Little Crow follows the story of the easternmost Sioux people, but the book mainly ponders the decisions and actions of Chief Little Crow. By blending in an analytical style, Anderson can create a book that challenges social and political beliefs of the time period. Anderson scrutinizes the relationship between native people and the United States government to show how politics shaped many of the social issues for native people. Since he creates a book that combines storytelling and historical understanding, Anderson can truly explain the social and political landscapes of Sioux and United States
In the novel Crazy Horse and Custer: The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors by Stephen E. Ambrose (1996); the author tells the full story as to how the parallel cultures of the Sioux and the White Americans had shaped Crazy Horse and Custer into the great leaders that they needed to be. Crazy Horse was a brave warrior, who led many successful hunting and war parties and had the respect of his tribe (Ambrose, 1996). Custer was a Civil War hero, who had been put in charge of protecting the construction of the railroads from the Indian hostiles and later fight the Indians over their actions on the Plains (Ambrose, 1996). The Sioux and the White Americans had different ideas and concepts of warfare; as well as, what constituted a successful
“Now the Sioux Must Battle Big Oil”, authored by Alan Gilbert, is an argument with many forms of evidences. Gilbert uses a variety of statistics, quotations, as well as personal experience to support his argument and his opinion. Most of these evidences are reliable, but some can be improved by adding more authority to the evidences. In the beginning of his essay, Gilbert uses a quote from a Standing Rock Tribal chairman. This is a trustworthy source, since it is from a firsthand witness of the situation.
President Jefferson told Lewis and Clark to “cultivate good relations with the Sioux” because at the time “the Sioux were the dominant power on the northern and central Great Plains more than able to hold their own against white Americans in the first half of the nineteenth century.” (The American Journey Ch.13 Pg.349). This was because the Sioux were able to successfully mix important components of American life with their traditions. Unfortunately these components including guns they had acquired from the French and horses introduced to the New World by the Spanish helped the Sioux push weaker tribes to the south and west of the Missouri River basin. These weak tribes became dependent on the Sioux.
Sitting Bull Champion of the Sioux: A Biography, by Stanley Vestal, is a great book to read for anyone wanting vivid, yet serious, insight of the lives of the Sioux Indians, or more specifically, one Sioux Indian, Sitting Bull. There are three sections in the book that describe three major time periods of Sitting Bull’s life. Each section focuses on a different time span. The author highly exceeds his goal of “writing the first biography of a great American Indian soldier and statesman in which his character and achievements are presented with the same care and seriousness they would have received had he been of European ancestry.” (xxi)
Sitting Bull was killed by order of the troops and his brother Chief Big Foot was next. Chief Big Foot along with 300 surviving Sioux were killed along with 25 troops. This massacre at Wounded
President Jackson and Congress disagreed on the Indian Removal Policy, but Jackson went forward with it anyway. The Indians had fought with the people since the original colonization, and the U.S citizens were usually the aggrovators. The U.S had only had a couple of good relationship years, the rest of the time, there was a large amount of tension and small “wars” between the people and Natives. The U.S and Natives had been under tension for multiple years when Jackson declared the Indian Removal policy. The authors perspective towards the Indian Removal Act and Trail of Tears helped to shape our current understanding by showing how different people can have different views on a topic.
In Luther Standing Bear's memoir, My People the Sioux, he addresses some differences in perspectives involving nature between White People and Native Americans. The first one that can be found in this expert is when he wrote that White people were too far removed from nature found on the continent and they were fearful of the territory that had yet to explore. He goes on to argue to that White people were the first to cause destruction to the species on the continent while the Native Americans were the ones to consider the other living being to be equals and respected them. Next, he went on to write that Native Americans see animals and plants are living creatures that have relations with all other living things. With that being said White
In 1860-1890, there was war between the Natives and the U.S. government. The U.S. government wanted to take over the Native Americans land. To do that, the U.S. government started a treaty called the Homestead Act, there was differnet kinds of conflict between the two groups, and the U.S. government killed the Natives resources. This expansion affected the lives of Native Americans across the land. The Homestead Act was a one of the effects that affected the lives of the Native Americans.
The Battle of Little Bighorn was a battle which was a part of the Great Sioux War. This armed engagement was between the combined forces of the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes, against the 7th Regiment of the U.S. Cavalry. The battle took place across the Little Bighorn River, hence the battle's name. The Lakota agreed to stay in specific boundaries in the western part of current day South Dakota, but tension rose when the U.S. sent George Armstrong Custer to make an exploration of the Black Hills. Custer found gold in the area, which triggered many to violate the treaty in 1868.
The destruction of the Sioux’s native land had a great impact on their idea of home. When the Wasichus destroyed pieces of the physical being of their home, they also destroyed the emotional and mental ideas of home as well. The killing of the bison, had a very strong impact on the tribe, as well as when the whites forced the Sioux, to conform to their ideals of living, mainly by forcing them to live in the square houses.
The Western Indian Wars was a conflict between “the Western tribes and the U. S troops ended with the 1886 surrender of Apache leader Geronimo in Arizona and the 1890 overthrow of the Sioux at Wounded Knee in South Dakota (“America’s Wars”, 2004).” Throughout the history of the United States, American Indians were treated poorly. Ever since the white men crossed the Atlantic Ocean 200 years ago till the mid 1900’s the poor treatment and killing of Indians never ceased. U.S polices passed between the Revolutionary war and the mid 1900’s hurt American Indians and put them at an extreme disadvantage. There were series of wars, before the western Indian wars in the United States.
Once European men stepped foot onto what is now known as North America, the lives of the Native Americans were forever changed. The Indians suffered centuries of torment and ridicule from the settlers in America. Despite the reservations made for the Natives, there are still cultural issues occurring within America. In Sherman Alexie’s, The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, the tragic lives of Native Americans in modern society are depicted in a collection of short stories taking place in the Spokane Reservation in Washington state. Throughout the collection, a prominent and reoccurring melancholic theme of racism against Native Americans and their struggle to cope with such behavior from their counterpart in this modern day and age is shown.
Native Americans’ social structure was very different from the way Anglo-American’s believed was the correct way for men and women to live. This created a major conflict as the Anglo’s begin to press on the Natives’ land. Anglo-American’s believed that the best thing for the Natives’ was to be assimilated and transformed into their way of life. The Anglo’s intervened into the Natives’ life with a Civilization Program, removal and reservations, and boarding schools. The ramifications had lasting negative effects on the Natives’ gender roles.
Technology has swarm the business environment worldwide. Businesses today use technology for numerous things such as competitive strategy, productivity, marketing, telecommuting, customer services etc. Innovations in the technology area has improved the way businesses were done compared to twelve decades ago. Operations at companies has become less stressful and more productive because of the vast improvements of technology over the years. Referring to the given case, it was seen that technology aided the companies, CPS Energy and Lloyd’s Constructions in numerous ways as they both used the Reengineering Business Processes.
