In Document A, Santana, Chief of the Kiowas, describes the destruction of timber and killing of buffaloes by soldiers who sit in camps where his people have lived for generations. In Document D it explains the scarcity of buffalo on the frontier, the writer of this letter believes that there is an institution in place in the frontier which will collect a store of skins until the American bison are hunted into extinction. The buffalo was crucial to
Article Review: The Death of a People's Dream” The history between the U.S government and the Native American people is one full of blood and betrayal. In Robert Utley's article “The Death pf a People's Dream”, he tells a compelling story through the eyes of one brave Sioux Indian as he fought his way through the battle of Wounded Knee. Utley gives us a firsthand point of view which helps the reader understand history through the eyes of the defeated. In December of 1890, a treacherous bloodbath erupted on Wounded Knee Creek between white soldiers and the Sioux regarding practice of the Ghost Dance religion and over all dominance for the North American land. Utley tells us a story about one Sioux man named Dewey who managed to fight his way through the holocaust of the Wounded Knee battle in which he lost his mother, his brother, his wife, and infant son shortly after.
Michael Blake’s book Dances with Wolves reveals a very exciting story of the territorial war between settlers and Native Americans. The book has a Western setting depicting a frontier from a Native American’s point of view. Blake invites the reader to experience the regular pressure that had initially been placed on American by Settlers. John Dunbar, the major character, is a lieutenant who had initial sympathy for the settlers, links with a tribe belonging to Native Americans. This essay analyses Lieutenant Dunbar’s traits that made him abandon America’s allegiance and be part of the Comanches.
Anonymous July 17, 2012 American History II, HY-212 Book Review #1 Crazy Horse In Larry McMurtry’s book, Crazy Horse, he describes many different Indians during the Battle of Little Bighorn as warriors with different prospects. The major historical prospects that are found in this book are the Indian names, religion, and the significance of the Battle of Little Bighorn. In many societies today, these three main points are not used for various reasons. We all have normal identity names, a variety of religious aspects, and what we use for war today. In this case, we can compare and tell why these past historical events are important to the Indians when we don’t really have what they have had in their culture.
The earliest engagement was the Battle of Powder River, and the final battle was the Wolf Mountain. Included are the Battle of the Rosebud, Battle of the Little Bighorn, Battle of Warbonnet Creek, Battle of Slim Buttes, Battle of Cedar Creek, and the Dull Knife Fight. WOUNDED KNEE MASSACRE: The massacre at Wounded Knee Creek was the last major armed conflict between the Lakota and the United States. It was described as a "massacre" by General Nelson A. Miles in a letter to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
Soon the Native Americans began participating in the fur trade across the seas trading fur for other substances. When western settlers hunted buffalo killing them off, native life started to fail. Native American did not know how to survive. The whites had destroyed the living way if Natives by killing off the buffalo. Native Americans were forced to apply the American culture when western settlers had moved on to their land.
English 1020 2/19/12 Essay One: Fiction Buffalo Soldiers The short story Buffalo Soldiers told a story about soldiers that got ambushed by Native Americans. The buffalo soldiers were African-American cavalry regiments of the United States Army that were stationed in the west. It tells of a person’s first encounter in a battle and how he handles it. It also describes how the cavalry as a whole reacted in the site of battle and confrontation. The character that narrates the story, handles the situation of battle very poorly.
When you walk to the top of the peak the rocks look like owls, so "Hinhan Kaga (Making of Owls)" will be a more suitable name for the peak. The name "Harney Peak" is named for General William S. Harney, who is reviled by some Native Americans for commanding troops who killed 86 Lakota people, mostly women and children, at the 1855 Battle of Ash Hollow or Blue Water Creek in present-day Nebraska. An army topographical engineer under Harney's command named the peak after the general in the 1850s. It is long overdue to stop honoring people who were responsible for genocide and take a small step toward justice. We realize to our Lakota elders and to many other Native Americans that the peak will always be known as "Hinhan Kaga", and we would honor the formal name change from "Harney Peak" to "Hinhan Kaga" on maps and
Little Thunder became chief after Conquering Bear was killed at the Grattan Massacre. The Grattan Massacre was the opening engagement of the First Sioux War, fought between the United States Army and the Lakota Sioux warriors on August 19, 1854. Indians, soldiers, traders, emigrants, and one footsore cow, all added to the stew that boiled over and ended the relative peace. A small detachment of soldiers, led by John Grattan, entered the large Sioux camp to arrest the man that was accused of killing an emigrant’s lame ox. A man by the name of “Man Afraid of His Horses” was with the soldiers and repeatedly tried to warn them about going up against such a large tribe.
It was a sad day for the Sioux with many tears shed and many prayers sent. As time went by the great buffalo was almost driven to extinction. Unfortunately I cannot blame the white man entirely for this tragedy, as I and all Lakota Sioux many times killed to many buffalo to use and wasted much. With more and more white men pouring into our lands, by the 1850’s we were at conflict with one another mainly over land. Treaties were signed but rarely honored and many were nothing more than underhand ways to steal our land.