the french in about 1640, near the Mississippi river
settlers discovered gold in the black hills ...
settlers discovered gold in the black hills ...
The plural form of Sioux is Sioux.
After gold was discovered there, the US government wanted to open the land for settlers.
Sioux City
George Armstrong Custer's soldiers discovered gold in the Black Hills. The U.S. government responded by insisting that the Sioux who lived there sell their reservaation land but the Sioux refused. This caused the Battle of the Little Bighorn in which Sioux warriors surrounded George Armstrong Custer and his troops. It was the worst defeat the U.S. army suffered in the west.
We powwow with the Sioux tomorrow. Let's go visit the Sioux. That is a Sioux headdress.
In 1862 the Dakota Sioux were known as the Dakota/Dakotah or the Sioux or the Dakota Sioux.
Sioux
Sioux Lehner's birth name is Sioux Lewellyn.
Sioux Falls Hospital opened in 1894 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The Sioux Valley Association was organized in 1894 and built the Sioux Valley Hospital in 1930.
The Arapahoe were almost permanent allies with hundreds of years of friendly relations. The Sioux were relative newcomers and their alliance was tentative and one directional (against white encriachment.) The Sioux did provide a major force when joined with the Cheyenne and Arapahoe as George Armstrong Custer discovered.