Many people would most likely feel conflicted if a very large pipeline was being built through their back yard. Some would even take action. In the article‚ “Native Americans Celebrate pause of North Dakota Pipeline‚ Vow to Fight on‚” the author‚ Dave Thompson‚ claims the Native Standing Rock Sioux Tribe feels the same way about their sacred land. However‚ through growing efforts the Native people of the local region of the pipeline’s construction to discontinue this pipeline they are making progress
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The Old West had many important legendary figures that have an important role today in history. Crazy Horse and Annie Oakley were some of them. They both decided to do some heroic acts that changed the life of many people. Those two heroes were willing to risk their lives to make a difference. Their determination‚ courage and bravery gave them the chance to do the best they could in the time of need. Crazy Horse by Larry McMurty is a superb biography that looks back across more than 120 years
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Sioux Indian nation group that use to live on the territory of the modern state of Wisconsin‚ USA‚ near the Lake Michigan. There are two separate federally recognized tribal governments‚ the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin and the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. The Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin‚ while having no official reservation has parcels of land placed in Trust as Indian Trust Land as designated by the federal government‚ Secretary of the Interior and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) spread over Dane
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trouble. The Sioux tribe had no buffalo‚ and they couldn’t roam wherever they wanted. It was almost like the US government just had them trapped. They couldn’t go where they wanted to without the US government trying to destroy their lives. Some people from the Sioux tribe were sent on a mission to Nevada. The reason they did this was to hear the wise words from Paiute prophet/man named Wovake. This man spoke of a new soil that was going to cover the earth‚ and Indians would live in peace again
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In the Great Plains‚ a herd of buffalo peacefully lumbers by‚ when‚ suddenly‚ men wielding spears and bows galloped forward on horses‚ shouting their war cries. Naturally‚ the buffalo try to escape from the hunters only to run into another group of bellowing Indians. Within minutes‚ all of the buffalo are slaughtered‚ except for the few who got away. The Kiowa Indians were renown for their skills in hunting‚ their ferocity in battle‚ and their alliance with the Crow Indians (Ryan 9). The Kiowa tribe
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the gold rich‚ in 1875‚ the U.S. Government made a negotiation with the Sioux for buying the Black Hills; however‚ the offer was refused because the Sioux considered this land as the sacred region. Ignoring the treaty agreements between the Sioux people and the Americans‚ the U.S. Army decided to invade this lands led to the battle of the Little Bighorn in June 1876. To the Sioux tribe‚ they decided to fight for their rights and preserve their reservation from white man; therefore‚ under the command
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and tipis‚ and not having enough meant not being able to travel as often. Five years after the death of Crazy Horse‚ the chief leader of the Sioux‚ Sitting Bull‚ also spoke on behalf of his fellow Native Americans requesting that “the life my people want is freedom.” For Sitting Bull‚ the whole idea of the government-organized reservation system was a form of enslavement. Sitting Bull thought that the Great Spirits gave them their land‚ to roam freely‚ and that someone so different like the white
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where the USACE wants to put a pipeline in. The Standing Rock Sioux reservation is a Native American sacred and burial ground. The Native Americans don’t want them putting the pipeline in because‚ it’ll contaminate their clean water and bother the people who were buried there. At first‚ the pipeline wasn’t a big deal and then the USACE wouldn’t cooperate and the THPO sued them which caused a very big problem. Once this problem started‚ it started to grow into a very‚ very huge deal and endangered
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motivate people to shape their lives according to a set of religiously set of norms. Black Elk showed this through his moral stories and being a moral hero to most people in different communities/villages. Black Elk rituals centered on ancestor veneration. Most of the followers for Black Elk were virtue ethics‚ it was their choice to believe in him and trust the ritual that was being performed. Virtue ethics are primary moral guides are not rules‚ commands‚ laws‚ and the like‚ but people who exhibit
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This tells you how bad the weather affected the sioux. “During the first night 12‚ infants and several old people froze to death- next night the men killed some ponies and disemmbowled them and thrust small children inside for warmth” The sioux native americans had a hard time during moon of the strong cold or January with them having to move around they had
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