0
Sioux Indians
Once a nomadic tribe but forced north from the upper Mississippi area, the Sioux tribe ended up in the black hills of South Dakota. Lakota, Dakota or Nakota, this tribe played a big part in America's early western history.
1,100 Questions
Where were the plains Indians located and when did they exist?
They exist 30,000 to 40,000 years ago. Now it locate in Saskatchewan, Alberta and Mainitoba. Their societies are the Blackfoot, the Cree, the Assiniboine, the Sioux and the Crow.
Where did the Indians get the guns to defeat Custer?
Some were sold to the Indians by unscrupulous dealers, some were taken from soldiers killed in other battles. Weapons and ammunition were frequently scavenged by Indians from battles, or seized by attacking supply wagon trains.
What weapons does the Sioux Indians use?
it mainly hunts bigger prey so they can bring back bigger meals and so they can be respected for fighting a big prey for the tribe
What did the teton Sioux wear?
The Teton or Lakota Sioux wore much the same as all other northern Plains tribes.
Men of the mid-19th century wore a breeclout of soft-tanned hide or trade cloth and moccasins, with leggings and a plain buckskin shirt added when needed. Women wore a full-length deerskin dress and short leggings with moccasins. Headbands were not worn.
Hair was typically worn long and loose or plaited into two long braids. Women painted their hair parting red when they reached puberty.
Both sexes historically removed all facial hair (including eyebrows) with freshwater clam shells and later with metal tweezers obtained from traders. 19th century photographs show all Sioux without eyebrows - something that has been forgotten by modern native actors.
In the early 1800s decoration was either painted on or used dyed porcupine quills woven into simple patterns. From around the middle of the century glass beads were widely available from traders and the Teton Sioux used them extensively. White backgrounds were a favourite among the Teton tribes.
A warrior who distinguished himself (like Crazy Horse) would be made a "war chief" and allowed to wear a shirt with four beadwork strips: one over each shoulder and one down each arm.
Buffalo hides with the fur left on served as winter robes, later replaced by trade blankets - dark blue ones seem to have been the most commonly used.
See links below for images:
What is the Sioux's Indians religion?
The Sioux regard the universe as ultimately incomprehensible; life, growth, and death are mysterious and suggestive of powers difficult to understand. Since time itself is regarded as non-causal, and does not embody notions of change and progress, nothing in the universe can be considered to be inevitable. This incomprehensibility and unpredictability of the universe, anything difficult to understand, is called 'wakan', which also connotes the animating force of the universe, the totality of which is 'Wakan Tanka'. Wakan Tanka is the sum total of the personified powers that brought all things into being; sometimes it is embodied as the Six Grandfathers. Humankind itself formed in and emerged from the womb of Mother Earth, as did the buffalo. Everything has its own spirit but all share the same spiritual essence that is Wakan Tanka; so it is that the most important aspects of personality are shared by everything in the universe. Other beings often shared their knowledge with humans or provided aid in time of crisis, and so came to be thought of as 'people'. The observance of the human-like characteristics of these peoples led to the development of kinship with them. At birth one receives from Takuskanskan a guardian spirit and the life-breath or ghost which comes from the stars; at death these return to the spirit world. Ritual seeks to placate the wakan beings or powers - which may be predisposed to good or evil - but also involves a process of continuing revelation. On returning from his vision quest, the vision seeker commonly integrates his vision into the life of the community by performing it ritually in public. In this way he adds to the fund of collective knowledge necessary to sustain a balanced relationship between the human community and other forms of life, both animate and inanimate. This sense of unity and of the cohesive force of ritual, is conveyed by the recurring song text: "I do this ( take part in the ritual, songs and prayers) so that I may live with my relations". Finally, a few words on the Black Hills, why they are sacred to the Sioux. According to Charlotte Black Elk, Sioux legend says that with the creation of the universe a song was given to it, each part of the universe being imbued with a part of the song; but only in the Black Hills was the song found in its entirety, here at the "heart of everything that is". Legend also says that the hills are "...a reclining female figure from whose breasts flowed life-giving forces, and to them the Lakota [Sioux] went as a child to its mother's arms" (Luther Standing Bear quoted in Matthiessen). It was in the Black Hills that the Sioux people originated, and at Bear Butte on the eastern edge of the Hills, that the Creator first imparted his sacred instructions to them; thus it is that Bear Butte is the most sacred of all places, and both Sioux and Cheyenne come here each year for vision quests. Although explanations of what happens to one at death vary, it has been said that the spirits of the Sioux dead rest in the Black Hills.
