Big Sioux River Essays

Cries a gleeful river otter as it slides down a muddy slope into the water. The river otter belongs to the weasel family, with its North American relatives that include the mink, fisher, ermine, badger, wolverine, skunk, and the marten. The typical male river is about three feet long and weighs about eighteen pounds. They are even similar to their cousin, the skunks, that spray a “musk” from two glands under their tail. However the “musk” doesn’t stink, in fact it smells sweet! River otters live in

The Battle of the Little Big Horn began on June 25, 1876 near the Little Big Horn River in eastern Montana. The battle took place between the U.S. Cavalry and northern tribe Indians. This war began over gold, and ultimately the refusal of the Sioux to move into reservations. General George Crook and his column were resting along the rosebud, when randomly a mass force of Lakota warriors came flying out of the mountains. Crook and his men withstood the stampede and prevented the Wyoming colony from

Sitting bull had a very interesting life. From his childhood, to his adult life, to his wars, and death. Sitting Bull was an Indian chief who led sioux tribes in battles and though the rough times in America. He was born in the Grand River valley in South Dakota. He was born during 1831. Sitting Bull was born into the Hunkpapa division of the teton sioux. Sitting Bull was originally named Jumping Badger when he was first born. As he grew older he obtained the nickname Slow. They named him slow because

rails in Lakota land. The Native Americans responded and defended the US. "1868: The second Fort Laramie Treaty clearly guarantees the sovereignty of the Great Sioux Nation and the Lakotas ' ownership of the sacred Black Hills. The government also promises land and hunting rights in the surrounding states. We promise that the Powder River country will henceforth be closed to

reconstruction, labor unions and strikes, and the Sioux Wars. Especially The battle of the little Bighorn, was a crushing defeat for the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army under George Armstrong Custer. The 700 men strong 7th Cavalry Regiment were defeated by the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho, which were leaded by several important war leaders, including Crazy Horse and Chief Gall, Sitting Bull. The reason of the Sioux Wars, and so also of the battle of the little Bighorn

government was demanding the Sioux to go on reservations and they refused. So they sent Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer and his six hundred men on June 25th 1876 to remove the Sioux to the reservation, but little did Lieutenant Custer know there were way more warriors than he thought. The Lakota Sioux and the Cheyenne had about 3,000 warriors and when they went to battle Custer only had 200 men under his control. It was said that Custer went through the river with his men to get to where

will be delivering 470,000 barrels of oil daily along the 1,100 mile stretch (NBC). This highly debated topic has received widespread media coverage as more than 300 native tribes and numerous environmentalist groups have shown support for the Rock Sioux Tribe in 40 different states (Yubanet). Construction for the Dakota Access Pipeline should be permanently halted due to its imminent contamination of clean water, it’s disrespect to tribal land, and its causation of unnecessary violence towards protesters

on the Great Plains including the Sioux. The name Sioux comes from the sioun word “Nadowessi” which means little snake.The sioux indians originally came from Asia. These Native Americans lived in the territory of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and North and South Dakota etc. A Frenchman, moved into Sioux territory in the seventeenth century and took control of much of their land. The Sioux Indians were a powerful tribe with a rich history. The sioux we nomadic which meant they moved

On the 25th of June 1876 on the ‘greasy’ grass of Dakota the Battle of the Little Big Horn occurred. Sioux and Cheyenne Indians defiantly left their reservations, outraged over the continued intrusions of whites into their sacred lands in the Black Hills. They gathered in Montana with the great warrior Sitting Bull to fight for their lands. Determined to resist the efforts of the U.S Army to force them onto reservations, Indians under the leadership of Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse wipe out Lieutenant

Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee begins just after the bloody battle at Little Big Horn. This film focuses on the lives of three characters: Charles Eastman, a young doctor who was once a member of the Sioux tribe and is used as an example to highlight the “success” of assimilation; Sitting Bull, the Lakota chief determined to keep the sacred Black hills in the hands of the Sioux; and Senator Henry Dawes, a large part in creating the government policy on Indian affairs. While Charles and the schoolteacher

