Black Hills Essays

The Black Hills War, also known as the Great Sioux War of 1876, was a series of battles fought from 1876 through 1877, between the forces of the United States and their allies (Shoshone, Pawnee, and Crow) and the Sioux (Lakota, Dakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho). Taking place under two presidencies and resulting in hundreds of casualties on both sides, The Black Hills War made great impacts that would continue to affect Natives for generations. The United State’s extensive relationship with the Native

The song Black Rage by Hill discusses the problems that blacks have in society. One lyric in the song states, “Having to justify very [our] existence.” African Americans believe that whites are not accepting them into society. In fact, on an article called St. Louis: A city divided, a reporter interviewed an African American women and she claimed that she does even interact with white people because the town is divided into sections. Whether or not this is true for all African Americans in St. Louis

Life after the Civil War In the following document, Klan Violence against Blacks, Elias Hill is describing the life of an African America post-emancipation. Mr. Hill is writing this letter to the Congressional Committee stating events that has occurred throughout the south and personally. On May 5th, Mr. Hill illustrates a scenario where he was laying in bed helpless while the Ku Klux Klan members terrorized his neighborhood. It comes to a point where the Klan members were profusely after the head

the pine-covered hills. The sun soon disappears beneath the dark hills and darkness settles over the land. The buffalo, antelope, and elk find places to rest for the night and all is quiet except for the creeks and birds. In several hours, the sky will again be lit with a multitude of colors and the animals will begin to rise. A new day will begin in the Black Hills, just like it did hundreds of years ago. And just like hundreds of years ago, the Lakota consider the Black Hills to be sacred lands

Patricia Hill Collins’ “Black Feminist Thought” discussed the importance and power of the black feminist thought and black feminist critique, what she called the “matrix of domination”. Collins argued the critiques offered two main contributions: (1) they provided another way of looking at oppression through an intersectional lens, and (2) black feminist thought acknowledges and centers around the voices of black women, even in a field of predominantly white scholars. She argued that a subordinate

Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins is a diamond in the heart of dullness in terms of Black feminist writings from the past. It clearly breaks down the hypocrisy operated under conventional i.e. ‘White’ feminism with respect to black women and also inclusive of civil rights movement’s false virtue. This piece of literature has made a standard mark for Black feminism in contemporary times. Without any difficulty, the text articulates the lives of black women and their experiences in the

There is a little bit of history behind getting the Crazy Horse Memorial. Henry Standing Bear (Oglala Lakota chief) wanted sculptor Korczak Kiolkowski (sculptor of Mt. Rushmore) to build the Crazy Horse Memorial in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Henry Standing Bear’s brother even demanded that Crazy Horse’s head be next to the presidents on Mount Rushmore in a letter, but he never got a reply back. Soon after that Henry started a campaign to have Crazy Horse’s head put

Sheridan, though, came to Custer’s defense and he was eventually reinstated. Custer once again made the army proud with his attack on Black Kettle’s band in 1868 at the Washita river. George was then sent to the Black Hills and participated in several battles with the Lakota Indians between 1873 and 1876. Upon discovering the valuable resource of gold in the Black Hills, the government appointed Custer, along with Generals John Gibbon and George Crook, to remove the Lakota Indians. The plan seemed to

The Battle of Little Bighorn Cover Up How did Custer legitimately die? Was it actually numerous Indians that outnumbered him at the Battle of Little Bighorn? Some people believe that there was a big plan involved to have Custer die that day. There are many conspiracy theories that originated from his death. A main theory includes Custer’s dislike for Captain Benteen. According to popular knowledge, it is believed that Captain Frederick W. Benteen and Major Marcus A. Reno had a big plan to be heros

