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U S Government Crazy Horse
1,347 words... ny and C. F. Smith. During the summer of 1868 his request was accepted. The troops moved. A civil war hero William Tecumseh Sherman moved into the territory as the new commander of the plains. He had plans to get the treaty signed. His hopes were to, shut up the congressional critics, get the Sioux to agree on already and maintain the army's morale. After negotiations were made Red Cloud lead one hundred-and twenty-five leaders of the Sioux nations to sign the treaty of 1868. This treaty gua...
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Native Americans Commit Suicide
1,457 wordsBighead, Kate. "An eye for an eye. " pps 1 - 5. Online. Internet. 5 June 1999. Available: web The plight of the Native American Indians throughout history is plagued by many battles and episodes of relocation from one reservation to the next. One would have thought that the Native Americans were merely puppets that the white man controlled to fit their own needs. However, the battle known as Custer's Last Stand was different. It would seem that the Indian had finally gained control of white man ...
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U S Government U S Army
408 wordsIn the early 1860 s the Oglala Sioux leader Chief Red Cloud fought to keep the U. S. Army from opening the Bozeman Trail, which led to the Montana gold fields through Sioux hunting areas in the Dakota Territory. Between 1866 and 1868 Red Cloud and his allies besieged forts along the trail until in 1868 the U. S. government agreed to abandon it. Red Cloud signed the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie Wyoming on April 29, 1869. The U. S. government agreed to close the Bozeman Trail, and in the treaty inc...
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Back To Our Cabin Began Walking Woods
831 wordsAbout four years ago I went to Phelps, Wisconsin with my friend, Tim, and his mom to visit his grandfather. We quickly found out that there was not much to do in Phelps. The nearest grocery store was thirty minutes away. The only thing to do in town was to go fishing and because we did not have a boat our fishing was very limited. As the week went on Tim and I became very bored and so one night we asked his mom what we could do and she said that in the morning we could all go for a walk through ...
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Sitting Bull White Man
1,207 words"Progress is the elimination of the savage." These words of General Terry, a character in Sharon Pollock's "Walsh", demonstrates how he and his fellow white men feel towards Native Indians. The indians see Canada as their homeland, but the Canadian government will not let them stay and will do anything in their power to make them leave to the United States. They are cheated against, lied to, and betrayed by their government, because of their ethnic background. Especially Sitting Bull, the head o...
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Sitting Bull White Man
1,390 wordsIn 1831 an indian child was born, of the Sioux Nation and the Hunkpapa Tribe. His father, Sitting Bull, and mother, Her-holy-door, did not name him Sitting Bull, he was named Jumping Badger. He was never called Jumping Badger, he was called Slow because of his willful and deliberate ways. When Slow was fourteen he insisted on going along with the adult warriors into battle. Usually the untrained youths were errand boys while learning about battle conditions. Slow, screaming a war cry, jumped int...
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Second Class Citizens Freed Slaves
760 wordsOn a date that will be remembered forever as a step forward for our nation, July 28, 1868, the Fourteenth Amendment became part of the U. S. Constitution. The Fourteenth Amendment gave a new sense of hope and inspiration to a once oppressed people. It was conceived to be the foundation for restoring America to its great status and prosperity. The Amendment allowed equal protection under the law, no matter what race, religion, sex, sexual preference or social status. It was designed to protect th...
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Indian Territory N N
629 words... Whites claim the Indians were not making economic use of their lands in Kansas 1854 Tribes started giving up their land to move on to other land in Indian Territory By 1870 most of the tribes had been removed to Indian Territory (Oklahoma) complete removal was accomplished by 1881 Indian Wars In Kansas With the settlers and railroads moving west they created problems for the Indians Whites were crossing Indian lands, hunting and taking from Indian resources 1864 -- Colonel John M. Chivington...
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Charles Scribner Sons York Charles Scribner
1,357 wordsUS History Period 6 November 14, 1995 Cavalry; and Its affect on the War of Northern Aggression The war of northern aggression, also known as the Civil War, was a war composed of battles and engagements all across the southern half of the United States. Because of the size of the battlefield, speed was a desired constituent for both armies. Cavalry, the use of soldiers on horseback, had been known for centuries, but the war of northern aggression utilized both cavalries to their limits. For the ...
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Myths And Legends Robert M
1,091 wordsCuster and the Great Controversy by Robert M. Utley The controversy of General Custer and the actions that culminated his fate and almost three hundred men under his command has long been discussed and debated by many historians as well as important military officials all trying to conclude what happened at the Battle of Little Bighorn. There have been countless myths and legends of what occurred on that fateful day in American history, but there has yet to be a solid right answer. This answer i...
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Native Americans White Man
742 wordsCuster's Last Stand Bighead, Kate. An eye for an eye. pps 1 - 5. Online. Internet. 5 June 1999. Available: web The plight of the Native American Indians throughout history is plagued by many battles and episodes of relocation from one reservation to the next. One would have thought that the Native Americans were merely puppets that the white man controlled to fit their own needs. However, the battle known as Custer's Last Stand was different. It would seem that the Indian had finally gained cont...
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Manifest Destiny Homestead Act
942 wordsDevelopment Of The West Beyond The Mississippi The years 1840 to 1890 were a period of great growth for the United States. It was during this time period that the United states came to the conclusion that it had a manifest destiny, that is, it was commanded by god to someday occupy the entire North American continent. One of the most ardent followers of this belief was President James K. Polk. He felt that the United States had the right to whatever amount of territory it chose to, and in doing ...
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Sitting Bull Wounded Knee
666 words1 / 16 / 96 Ghost Dance at Wounded Knee The Ghost Dance came about by a Paiute Indian farmer named Wovoka. Wovoka s Ghost Dance came from a vision he d had in which all the ancestors and buffalo rose from the dead, restoring the old Indian way of life forever. Wovoka added some things from other religions to make the Ghost Dance full fledge religion. One main idea that Wovoka borrowed was the idea of sacred clothing that would protect the wearer from harm. The Ghost Dance religion spread among t...
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Sitting Bull Crazy Horse
607 wordsIndian Project The Indians had every right to fight. Their land was being taken away by the whites. They were forcing them out by starving them and compressing them into small reservations. Many of the Indian leaders had felt safe before the whites began attacking and invading their territory. The whites provoked the Indians into war according to Ten Bears when he said, My people have never first drawn a bow or fired a gun against the whites. There has been trouble on the line between us, and my...
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Custer Wife Court Martialed Jack
373 wordsLittle Big Man In the following paragraphs I will be explaining the thematic importance of Jacks association with George Armstrong Custer. Custer was born in New Rules, Ohio, and spent much of his childhood with a half-sister in Monroe, Michigan. He was court-martialed and saved from punishment only by the huge need for officers with the outbreak of the Civil War. Custer did unexpectedly well in the Civil War. He fought in the First Battle of Bull Run, and served with panache and distinction in ...
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White Man Big Man
1,080 wordsLiving Two Lives My heart soars like a hawk. Little Big Man was a man of many traits, of many backgrounds. At a young age his life as he knew it came a drastic halt when he and his family we attacked by Indians. He was drug from the tattered wagon by a human being and put on his horse. The Indian had taken Jack back to the others, and not long after, he fell into the tribe like he was one of the human beings. His Aunt had escaped during the night, leading jack to believe that she would return fo...
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