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Life In The Sioux Reservation

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Life on the reservation for the Sioux was very different from their traditional life. Everyone was treated the same in the reservations, which were run by government agents. Their means of regarding everyone as equal was to break down the tribal government. No longer would there be one tribal chief who would lead them all. There was a saying in the reservation that went, “Every man a chief.” Likewise, everyone had to work equally for money. It was required for everyone to farm, attend church, and for adolescents to go to school. Running reservations cost a lot of money for the government, for everyone was given ration supplies. There were a lot of epidemics going around in the reservations, such as measles, whooping cough, and influenza. There
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