History
How many Indians were on the largest Indian camp seen by white men
about 10,000 Indians
What was the treaty of Fort Laramie about?
The treaty of Fort Laramie set their territorial boundaries and allowed travelers to pass and army forts to be built all in exchange for an annuity from the US
What was their main source of food
Their main source of food was Buffalo meat
How much time would the funerals take?
About 4 days
What type of lifestyle did the Sioux had?
They had a sedentary lifestyle
Why did they had to rely on trade-payoffs for survival?
They had to rely on trade payoffs because they only had a small patch of land near the Minnesota river, and no access to their traditional hunting grounds
Why did the first confrontation occur?
The first confrontation came near fort laramie in 1854 when soldiers tried to arrest tribesmen for theft, this led to a dispute. The soldiers shot the chieftain so the entire village massacred the soldiers
How did men build their prestige?
Men build their prestige through war, and warfare was reflected in their family’s honor.
What was the name of the supreme being and creator of the Lakota Sioux
Wakan Tanka, great mystery or the great spirit
How many dialects did the Sioux had?
They had 3 dialects
Why did the french enter an alliance with the Sioux
The french were attempting to gain an advantage in the struggle for the North American fur trade against the English
Why did the First war occurred?
The first happened in 1862, when the government failed to pay the annuity to the Dakota Sioux in Minnesota, so the Dakota attacked a settlement and killed as many as 800 Americans
What does Wakanisha mean?
Sacred being
Why did the Sioux depend on the US for their basic food necessities
Domestic cattle and corn were given to the Sioux in exchange for buffalo, making the Sioux dependent on the government for access to their basic food
What does Sioux means
Foreign
When and where did the Sioux ancestors first reach
The Sioux ancestors reached the forest of North Central Minnesota and Northwestern Wisconsin from the Mississippi river shortly before 800 a.d
Why did the 2nd war passed from being a small dispute into a war?
A fresh militia unit went hunting down the dog warriors during the winter, and they came across a peaceful Indian encampment near a fort on Sand Creek
How were warriors called
Akichitas
Why did the Dakota and Lakota Sioux accepted the reservations set by the americans
As the buffalo almost become extinct, both the Dakota and Lakota were forced to accept reservations set by the Americans in return for the rest of their land
What did the Sioux do with the over 1 billion dollars that they received
the Sioux declined payment and demanded the return of their lands
How was the hallmarks of a tribal society that they embraced called?
Seven Council Fires
What was the Ghost dance, and what happened thanks to it
The ghost dance was supposed to summon the ghosts of their fallen and reignite territorial warfare in their favor. But in 1899 took even more land and many Us soldiers believed that the Ghost dance was a military movement and began shooting into a village near Wounded Knee Creek in 1890
How were children called?
Children were called Wakanisha, which meant sacred being, and they were the center of their care
What and why did the railways do in the 19th century
Railways hired poachers in the 19th century to exterminate the buffalo herds to force the tribes onto reservations
Who gave the Sioux their name, and is an abbreviation for _____
Their name was chosen by the Ojibwe and it is an abbreviation for Nadouessioux