Crazy refused to be imprisoned and the Crow Creek tribal police fatally wounded Crazy Horse in the back with a bayonet. No one knows the exact details of Crazy Horse’s death. Some people say he was stabbed once, some say he was stabbed twice. There are no photographs of Crazy Horse. Sketches have been created as a result of interviewing Lakota Sioux members.
A Horrific and Immoral Massacre The Sand Creek Massacre of 1864, constituted a brutal massacre in United States History. This massacre is the most notorious event throughout the Indian Wars and contributed toward the expansion of the U.S involvement in the West. The event occurred on November 29th, 1864, when a combination of volunteer and federal troops conducted a surprise attack on an Indian village along Sand Creek. In the 1860s, American expansion westward was escalating immensely. The only territory remaining were the American Indians located in Colorado.
It seemed a disaster waiting to happen. Mary Crow Dog was a leader of sorts in this standoff against the state police, as she gave birth to her son here in amongst the incessant fighting. Through this situation, the sheer length of the whole face-off and the number of Indian casualties, the Indians staging the siege gained national and international attention and the US government was forced to reconsider its laws concerning Native
Charles Eastman: Main Character, He was a Doctor who was once part of the Sioux Indian tribe. He spent his life fighting for the well-being and rights of the Indians. Elaine Goodale: She was a teacher on an Indian reserve who married Eastman and also spent her life looking out for the well-being of Indians and making the most out of the reservation. Sitting Bull: He was the leader of the Sioux tribe that wouldn’t have any part of Americanization or sign any government form to move from their lands. Red Cloud: another Indian chief who only wanted peace with the white men.
This event occurred on December 29, 1890.The U.S Cavalry had gathered local Native Americans, shot and killed innocent Native American men, women, and children. The shots were fired because of misunderstanding of culture and ignorance. Another fact that stood out was the truth about Christopher Columbus. The Columbus that was introduced to us in grade school, is so different than the one he really was. Mr. Columbus killed and raped Native Americans because in his eye they were less than humans.
After the massacre the Commissioner of Indian affairs tried to prove they were not put in situations that forced them to rebel/ run away (refused food; starved, not provided with warm proper clothing they were promised in the treaty, driven off their lands and forced to stay confined on a reservation that wasn’t theirs). 5. Why did A Century of Dishonor strike so positive a chord among readers, including U.S
Sand Creek Massacre People moved to Colorado in the 1850’s-1860 as a form of relocation. The spur of gold and silver rushes helped with the creation of this area. It also helped with making the Cheyenne people and Arapahos angry with the white man. Due to the conflict between the Natives and the rushers, war broke out between the two. The war was known as the Sand Creek Massacre or Cheyenne-Arapahos War or even the Colorado War of 1864-1865.
It was January 23, 1870 and 200 U.S. cavalrymen lay spread around the Marias River in Montana near by the large campsite of the Piegan leader Heavy Runner. The camp was surrounded by the cavalries and the Indians were defenseless since their warriors and strong man were away hunting. A scout, Joe Cobell, fired the first shot, dropping Heavy Runner. “This was the beginning of the greatest slaughter of Indians ever made by U.S. troops” (Weiser NP). About 200 Piegans, most of them either elderly or women and children, were killed by the harsh Army's Springfield rifles.
In Custer Die for your sins Deloria attempts to cover several different issues that the Indians have encountered and continue encounter due to ignorance. In a humorous way Deloria is able to express his opinion while also spreading awareness of what “Being Indian” consists of. The chapter titled: “Anthropologists and Other Friends” blames anthropologists for all the misleading associations made towards Indians. Deloria argues, “they [anthropologists] are the most prominent members of the scholarly community that infests the land of the free…”(CDFYS: 78). Without realizing it, in their attempts to help the Indians anthropologists have only created false assumptions of Indians.
With the occupation of Alcatraz, a participant said, "we got back our worth, our pride, our dignity, our humanity." The Native Americans always had to fight for what was rightfully theirs. The administration paid little attention to the Twenty Points, except to outright reject the proposal for treaty