The United States government possesses a long history of double-crossing Native Americans. The most recent event is the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline currently being protested by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and their supporters. Though the pipeline is more than halfway completed‚ protestor’s have held their ground since April of 2016‚ and show no sign of losing momentum. The tribe argues construction of the pipeline has already bulldozed into the sacred burial grounds of their ancestors
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Initially the idea that life seemed unbearable and dull‚ not worth living. Though it may seem that my ideas maybe somewhat extreme‚ I’m pretty sure thats how Coup felt when he realized that the crows tribe tradition in hunting buffalo‚ fighting the Sioux Warriors‚ and planting a coup-stick came to a halt around the time
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bad image. If the property does not belong to the government‚ the soil should not be altered unless consent is given by the property owner. To begin with‚ the route that the Dakota Access Pipeline is being built on was placed on sacred ground of the Sioux Tribe. The sacred ground includes the Standing Rock Indian Reservation and it includes graveyards were they have buried their ancestors. Now before the government wants to build something‚ they need to make sure that whatever they are
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I believe the author’s purpose of this book was to show that Sitting Bull was a very intriguing individual not only as an Indian but a human as well. I think the author chose this to illustrate the sacrifices it takes to be a leader of a nation. He displayed Sitting Bulls attributes that really separates him from most people but also depicts that he is human and makes mistakes and let his flaws get in the way of his thinking at times. I believe that we should study Sitting Bull more closely to examine
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the Lakota Sioux Indians highlighting the instance of the Battle of Wounded Knee and Indian Boarding Schools are acts of genocide. The acts committed on the Sioux Indians can be deemed genocidal for a number of reasons‚ they might not have been acting on the basis to destroy the culture and the people of the Lakota Sioux yet it was the inevitable outcome. By default the members of the 7th Cavalry and United States Federal Government have committed acts of genocide on the Lakota Sioux Indians. The
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Native Americans). Now fourteen year olds are not allowed to fight in the armed forces but it was encouraged for a teenager to become a warrior for their tribe back then. Sitting Bull fought during the conflicts of the late nineteenth century when the Sioux were constantly resisting white soldiers (Notable Native Americans). Sitting Bull was constantly fighting to protect the land that he and his tribe lived on. Sitting Bull died while fighting for his tribe on December 15‚ 1890. Sitting Bull is
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“To own the Earth‚ There is no word for this in the Sioux Language.” The Battle of Wounded Knee was the last battle of the American Indian Wars it was also one of the most gruesome battles that either side had seen. An estimated three hundred Indians lay dead while the US army had lost twenty five and thirty nine were wounded some of who would die later. This was one of the worst acts that the Americans have ever done to the Native Americans. One Native American stated later “it was as if the soldiers
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hero not only to his tribe but to many other people. Crazy Horse was groomed according to tribal customs. At this time‚ the Sioux prided themselves on the training and development of their sons and daughters‚ and they did not overlook a step in that development. Before he was 12‚ Curly had killed a buffalo and received his own horse. He witnessed the shooting of an old Sioux chief‚ Conquering Bear‚ by white soldiers on the Oregon trail. Seeing this dying chief set off everything in Crazy Horse’s head
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The 1860’s brought hardship between whites and Indians. As our people slowly moved into the tribe’s land‚ no friendship was bound to be created. Little by little‚ we nudged the Indians into a limited area of land where they felt the need to fight back. Included in this retaliation was three massacres. The bloodiest battle according to the rest of the US military that was not murdered‚ was titled the Fetterman Massacre. The last two Massacres took place in territories such as Colorado and Missouri
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successfully providing a positive or negative freedom to citizens. Keeping in mind that our government by law is meant to serve and protect its citizens with both positive and negative freedoms‚ this theoretical approach would side with the Standing Rock Sioux tribe. The first amendment in the bill of rights lists citizen’s positive freedoms that include freedom of expression‚ freedom of religion‚ freedom to assemble and freedom of speech. With these rights‚ peaceful
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