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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Colonel George A. Custer and the 7th Cavalry charged into battle against Lakota Sioux and Northern Cheyenne Indians. Custer’s orders were to wait for reinforcements at the mouth of the Little Bighorn River before attacking the Indians‚ but Chief Sitting Bull had been spotted nearby‚ and Custer was impatient to attack. A treaty had given the Sioux exclusive rights to the Black Hills‚ but when gold was later discovered in the area‚ white miners flocked to the territory. Despite the treaty‚ the U.S
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Kicking Bear was forced to leave Standing Rock‚ but when the dances continued unabated‚ Agent McLaughlin asked for more troops‚ claiming that Hunkpapa spiritual leader “Sitting Bull” was the real leader of the movement. A former agent‚ Valentine McGillycuddy‚ saw nothing extraordinary in the dances and ridiculed the panic that seemed to have overcome the agencies‚ saying: "The coming of the troops has frightened the Indians
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* Custer entered West Point the U.S. Military Academy. He graduated last in a class of 34 in June of 1861. * In the two years since the war had broken out‚ he had been promoted several times all the way to the rank of Brigadier General of Volunteers‚ commanding the Michigan Cavalry Brigade. * Through the rest of the war he steadily advanced in responsibility and rank. By war’s end in 1865‚ Custer commanded an entire Cavalry Division holding the rank of Major General. In many cases‚ Generals
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government created a peace commission A.1.d) The following year‚ in a second Treaty of Fort Laramie‚ the Sioux agreed to move to a reservation in the Black Hills regions of South Dakota A.2. Little Bighorn A.2.a) Sitting Bull-an important leader of Sioux resistance A.2.b) Sitting Bull gained the respect of his people for his courage‚ wisdom‚ and generosity. A.2.c) They were joined by hundreds of Americans Indians fleeing the BIA-sponsored encampment‚ where food was in short supply. A.2.d) George
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corporation as Maxxam‚ they made a last ditch effort to do what is called tree sitting. Tree sitting is taking residency in a tree‚ for a long duration of time. This is where the name of the title comes from‚ because she meets a tree call Luna. Luna is the tree in which she creates a stronger determination to save the redwood. The name Butterfly came because it was a codename since she was a tree-sitter. She believes that tree sitting would bring out the good of the corporate executives of Maxxam. Her
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What were “the four cardinal virtues of the Lakota” that Sitting Bull embodied? Why do you think that one fellow tribesman remarked that there “was something in Sitting Bull that everyone liked”? Describe how this great Sioux leader also represented the “three distinct personalities” that the Lakota valued. The “the four cardinal virtues of the Lakota” that Sitting Bull possessed was bravery‚ fortitude‚ generosity‚ and wisdom. These four virtues are characteristics that most leaders we see today
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prominent as the Indians begin to embrace their own culture‚ which have been heightening the tension between Americans and Indians. This time was indeed the last straw as Laughlin sent military into the Sioux territory to capture the Sioux leader Sitting Bull. Sitting Bull and a few Indians were later declared dead. 300 Sioux Indians were captured by U.S Army’s 7th regiment on their way to the Pine Ridge Agency to seek protection against the military‚ including Big Foot‚ their leader. They were led to
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the sacred six directions‚ without which healing is impossible. The front legs are west and north; the back legs‚ east and south. The head and ears point to the heavens‚ and the tail anchors all to the earth. A year after the execution of the 38‚ Sitting Bull rode on horseback to see the concentration
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the battle of little bighorn is tThe Battle of the Little Big Horn ensured for General George Custer the fame he had always wanted. His death and the destruction of those men in the US Army’s Seventh Cavalry who fought with him by the largest gathering of Native American warriors that the country had seen‚ immortalised Custer in films‚ books and in the psyche of Americans. Paintings by the likes of Edgar Paxson and Kurz and Allison portrayed Custer as the all-American hero fighting with his men to
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