and a bridge for John Dunbar a white man of great standing in the white community‚ and also for the Sioux Indian’s who were misunderstood and stereotype often. They relied on multiple forms of communication to break down the barriers that stood between them‚ and create some bridges toward becoming friends. Stereotyping on both sides was a huge barrier as well as the bridge between John and the Sioux. If it had not been for the stereotyping between them there would have been no interest in trying
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The Fetterman Massacre The Fetterman Massacre‚ also known as the Fetterman Fight‚ the Battle of the Hundred Slain‚ and the Battle of the Hundred in the Hand‚ was a battle on December 21‚ 1866 between Indians from the Lakota Sioux‚ Cheyenne‚ and Arapaho tribes and soldiers of the United States Army during Red Cloud’s War. This battle was at the time the worst military disaster to have ever been suffered by the by the U.S. on the Great Plains and is known as a massacre because all 81 men‚ under the
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Nate Murray Wounded Knee Massacre – Black Elk Speaks‚ The Butchering At Wounded Knee History and background How it started: In years previous to the massacre the US government had been seizing large portions of the Native American tribe‚ the Sioux’s lands. Bison herds had reached near extinction and the treaty promises to the Native Americans protecting reservation lands were not being met. It was during this time that news spread among the reservations of a Native American prophet by the name
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The United States is based on the ideal image of increasing job opportunities‚ and becoming more energy independent regardless of the consequences that come along with it. The Dakota Pipeline was first announced to the people on January 25‚ 2014. During the making‚ the pipeline was denied final permits to finish the project by former president‚ Barack Obama. Recently it has been brought to surface by president-elect‚ Donald Trump. This pipeline will allow about 800 million gallons of crude oil to
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teepees). Tipis were carefully designed to set up and break down quickly. An entire Sioux village could be packed up and ready to move within an hour. Originally tipis were only about 12 feet high‚ but after the Sioux acquired horses‚ they began building them twice that size. Here are some pictures of tipis and other Indian houses. Today‚ Native Americans only put up a tepee for fun or to connect with their heritage. Most Sioux families live in modern houses and apartment buildings‚ just like you. http://www
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The Sioux tribe was impacted by Westward Expansion in many ways. The U.S. army tried to gain control of the Sioux ‚ many of whom entered and left reservations at will. The U.S. army then attempted to force the remaining Sioux tribe of the land by sending more forces under Colonel George Cluster into the hills of South Dakota. The Westward Expansion was also detrimental to the needs of not only the Sioux tribe but all Native American tribes. Most tribes depended solemnly on buffalo for food as well
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Socks‚ is the wolf that befriends John Dunbar symbolizing the Sioux Indians who start trying to also befriend John. Then‚ when he takes the meat from John’s hand the wolf continues to symbolize the tribe‚ that will now accept John to come and be one of them. After‚ when Two Socks is shot by soldiers it symbolizes the fate of the Indians‚ later to come. Cisco‚ John Dunbar’s favorite horse is a symbol of John’s faithfulness to the Sioux Indian tribe‚ although they have tried to take the horse away
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Horse; he passed the name on to him after his son had demonstrated his skills as a warrior. In august of 1854evertyhing boiled over in what became known as the Grattan massacre. The Grattan massacre was A small detachment of soldiers entered a large Sioux encampment to arrest a man accused of taking a migrant’s cow‚ although such matters
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Buffalo‚ and many acts such as the Dawes act and Homestead. The Wounded Knee Massacre occurred on December 29‚ 1980‚ near Wounded Knee Creek on an Indian Reservation. It was a battle between U.S. military troops and Lakota Sioux Indians. This battle resulted in the deaths of 300 Sioux men‚ women‚ and children. The massacre
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In the spring of 1868‚ a conference held at Fort Laramie (present day Wyoming)‚ resulted in the Sioux Treaty of 1868. The treaty stated that as long as the Sioux agreed to settle within the Black Hills reservation in the Dakota Territory‚ there would be peace between the whites and Sioux. However‚ when migrant workers repeatedly violated the treaty‚ they found gold within the Black Hills. So in 1874‚ General George A. Custer and the United States Army led an excursion to the Black Hills with the
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