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Amongst the Great Plains of the United States were four groups of Indian tribes who dominated for years. In the South you had the Comanche Indians, in the central part of the plains you had the Arapaho and Cheyenne, and the tribe who roamed the northern plains were the almighty Sioux Indians. These four tribes roamed the plains and dominated in their sectors of the country. Now even though these tribes did not believe in ‘owning’ land they did believe in dominating the land. The way the tribes saw it then is the same way we see it now as putting a price on air, to them it wasn 't possible. The Indians relied heavily on two main animals, the horse, and the buffalo. The horse was a means of transportation, it could get them from point A to …show more content…

This treaty was between the Sioux Indians and the US government, and guaranteed the western portion of South Dakota and Powder River country. The US promised that any forts and trails occupied by US troops on Sioux territory would be abandoned. In addition to the treaty with the Cheyenne tribe being violated, the treaty with the Sioux Indians was also violated. Miners started mining and the railroad company who did not want to build around the territory decided to start building tracks on Sioux territory. It was a horrible time for the miners and the railroad employees as they started getting killed left and right. The US was at war with the Sioux Indians now and sent a war hero to Sioux territory. This man was named General Custer and he led the calvary with anywhere between 205 and 230 men depending on the day. Custer was one of those men who had a big head, he loved to brag, and, well, he had the right to since he became the first 23 year old to become a general in the US Army. When he was sent to South Dakota, Custer had one thing in mind and that was to find and fight any Sioux tribe in sight. Historians believed Custer was so focused on getting to the Sioux Tribes so he could run for president someday. He was so focused on finding this tribe but Custer was sent there for 3 main things. First he was sent to confirm that gold was in fact thee on the territory, second, to protect the railroad workers, and third, to …show more content…

Eventually the US government was able to contain the Indian tribes but wanted to transform them into Americans. They began a process called Americanization which was simply to teach the Indians the ‘white’ ways. There would be preachers and teachers going to reservations very frequently attempting to convert the Indians into Christians and to create schools for children so they learn to be civilized. With all the preachers and teachers commuting daily trying to change the ways of the Indians lives it still didn 't stop them from practicing their religious beliefs. For example, the Indian tribes would have a ritual dance called the Sun Dance, which was done very often. The US government got in the way of that and made it illegal to practice this dance. Most of the Indians continued to perform this dance and if caught the US would send troops to disrupt the ritual. If tribes were notoriously caught then their food supply would be put on hold until compliance was given. Most tribes gave in for the best of their people and discontinued the Sun Dance. Their luck was going down until an Indian man name Wovoka, a religious leader viewed as a prophet announced he had a dream. In this dream Wovoka stated that God came to him and gave him a message, and showed him a dance named the Ghost Dance. Wovoka explained that God told him if they perform the Ghost Dance that the buffalo would reappear and the white people would disappear. It was explained that there was certain rules before

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