The name “Sioux” is short for “Nadouessioux”, meaning “little snakes”, given to them by their spiteful long time rival the Ojibwa tribe. The Sioux community was divided into a organized nation of seven different, smaller tribes; later becoming known as: Oceti Sakowin, which translates into “Seven Council Fire” in the Sioux indigenous language. To keep their history alive, the Sioux practiced oral tradition in sharing their past, through the Siouan language and occasionally, they communicated through sign language. They were a dominant tribe in Minnesota that later migrated continuously through the northern Great Plains region following buffalo patterns. The Sioux depended on bison for most of their food source, clothing, and shelter. They …show more content…
Settlers were then being paid by the government to decrease buffalo population in order to expand into the west. As the buffalo population quickly decreased, the Sioux Indians began to decrease as well. The white settlers brought along diseases such as smallpox, measles, and other contagious diseases that eliminated almost half of the Sioux population. The Treaty of Fort Laramie was established in 1851 as a treaty to keep peace between the settlers and tribe. This treaty sequestered the indians to lands in North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Montana, and Wyoming. The treaty stated that the indians had to allow travelers into the lands, allow government to establish roads, pay for wrongdoings of their people, and avoid conflict with other tribes, while the US government offered protection from US citizens and annuities if treaty of followed. However, issues with the treaty arose as Indians didn’t have full translation of the terms, an example of the government’s sovereignty ruling over ethics. In 1868, the treaty commision met again to improve the terms of the treaty. The US government established the Great Sioux Reservation where the indians could preside. …show more content…
More conflict arose because the government didn’t stop coal miners from entering and mining on the sacred and sustainable lands of the indians, disregarding the treaty. Although the government attempted to buy the lands, the Sioux were reluctant in giving sacred lands to greedy miners moving westward. Rather than keeping peace as the treaties were intended to, they caused more conflict amongst the settlers and
Caden Mercer Rob Rea American History to 1865 24 October 2015 History of the Sac and Fox Tribe Can you think of an Indian Tribe? Having trouble? Don’t worry I got one for you, it’s the Sac and Fox Tribe. In this research essay you will learn all about the Sac and Fox Indian Tribe. The Sac and Fox are originally from Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Canada, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Iowa.
The Ponca Indian Tribe is a Native American Tribe from Nebraska and South Dakota. Northern Poncas are still located in Nebraska but Southern members of the Ponca Tribe moved to Oklahoma in the 1800s. At the time, the Ponca Tribe was not the only natives living on this region. The other landowners of present day South Dakota were the Arikara Tribe, the Cheyenne Tribe, and the Lakota and Dakota Sioux Tribes. The other tribes that owned had land in Nebraska were the Arapaho Tribe, the Cheyenne Tribe, the Kansa Tribe, the Lakota and Dakota Sioux Tribes, the Missouri Tribe, the Omaha Tribe, etc.
The Omaha tribe is one of the many tribes within the many indian tribes that exist or used to exist many years ago. Many families of men, women, and sometimes children were a big part of how the tribe functioned so well as one. An old folktale tells of how these humans were once born from water and formed their group, The Omaha tribe. They made clothing from fiber of weeds and grass. They hunted game with clubs and started to chip stones.
United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians, 448 U.S. 371 (1980) is a case that involves the Sioux Nation and the United States government, and it regards the United Stages Government authority to reneged a treaty and reclaimed land given to the Sioux Nation Of Indians, and if congress violated the separation of powers clause when it amended the Indian Claims commissions in 1978. The Sioux nation was a collection of tribes united in a confederacy in the States of South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska, and Minnesota. In 1868 the Sioux Nation signed the Fort Laramie treaty that granted them the Sioux Nation reservation in South Dakota, including the Black Hills, but took away all of their lands positions outside of the reservation.
The Shoshone was a Native American tribe in the western Great Basin in the United States. This tribe was spread into the north and east Idaho and Wyoming. The Shoshone religion was Shoshone rituals. Their population was approximately 8000 members at first, but their population began to increase about 20,000 members. There were three classes in Shoshone tribe, which were the chief and shaman, trading partners, and the servants.