The various tribes of the Midwestern and Great Plains areas, like the eastern sea board tribes, did not die out, but were forcibly moved under duress out into the badlands of America (New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, etc) and onto small "reservations". Any of the Native American tribes which opposed this forced relocation were subsequently met with violence or incarceration. Many of the tribes which survived the relocation have decendents who live on these "reservations" to this day. The reason for these relocations was purely ethnically motivated as racial discrimination was previlant in the early days of American history. In fact, the Native Americans did not even receive citizenship status until 1924 and the ratification of the 14th Amendment.
Who fought the battle of little big horn?
The Battle of the Little Big Horn was between General Custer and part of his 7th Cavalry and Sioux Indians in Montana.
The battle went about like this:
Custer's Seventh Cavalry came upon the huge indian encampment on June 25th, 1876. Custer divided his troopers into three columns,
One under Major Marcus Reno, one under Captain Fred Benteen, and Custer commanded the third. Around 84 men brought up the rear with the pack train.
Custer sent Beenteen on a scout to the western hills, and upon discovering the village, Reno was sent to attack the south end of the huge village, while Custer hit the northern end. A message was sent to Benteen to return swiftly.
The village was made up of around 2500 Lakota Sioux warriors from the Hunk Papa, Oglala, Sans Arcs, Brule, Minneconjou tribes. Also, around 450 Northern Cheyenne warriors, and about 20 Arapaho braves.
Reno made his attack, while Custer watched from the ridge above. Reno was repulsed, and driven to a series of bluffs where his men dug in and held off the attackers.
Custer attacked, and was repulsed, and his column was wiped out, all 210 men.
Benteen rejoined Reno, and the two columns held off the victorious braves, who finally left on the 26th, with the news of two more soldier columns approaching, under the command of Generals Terry and Gibbon.
What was the significance of the Battle of Little Big Horn?
It was General George Armstrong Custers last stand with the seventh calvary and it was also the first time the plains indians united to try to keep the white settlers from running them off the land they felt was rightfully theirs. The difference was the white settlers wanted to own land while the indians revered the earth and realized they were only guests here.
What two Sioux Indian chiefs defeated General Custer at the battle of little Bighorn?
Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse. Sitting Bull was elderly and did not fight in the battle, but he was widely respected among the Sioux, and his vision of a Sioux victory was instrumental in rallying them to fight.
Did george Custer killed Indians?
Yes. He was one of the biggest murders of Native Americans in the US Army. His troops would attack Native American camps in the early morning when the people were asleep and kill all the Natives they found. Men, women, and children were killed by him. He was known for his murder of Native Americans. It is one reason his body was torn apart at Little Big Horn.
Th is answer is totally false and not based on any fact. Do a little research and you will find he carried out his orders in compliance with accepted US Government policy. A policy he objected to in public hearings on the treatment of Native Americans by the US Senate in 1876, when they were investigating corruption by the administration President Grant. Custer implicated Grant's brother in accepting bribes and other corruption to the detriment of the tribes. Grant in his fury fired Custer from leading the summer campaign of 1876, this in part led to the massacre at Little Big Horn. By the way, his body was not torn apart.
What did the Ottawa Indians eat?
they ate wild rice ,duck ,deer , elk ,berries, and other woodland plants ,animals ,and birds
Why did the native Americans feel strongly about Custers Last Stand?
Very bad. strong feelings of hatred.
What was the job of a Sioux medicine man?
When I visited Dakota the local Indian people told me that they did not recognise the word "Sioux" and found being called that insulting. The said that the correct name for them would be the "Lakota" people.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This is a very complex subject that is often difficult for white people to understand, since it is closely linked to native religious beliefs.
Firstly, the word "medicine" is misleading since it is not the same as modern medicinal treatments. It derives from the French word medicin, meaning a doctor - specifically a native American doctor using magical and religious treatments. The Lakota term wichasha wakan means Holy man and this is much more appropriate than medicine man.
