In 1862 there was a great Sioux uprising in Minnesota. Although the Oglala and Brule Sioux were hundreds of miles away, their hearts were with their kinsmen in the north. They knew that a great war was going on between the white men of the North and the white men of the South. They were urged by messengers to go on the warpath and drive all the white men out of their country before they became too strong to be driven out.
This dance revitalized Indian fighting spirit and resulted in more battles between Indian and U.S. forces. The war effectively ended after what has become known as the Wounded Knee massacre. During the winter of 1890, A Sioux tribe set up camp to turn over their weapons to U.S. troops. A scuffle broke out between a soldier and a Lakota named Black Coyote who was reluctant to turn over his rifle. This resulted in the Army firing into the crowd of Indians which killed 300 including many unarmed women and children.
They stole some livestock, burned people’s houses, and squatted on land that wasn’t theirs. The Southern states were set on taking ownership of the Indian lands and would go a very long way to keep he territory
This was a time of conflict the northeastern tribes faced ever present conflict from colonist that expanded into their territory every year. While the Central and Southwestern tribes faced war with the Spanish the rise of the powerful Comanche tribe. Tribal leaders would have face constant threats from American, French and Spanish Colonists, in addition to old blood feuds from other tribes. Like the Navajo tribe, many tribal leadership structures had peace and war leadership. The peace chief would govern everyday actions and problems, while the war chiefs oversaw protection and responses to attack.
They were very upset with the whites’ intrusion into their lands in the Black Hills. The Second Treaty of Fort Laramie gave the Indians exclusive property possession of the Dakota Territory. Then there was a discovery of Gold on the land, causing many intrusions.
From the time of first contact to the 1880’s, the relationship between the Natives and settlers was continually changing. During the fur trade, the relationship that developed between the natives and the traders was a one without major issues. But as the fur trade began to decline, the relationship between the Natives and the settlers started to decline as well. A catalyst for this change were the treaties that the Natives signed that sold their portions land to the settlers. These treaties, the Treaty of Traverse de Sioux and Mendota, were supposed to establish the permanent homes of these natives, but this did not happen (Treaty of Mendota, 1851; Treaty of Traverse de Sioux, 1851).
In life some feel the need to prove something to others. That they are better, stronger, or even more intelligent. Whatever the case may be people will go through extreme measures to prove themselves. But who do we really need to prove anything to? Is it our parents?
War or Peace: Does it Matter? The ongoing troubles in the world of Native Americans all had measurable effects. They were forced from their homelands and driven to the brink of extinction by not having access to the resources they once had. Different leaders took different paths to gain resolutions from encroaching settlers and the growing nation that was imposing its will upon them.
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Mount Everest is a huge 8,848 meter mountain in Nepal. In 1953, Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary became the first people to officially reach the top of the mountain by using the southeast ridge route. " Both Tenzing and I thought that once we'd climb the mountain, it was unlikely anyone would ever make another attempt," Sir Edmund says in an interview with National Geographic. "We couldn't have been more wrong".
The treaty the US government signed with the Indians in 1851 granted the Indians to have an extensive territory, which means the Indians can get more land, but eventually that did not last(doc 3,4). One of the most important and well-known wars was the Sand Creek Massacre. On November 29, 1864, John Chivington led 700 troops in an unprovoked attack on the Arapaho and Cheyenne villagers. There they killed over 200 women, children, and older men. US Indian Commissioner admitted that :We have substantially taken possession of the country and deprived the Indians of their accustomed means of support.”
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There are already part of the US and cities within Minnesota that are meant for Native Americans, there is little to no need for more land to be bought out. “Native Americans received 11 million acres in parcel land grants, which were put into individual trusts dating back to 1887 known as the Dawes Act. The government at the time had deemed Indians incapable of handling the land responsibly, so it administers financial matters for them” (Pearson, John, and Geraldine Wagner, 150). By the looks of this, the Native Americans already received land from the American government and were deemed unfit to maintain the land. There are many forms of reparation that could be considered when it comes to the subject of the Dakota.
More conflict arose because the government didn’t stop coal miners from entering and mining on the sacred and sustainable lands of the indians, disregarding the treaty. Although the government attempted to buy the lands, the Sioux were reluctant in giving sacred lands to greedy miners moving westward. Rather than keeping peace as the treaties were intended to, they caused more conflict amongst the settlers and
Rural Ohio, where one wakes up to only the sound of birds and can look out their window to witness a herd of deer gracefully walking into the woodline or tom-turkeys strutting in the fields. I would never choose a different place to live because not only is it beautiful and untouched but it is also the place where one can discover something new each day and feel connected to the world around them. However, what multitudes of people do not realize is that there is a contract and tradition that makes our relationship with nature complete. This contract is known as the sport of hunting and is crucial to the people living in the United States. For some, they see hunting as cruel; nonetheless, I was lucky to grow-up in a house where my family let