Currently, in North Dakota, there is a major protesting taking over. Members of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe are taking a stand and protesting against the Energy Transfer Company. The protests derive from an oil pipeline that is in the process of being built. According to their official company website, the Energy Transfer Company are developing the pipeline to provide transportation of crude oil from points in the Bakken/Three Forks production areas in North Dakota all the way to Patoka, Illinois. The company claims that this will be more environmentally friendly and it will lower costs.
The slaughter of the bison played a big factor in the Plains Indian’s removal to the reservations. The bison was a way of life for the nomadic tribes of the plains; it was a source of food, shelter, fuel, and a central part of their religion and rituals (Roark 540). While a way of life for the Indians, bison for the white Americans were not. Even though the army took credit for the conquest of the Plains Indians, it was mostly the destruction of the bison herd that the victory is due to (Roark 540). In 1867, more than five thousand Comanches, Kiowas, and Southern Arapahos gathered at Medicine Lodge Creek in Kansas to negotiate a treaty, and signed the treaty agreeing to move to reservations (Roark 540).
The Lakota tribe are indigenous to the Great Plains of North America. What interests me the most about them is there artwork. Women of the Lakota tribe are best known for their quill and beadwork. Men from the Lakota tribe are known for their paintings. These types of artwork are only few to the many in the whole native american Indian culture.
The Sioux Indians were allied with many Native Americans during the civil war period. The Lakota tribes, which are apart of the total Sioux population, attacked the settlers and emigrants moving into the land forcing America to respond. America responded by sending an army to Lakota killing many women, men, and children. A series of short followed these attacks, which led the Sioux to flee west to their allies in Montana and the Dakota Territory. This action increased illegal settlement after the civil war, which led to another war shortly.
A lot of nativedi nations lived on the Great Plains including the Sioux. The name Sioux comes from the sioun word “Nadowessi” which means little snake. The sioux indians originally came from Asia. These Native Americans lived in the territory of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and North and South Dakota etc. A Frenchman, moved into Sioux territory in the seventeenth century and took control of much of their land.
The Great Plains indian tribes dominated much of the area of South Dakota. There were many tribes that lived in this vast area of the Great Plains. The Sioux, the Cheyenne, Lakota, Pawnee, Crow, and many more different tribes. These tribes have two different social groups or adaptive groups. One group is the tribes that learned how to ride horse and used horses in their society.
The sioux tribe has a very important religion. They have a certain way of living, that i find unique. They have many different ways of life which is really important and very interesting. They prove that it 's ok to be different and have a really special way of life. Tribal members believe everything exists as one with the Great Spirit.
This treaty was between the Dakota and Pike/US. Through signing treaties with the US government, the Dakota lost the majority of their land. The Dakota became very dependant on Government goods since they lost their hunting lands. The U.S Government kicked out the Native Americans for room for the white settlers. Minnesota became a territory until it took
Scattered across the United States due to being driven from their homeland in the North Eastern area, the Shawnee Native American tribe became a diversely skilled group of fighters with leaders who still stand out in history today. The Shawnee tribe originated from the Ohio River Valley, but were forced out supposedly by Iroquois in the 1600s, and spread out to Pennsylvania, Illinois, or even as far as Maryland or Georgia. As time passed and Iroquois power weakened, the Shawnee were able to return to their home, only to be pushed out once more by white settlers. During the American Revolution, the Shawnee fought with the British against the colonists in hopes to keep their land and have the colonists removed. Following the war, the SHawnee
Even though the Plain tribes move around, in winter they stay at the same place for several months. In summer, spring and fall the tribes move around almost every week. They walked around 8 to 15 miles a day and find a stopping place where there are woods for fire and water for drinking. During the 1700’s horses were introduced to the Plains Indians, which transform their lives by using horses to carry their belonging. From 1720-1730 the tribes begin to obtain guns and metal utensils by trading.