and a bull bloodbath. Running with the bulls, many has said to be an exhilarating event. Lasting between two through six minutes depending on whether issues

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    Short Essay On Pitbulls

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    Pit bulls: killers, or lovers? Innocent, or deadly? When someone mentions the dog pit bull, what comes to mind? A killing machine or most loyal companion a person can have? In my eyes, they are the most loyal companion you can have. Could you imagine being brought into this world with no voice other than that of your breed already being pictured as destructive fighting dog and human killer? Not only that, each year, 1.2 million dogs are euthanized, in which 40 percent are pit bulls. That’s almost

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    forerunners of the ancient Greeks and they were a successful resourceful society. Living on the island of Crete, the Minoans livelihood depended on the sea, agriculture, and trading. The bravery and the agility of bull leaping plays an integral part in the Minoan culture and the bull is also reflective throughout their art. Additionally, religion also played an important role in the Minoan culture and this was evident in their artistic creations. Actually, the Minoan art communicates a society

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    Mason Bowman Mason Bowman-Cobb/Stout ELA/Social Studies 8 May 2017 The Sitting Bull Sitting Bull Accordingly, was a Hunkpapa Lakota holy man who led his people during years of resistance to United States government policies. He was killed by Indian agency police on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation during an attempt to arrest him, at a time when authorities feared that he would join the Ghost Dance movement. Sitting Bull joined his first war party in 14 and soon gained a reputation for bravery in

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