Sioux Indian Tribe Research Paper

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The Sioux Indian Tribe Crystal Salus Winona State University July 19, 2011 The Sioux Indian tribe is one of the largest and most important Indian tribes north of Mexico, with the exception of the Ojibwa (Mooney, 1912). However, unlike the Ojibwa tribes who spread out through the United States and Canada, the Sioux are virtually all within the United States. The name Sioux (pronounced Su) is an abbreviation of the French spelling of their ancient name Nadouessioux, which meant “little snakes” which was given to them by the Ojibwa tribes (Mooney, 1912 and Native Languages of the Americas, 2011). This ancient name is now extinguished, and they call themselves the Dakota, Nakota or Lakota (depending on dialect) which means “allies.”…show more content…
Two of the schools created during this time were the Fort Totten and Fort Yates schools. The Catholic sisters operating these schools implemented a selective acculturation which allowed students go between the White and Indians worlds which gained acceptance from the Sioux community. (Carroll, 2000). In 1893 it became law for parents to send their children to school, and if they refused they would have to suffer severe consequences such as annuities or rations being withheld or being sent to jail (Ketteringham, 2007). Students who tried running away from school were also severely punished, and were often whipped or bound and left out in the hall for the rest of the students to see them (Ketteringham, 2007). Generally, there were three main types of schools: off reservation boarding schools, day schools and reservation boarding schools. The Federal Indian Policy ordered the removal of Indian children from their families and required them to go to government schooling (Ketteringham, 2007). At the time, the most frequent type of school used was the off reservation boarding school because it was thought that the children could be subjected to a complete transformation to become “Americanized.” However, it was expensive to maintain off reservation schooling,…show more content…
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