The policy of the federal government towards the Great Plains Indians was headed for failure from the very early stages. The policies were created to avoid conflict between the natives and the whites, but this was never accomplished. Prior to the gold rush in the late 1840s, explorers declared that the plains of the United ...
1) Name: Sitting Bull Indian Name: Tatanka Iyotanka Birth: 1831 Death: 12-15-1890 Nation: Hunkpapa Sioux Why: He is seen as a symbol of resistance by American Indians, especially the Lakota Nation. In a 1997 documentary titled The Great Tribes, he is noted as a renaissance man, holy man, great warrior, hard-bargaining politician, composer of songs ...
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown is an historical account of what happened to the American Indians in the 19th C. when white settlers began to take over their territory. Dee Brown, known for his books about the West, was born in Alberta, LA, in 1908 (Scroggins 1). “His family moved to ...
Just east of the Black Hills in South Dakota sits Custer State Park. Overshadowed by the National Monuments and Parks inside the Black Hills themselves, Custer still offers amazing views and opportunities to get up close and personal to much of the wildlife in the western planes. I have visited Custer State Park many ...
“Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee” will premier on HBO on May 27. The epic movie event is presented by Executive Producers Dick Wolf and Tom Thayer. The film, based upon the the book by Dee Brown, is an epic film. The film is based upon the last chapter of the novel. from the Battle ...
Ancestors of the Seminole, who live on the Indian reservations today, were settled farmers and hunters in Spanish Territory of what is now north Florida. After three Seminole Wars during the 19th century, the Indians were forced out to Oklahoma. A few hundred hid in swamps of the Everglades. Between 1790 and 1871, the U.S. ...