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Saga Of The Sioux Nation Summary

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Believe it or not, the Sioux Nation still suffers from many problems. The teen suicide rate is by 150%. The Sioux Nation does not have health insurance, good education, etc. The Sioux Nation is unable to live a happy, healthy, long, life.

There are two major conflicts in Saga of The Sioux. The two conflicts are man vs society and man vs nature. Details of the first conflict include,“Sibley kept the remaining 1,700 Santee (Mostly women and children) as prisoners even though even though they were innocent.” “Sioux were under soldier guard, housed in dilapidated shelters and fed on scanty remains.” american indians were treated unfairly. They were kept as prisoners. Even though they were innocent, Sibley punished them by keeping them as prisoners. They were fed on scanty remains and housed in dilapidated shelters.
Details of the second conflict include,”The winter had struck the two groups hard, they were unable to find enough game and short of shelter.” They were having trouble finding food and they were short of shelter. They did not have the ability to adapt quickly either. …show more content…

The first theme is how the Native Americans were treated badly. “Trader Andrew Myrick declared, “So far as I am concerned, if they are hungry let them eat grass or their own dung.” “The United States government did not bother to obtain consent.” They did not care if the Native Americans were treated badly, Myrick said if they were hungry they could eat grass or their own dung, and the United States did not even bother to obtain consent. The second theme is don’t give up and to fight for your rights. “The American Indian boarding school program was a 12 year education system designed to force feed a new way of life to the children of different tribes.” “20 century began, the United States government was well along to reforming the nation's.” Children were taught to in boarding schools and they were reforming the

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