Sioux Indians

Like Christianity, Islam permits fighting in self-defense, in defense of religion, or on the part of those who have been expelled forcibly from their homes. It lays down strict rules of combat that include prohibitions against harming civilians and against destroying crops, trees and livestock. As Muslims see it, injustice would be triumphant in the world if good people were not prepared to risk their lives in a righteous cause. One reads in the Qur'an: "Fight in the cause of God against those who fight you, but do not transgress limits. God does not love transgressors." (Qur'an 2:190) "If they seek peace, then you seek peace. And trust in God for He is the One that hears and konws all things." (Qur'an 8:61) War is therefore the last resort, and is subject to the rigorous conditions laid down by the sacred law. The often misunderstood and overused term jihad literally means "struggle" and not "holy war" (a term not found anywhere in the Qur'an). Jihad, as an Islamic concept, can be on a personal level - inner struggle against evil within oneself; struggle for decency and goodness on the social level; and struggle on the battlefield, if and when necessary. The term Holy War was never mentioned in The Quran. For further explanation see:

"What are the ethics of war in Islam?"

Everything;every part of the buffalo was used by the Great

Plains Indians who hunted them. Clothing, shelter, food, and religious objects were made from the buffalo.

The Siouan language family spreads from the Southeastern US all the way to the Great Plains, with most of the diversity being concentrated in the Plains area.

no they never did no they never did I don't believe any Sioux ever lived in what is known today as Indiana, but if 'Indiana' is meant to be 'Indians' then yes, Sioux people still exist. They have recently withdrawn from treaties made with the government to form their own country in parts of the North and South Dakota, Montana, and Nebraska. www.republicoflakotah.com

The Oglala were native of the Teton (Lakota) tribes of the Sioux tribes. As such they adhered to the same idealisms as the greater Sioux nation. They understood there to be a Creator and many other forces to be revered. The Sioux were very sure that they could not (or should not) understand the gods. Instead they spent a majority of their worship in honoring "Wakan Tanka."

Wakan was a belief that everything in life (humans, animals, plants, rivers, oceans, lands, and the universe) were connected and one as a whole. It was believed that all life came from Mother Earth. This led to a strong sense of stewardship over animals and lands. Everything was considered family and sacred.

The concept of Wakan was symbolized by the circle. The circle represented the eternity and continuous flow of the universe. The Sioux also revered the number four. They believed the great Creator created everything in fours. For example... Time was split into day, night, lunar, and solar. Life was split into infanthood, childhood, adulthood, and old age. Seven was also a sacred number.

An important ideal is also that of "the song." The Sioux believed that each part of the universe hid a section of the song of creation. It was in the Black Hills that it was said one could hear the entire song of creation. The Black Hills also was the resting place for the souls of the dead.

A native tradition of hoops and twigs woven with a web. Its believed that it traps nightmares in the web until they perish in the first light of day and the good dreams floating in the nights air pass through the web and flow down the dangling feathers to the sleeper below

Before contact with Europeans, members of the Great Sioux Nation lived throughout the north-central United States and southern Canada. Today there are Sioux reservations in Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan.

in South Dakota , Montana, minnisota, North Dakota,

There is actually no such language as "Indian". There are more than 450 different languages spoken in India. If you are talking about Native American languages, there are more than 700.

If you would like a translation, you would need to specify which Indian language you are talking about.

Until the Dakota Sioux were put on reservations they were able to use their environment to its fullest extent. They were hunters and gathers. Often they moved theircamp to follow the herds of Buffalo . They used every part of the Buffalo they killed and would not kill more than they needed. The cultural beliefs concerning the care of the earth and the how they were connected to it and the environment was very important. We could take some lessons from them on how to care for our environment. They understood that the environment was a part of them and kept them alive.

The Sioux leader in the battle of the little bighorn in which general Custer died was Sitting Bull.

After the battle, Sitting Bull instructed his warriors NOT to remove anything from the bodies of the falled Cavalrymen as he had seen in a vision, that it would cause the Indian Nation to suffer.

He was ignored & the Braves plundered the dead bodies for mementos etc. Sitting Bulls visions ultimately came true. The Indian Nation & tribes were hounded into near extinction, their lands stolen, the buffalo their way of life depended on were wiped out & the few Indian tribes that were left, were stuck in reservations.

Basically a large majority of the tribes were subjected to genocide. Not a very noble thing that the White Man did, even though they seen the Indians as savages & backwards, time & history have shown the opposite to be true.

The Indian Nation were the nobler of the people. It was the White Man who was the savage murderer & killer as well as stealing the Indians sacred land, the White Man & its Government cheated & lied to the Indian Nation Tribes. Even today there are impoverished Indian Reservations, populated by very poor ancestors of the tribes that fought at Little Big Horn. Very sad.

You say wismahin, or wansmahior hikheze; a diamond-shaped arrowhead is khehukhu; a barbed head is khesthun.

The two types of democratic government are:

> direct democracy; and

> republic democracy

General Sitting Bull and his Lieutenant Crazy Horse.

The Lakota people, also known as Teton or Teton Sioux, live all over the world. Their reservations and communities in the United States are mainly located in Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. In Canada, there are Lakota and Dakota bands located in Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

General Custer was a member of the U.S. Army; so I guess you could say that he was on the side of the USA (if that is a side).

apparently they played croquet but i don't really know

Animal hides mostly. Women wore dresses and men wore a loincloth, leggings, and mocassins, and in cold weather, a poncho. As it got colder, both sexes added mittens and headgear. In the warmest weather, men went completely naked, though. Boys' and girls' ears were pierced, and plains tribes in general were fond of jewelry.