Sitting Bull, the Great Indian Legend. In this paper I will be talking about Sitting Bull. I will be talking about his life, his achievements, and his sacrifices. I will be talking about how he was a great leader, holy man, and warrior. I will also give some quick facts Sitting Bull the Indian. Sitting Bull was a great chief, leader, warrior, and person in general. He was know as a great warrior from a very young age. He experienced battle at a very young age, he was only fourteen when he first

Spirit. Our class split into two groups: the Sioux people in the village and the American Soldiers in their barracks. The Sioux people were happy and joyful as the previous evening they had been celebrating killing the buffalo, whilst the soldiers were preparing to massacre them. Each of us had our own personality, for example I was a reluctant devout Christian soldier, Sam was eager to kill the Sioux, James was the Sioux chief and Molly B was a Sioux who was washing clothes. We devised this piece

October 5,1877 it is a cold, dreary day and we are on the run from the US army. Let me just take you back to the beginning well, we are the Nez Perce tribe we had moved from our mainland in the Pacific Northwest to a reservation in Idaho.Now white people are trying to take us off the reservation because gold was found on the land.Chief Joseph refused to surrender but we ended up having two, because a couple of the teen NA boys snuck off and killed some American soldiers.Which made their leader angry

execution of foster’s Archetypes were incorporated into the movie to signify the protagonists(John Dunbar) growth thru the film. The director/screenplay of the film connotes this idea by showcasing his quest for identity and his loyalty towards the Sioux. To negotiate with with his badly wounded leg, Dunbar attempts to make a suicide attempt to surrender his life. What this reveals is the plots conflict of the hero’s quest

Rykhus 3 The Moccasin Trail I read the book ” The Moccasin Trail”, this book is mostly about a man named Jim Heath. Jim is a man who shortly after leaving his family behind to go be himself was severely attacked by a grizzly bear. Shortly after the attack a group of Crow Indians found Jim who was half alive and took him to their Tribe and took care of him until he was better. Ever since Jim got better he joined the Crow Indians tribe and become one himself. One day

1865, a year before now, I returned from the civil war. Upon return we came home to discover millions and millions of cattle. I was not foolish to miss this window of opportunities, and was then a cowboy. My war brothers and I hired brushpoppers, and soon had around 2,000 cattle and were ready to travel north 460 miles, Brownsville to Abilene. The first day gave me a bad impression, when the cattle got spooked into a stampede. It took 3 hours to round them up again with our horses. The second week

The Franklin people also made temporary preparations for the soldiers returning from the battle by arranging warm places for them to sleep. Several of them even placed straw and beds on the school/meeting house floor. Later on, sleighs and teams belonging to the settlers would help carry the soldiers back to Camp Douglas. In addition to aiding Connor’s troops, the Franklin settlers also were able to send reports of the battle back to Brigham Young in Salt Lake City, as well as Ezra T. Benson and

At the close of the massacre there was eighteen children still alive, one girl, some ten or twelve years old, they said was too big and could tell, so they killed her, leaving seventeen. A man, I afterwards learned to be named John Willis, took me in his charge (the children were divided) and carried me to his house the next day in a wagon; he lived at Cedar City and was a Mormon;

Crow helped Custer to defeat Lakota Sioux because the Lakota Sioux were trying to take over the land of the people of Crow. So, in hopes of saving their territory, Crow scouts helped Custer and his men. How many Indians assembled along the banks of the Little Bighorn/Greasy Grass? How many were warriors? More than 6,000 Indians gathered along the banks of the Greasy Grass and 1800 of them were warriors. Why did Custer feel pressure to attack quickly? What made him think he could win? Custer was

the Hidatsa tribe. The Hidatsa, a Siouan tribe, lived in semipermanent villages on the upper Missouri River in what is now North Dakota. The Crow or “people of the large-beaked bird” were once part of the Hidatsa tribe, but split into to two divisions that separated from the Hidatsa at different times and for unrelated reasons. These two divisions of Crow are known as the Mountain Crow and the River Crow. ("Tribal History of the Hidatsa (Gros Ventre) Tribe As Told to Col. A. B. Welch | Welch Dakotah