There were many different types of Holy man in all native cultures and the Lakota Sioux were no exception. Some specialised as healers, treating wounds or disease; others only dealt with war amulets to protect warriors and give them special powers, others dealt with love "medicines"; others could call the buffalo herds or bring specific types of weather such as storms; some used sacred translucent stones called yuwipi in special magical ceremonies; others only dealt with Sun Dance rituals or made war shields for warriors and so on.
A man would have to "pay" for love medicines, a war shield, treatments and other items provided by a Holy man - usually giving fine horses or some other items of value.
A healer (pejuta wichasha or man of herbs) used plants to treat wounds and disease, but also his own wakan or sacred power - without that the herbal remedies would simply not work. A waayatan was a visionary who could see into the future and foretell what was going to happen - when these things came true they were called wakinyanpi(winged ones).
This is a very simplified explanation of an intenselycomplex subject and there is much more to the story of Lakota Holy men, but this will help to give you some idea of what was involved. See link below for more details of the yuwipi ceremony:
Who was killed in the Battle of Little Big Horn?
Deaths at Little Bighorn included 268 men of the US 7th Cavalry Regiment including it's Commander, Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer, and the complete annihilation of the battalion sized force directly under his command that day, and anywhere between 36 and 300 Lakota and Northern Cheyenne warriors.
Some reports also disclose an unknown number of women and children killed by Major Reno's initial volleys into the camp. Reno himself, a survivor of the action, acknowledges this but was unable to give a realistic estimate of deaths.
Were the Sioux Indians savage or civilized?
The Sioux Indians can not be classified as a civilization. In terms of their religion, they can be organised as a civilization because their religion is organised; in that they have priests, music, special places etc. Otherwise, they are not a civilization because they lack many of the features needed to be a fully organised civilization: A Social hierarchy, a Division of Labour, a system of exchange, a government with written laws/rules etc.
How many soldiers did Custer have with him at the little big horn?
Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer's command structure consisted of key officers, Major Marcus Reno, ( second in command ) who paniced badly in the opening action. creating confusion among his company's engaged in the early fighting. Captain Fredrick Benteen, a very mild mannered pipe smoking man with an angelic face, Benteen stayed behind the bluffs guarding the pack trains of supplys. Benteen arrived on the second day of the battle saving Major Reno's command who were pinned down in ditches by the hostiles for most of 25th June and well into the 26th. Custer's aid was W.W. Cooke: always at Custer's side Cooke wrote the last message from Custer to Benteen.. "Come on , Big Village, come quick, bring packs.. P.S. Bring Packs" Custer's Brother Tom was also at his side constantly throughout his life and sadly in death. Tom was a two time Metal of Honor winner in the Civil War. A nephew came west for his health, Auti Reed Custer. A brother in law, Lt. James Calhoun. Lt. James M.
McDougall, Lt. Charles Varnum, Lt. Charles C. DeRudio, Capt. Thomas H. french,
Custer's chief Indian scout "Bloody Knife" Killed in action while standing beside Major Reno, Miles Keogh, whose horse would be the only living survivor of the battle and hundreds of other officer's and men of the various companys.
A short time after the battle Custer's body was found lying on top of another dead soldier, shot in the chest and in the left temple. On the ground next to him, 17 shells from Custer's Remington sports rifle were identified; his brother Tom Custer and adjutant Lt Cooke lay dead close by, shot with many arrows.
All the bodies were stripped and mutilated, except that of Lt Colonel Custer, who only had awls thrust into his ears.
What was the result of the battle of little bighorn?
Chief crazy horse and 2,000 Indians killed colonel Custer and all of his men
What were Indian mask made from?
Indian Masks are made of wood, and the facial expressions are carved deep into the material, for affect and detail.
How many Indians wer at the battle of little big horn?
American Indian losses reported by Sitting Bull's account were 36 killed and 168 wounded, while Red Horse made the count as 136 killed and 160 wounded. Custer, 15 of his officers, ten civilian scouts and 242 cavalry troopers lost their lives and another 55 were wounded.
What did lakota Indians use buffalo for?
The Lakota people, aswell as other American Indian tribes, used the buffalo for alot of things. The hide was used as clothicng and to make tents or 'teepees', the fat was used as pitsh for torches or sometimes eaten. The meat and organs were eaten and often the blood was drunk as it was warm compared to the cold winter winds, and often the bones were used for construction. Hope this helps!