The Battle of Little Big Horn, fought on June 25, 1876, was an armed conflict between federal troops and allied Cheyenne and Sioux warriors. The discovery of gold in Montana pushed more settlers into this Western territory – with several tribes, including the Cheyenne and Sioux, refusing to move onto reservations. Led by Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer, federal troops attacked the Native Americans, but were outnumbered and overpowered by these bands that were larger than Custer expected

community. The location was something people found hard to overlook and it caused them to neglect the meaning of the museum. Lawrence Downes expressed his opinion on the Crazy Horse Memorial, “It was bad enough that white men drove the Sioux from the hills they still hold sacred; did they have to carve faces all over them too?” (Source C). The Crazy Horse Memorial is located in the same area as Mt. Rushmore which is a bit ironic considering that it was made to honor Native Americans. Both memorials being

George Armstrong Custer was a United States Army officer who acquired recognition from his tasks as a Civil War General and a Native American gladiator in the west. He chose to go to a Military Academy which helped him acquire the skills he showed as a war general. George Custer was best known for his part in the Battle of the Little Bighorn, which was on June 25 and June 26, 1876, in the Montana boundary. In this fight, also called Custer’s Last Stand, Cheyenne and Sioux Indians murdered Custer

This review essay helps to contextually establish the history of public perception and/or opinion of who Custer was as a military leader due to a result of the many historical works developed up through those published in 1993. These disparate reviews of General Custer and Little Bighorn were written by various sources, using varying points of view and aspects. Some to assert Custer as an inept leader who was principally responsible for the death of his unit while others attempt to restore the image

Balance and Power: The Lakota Expansion The outstanding power of the Lakotas against other tribes and the settlers is said to be caused by the numbers and superior organization skills of the Lakota. But that is only half of the reason for the Lakotas’ power. The Lakotas succeeded partly because other tribes failed. When horse culture first came to the plains, the Lakotas were in fact in a state of crisis and not powerful at all. The bison were disappearing from Lakota lands, and they sought to expand

I believe that Dee Brown was trying to a message to the readers on the first paragraph. That before the war began there was peace, singing and dancing in the streets. I think Dee B. Was trying to tell us that the plains indians did not relinquish any right or claims to their lands, or the privilege of hunting, fishing, passing tracts of the country.The miners built little wooden villages everywhere and in 1859 they built a big village which they called Denver city. Little Raven learned to smoke cigars

Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer executed poor mission command during the Battle of Little Bighorn by failing to create a shared understanding of the operational environment and exercise disciplined initiative. Custer was the commander of a battalion in the Battle of Little Bighorn during the Indian Wars1. Little Bighorn was the location of a nomadic village of Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes2. Custer approached the unified Indian village with his force of nearly 650 men

I am astonished that a neighborhood in this poor condition exists in Grand Rapids. There was a distinct decline in the surrounding area. The outskirts of Black Hills is bordered by an industrial park and hill that separates the neighborhood from the rest of Kent County. Looking up at the hillside reminded me of Acapulco. The hills had trashed scattered over and houses that were so close in proximity that they were almost on top of each other. The astonishment I felt was “how could Kent County

1. Introduction Conservation of natural resources in The Black Hills and The Badlands is of extreme importance. Without the conservation of natural resources The Black Hills and The Badlands would cease to exist. Without The Black Hills and The Badlands South Dakota’s economy would be in trouble because tourism is one of South Dakota’s largest industry (“Travel South Dakota”). Every natural resource inside of The Black Hills and The Badlands needs to be preserved. If one natural resource is not

In June of 1876, Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) George Armstrong Custer led the United States (US) 7th Cavalry Regiment into battle against a major Native American force. The US 7th Cavalry Regiment suffered a major defeat near the Little Bighorn River in the eastern Montana Territory (Wagner III, 2014). The purpose of this paper is to examine the prominent elements of the battle and to provide an alternate outcome. In theory, LTC Custer could have gained a decisive victory at Little Bighorn by utilizing

Joe Starita 's book "I Am a Man": Chief Standing Bear 's Journey for Justice brings a great contribution to the history of the State of Nebraska as well as to legal issues from this history. This can be clearly seen in several passages of the book when the author seeks to portray, in detail and depth research, the adventures of the Indians and their struggles for land rights in American territory. The following passages will outline the main ideas of Joe Starita 's book regard to the main characters