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Although the Lakota beat Custer's army, the Lakota and their allies did not get to enjoy their victory over the U.S. Army for long. The U.S. Congress authorized funds to expand the army by 2,500 men. The reinforced U.S. Army defeated the Lakota bands in a series of battles, finally ending the Great Sioux War in 1877. The Lakota were eventually ...
Boas visited Deloria in Kansas that summer and asked her to recommence her work on the Lakota language." [15] However, the relationship between Deloria and Boas was complex and has been further revealed through letters. "| James Walker amassed an enormous body of information regarding Lakota beliefs, rituals, and myths. Boas had asked Deloria ...
In order to start the electroplating process, the Moche first concocted a very corrosive and a highly acidic liquid solution in which they dissolved small traces of gold. Copper inserted into the resulting acidic solution acted both as a cathode and an anode, generating the electric current needed to start the electroplating process. The gold ...
Native American activists fought to strengthen protections against fraud which resulted in the 1990 Indian Arts and Crafts Act (IACA), which makes it "illegal to offer or display for sale, or sell, any art or craft product in a manner that falsely suggests it is Indian produced, an Indian product, or the product of a particular Indian or Indian ...
Lakota bands refused to allow the explorers to continue upstream, and the expedition prepared for battle, which never came. [60] In 1776, the Lakota defeated the Cheyenne for the Black Hills, who had earlier taken the region from the Kiowa. [61] The Cheyenne then moved west to the Powder River country, [61] and the Lakota made the Black Hills ...
Sarah Eagle Heart (Oglala Lakota), Emmy-award winning producer, author, and activist [10] The Wake Singers, band of Oglala Lakota musicians The respected Oglala elder Left Heron once explained that before the coming of the White Buffalo Calf Woman , "the people ran around the prairie like so many wild animals," not understanding the central ...
Luther Standing Bear (Óta Kté or "Plenty Kill," also known as Matȟó Nážiŋ or "Standing Bear", 1868 – 1939) was a Sicangu and Oglala Lakota author, educator, philosopher, and actor. He worked to preserve Lakota culture and sovereignty, and was at the forefront of a Progressive movement to change government policy toward Native Americans.
Red Shirt (Oglala Lakota: Ógle Ša in Standard Lakota Orthography) (c. 1847 – January 4, 1925) was an Oglala Lakota chief, warrior and statesman. Red Shirt supported Crazy Horse during the Great Sioux War of 1876-1877 and the Ghost Dance Movement of 1890, and was a Lakota delegate to Washington in 1880. Red Shirt surrendered with Crazy Horse ...