...In the fall of 2007 the numbers of pheasants and pheasant hunters combined increased by over 34%. Then in the winter of 2007 pheasant numbers dropped 80% when over 70 inches of snow fell in eastern South Dakota. How do humans and natural driving forces affect pheasants and pheasant hunting in South Dakota? Today we can predict the booms and the busts of pheasants by the weather conditions. When people destroy winter habitat we know there is going to be some starvation and a possible smaller bust in numbers. With the boom that just happened, it could be extinguished by a bust. When we can't predict a bust or maybe disease that threatens the population. These birds could go extinct. (Laingen2008) In 2007 Non-resident hunters contributed 180 million dollars to the State of South Dakota's economy. To prove this the state took a...
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...The Mandan tribe from North Dakota were hunters, traders, and farmers who learned to develop a life from the Great Plains. The Mandan people were very resourceful and learned how to live off of nature. They learned how to farm, make houses, hunt, and maintain a healthy environment. The people of the Mandan knew how to live off of nature and make their own things in order to live. First, the Mandan lived in what is now North Dakota, and South Dakota. They stayed there and some tribe members still live there to this day, “The Mandan are people of the Great Plains Native American cultural group” (Source B). The Mandan people lived earth lodges, which is a round dome shape on the floor that was built with earth and wood, “...the Mandan lived in dome-shaped earth lodges...
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...The Native Americans with Racial Diversity in Society Cultural Diversity 4/26/2015 Sisay Teketele South Dakota, New Mexico and Alaska are three of the largest populated states of the Native Americans. There are 562 federally recognized tribes in America. There are more tribes but they are either only State recognized or not recognized by the government at all. The largest tribe would be the Navajo, Cherokee and the Sioux. More than 3 million people in the United States are Native people. The term “Native American” refers to the people who are ingenious to North America, and individuals who lived in North America long before European explorers invaded the territory. In the world of the Natives Americans today, they still live on reservations. They look to the federal government to protect them and their homesteads. Land was often removed from tribal status without any compensation and opened to settlers and gold prospectors. Although they are not hunting the buffalo any longer, they have the option to hunt other live game. In 1989, the median income of the Native American household was $19,000. Average income varies by tribe and can range from $29,211 in the Osage Tribe to a mere $11,402 in the Tohono O’Odham tribe. Native American households today only average less than $5000 annually, while only 6% of the overall United States population has an annual income of less than $5,000. How do racial groups interact in Contempary America? And are...
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...The Standing Rock Sioux Reservation originally established as part of the Great Sioux Reservation. Article 2 of the Treaty of Fort Laramie of April 29, 1868 described the boundaries of the Great Sioux Reservation, as commencing on the 46th parallel of north latitude to the east bank of the Missouri River, south along the east bank of the Nebraska line, west to the 104th parallel of west longitude. However, The Great Sioux Reservation comprised all of present-day South Dakota west of the Missouri River, including the sacred Black Hills and the life-giving Missouri River. However, under article 11 of the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty, the Great Sioux Nation retained off-reservation hunting rights to a much larger area, south of the Republican and...
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...------------------------------------------------- Chris McCandless died in Fairbanks, Alaska. His corpse only weighed seventy-seven pounds. ------------------------------------------------- Chris McCandless died in Fairbanks, Alaska. His corpse only weighed seventy-seven pounds. ------------------------------------------------- Chris died for various reasons such as starvation and because of the fungus that was growing on the plant he had been eating. ------------------------------------------------- Chris died for various reasons such as starvation and because of the fungus that was growing on the plant he had been eating. ------------------------------------------------- Chris must cross the Teklanika river to get to town. He is not able to cross the river as it has swelled almost five times its original size and become too violent to cross. ------------------------------------------------- Chris must cross the Teklanika river to get to town. He is not able to cross the river as it has swelled almost five times its original size and become too violent to cross. ------------------------------------------------- Chris would walk to the “magic” bus where he would spend the rest of his life. The bus was the property of the city of Fairbanks, Alaska. The bus is still there for many people to visit. ------------------------------------------------- Chris would walk to the “magic” bus where he would spend the rest of his life. The bus was the property of the city of...
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...The initial catalyst for the loss of the black footed ferret population was poisoning efforts made in the early 1900s. The target of the poisoning was the prairie dog population, which in turn caused a sharp decline in the black footed ferret population. The most common poisons used by North Dakota residents are zinc phosphide and Rosal. Most people dislike prairie dogs, so they use poison to terminate them. This decline in the prairie dog population in turn affects the black footed ferret population. Other factors that reduce the chances of the black footed ferret’s survival include the conversion of farmland and hunting. (North Dakota Carnivores). The primary reason the black footed ferret is endangered originates from the spread of the plague. According to Oldemeyer, “plague is a flea transmitted disease of rodents caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis that exists in widespread, discontinuous foci in parts of Africa” (Oldemeyer 28). Specifically, the Bubonic plague has had a lasting effect on rodent populations. An important factor that affects the prairie dog and black footed ferret populations is the density of the host population. The density of the prairie dog population remains more susceptible...
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...He along with other Lakota’s decided to live off the reservation in the Powder River area. The treaty was made to bring peace between the Sioux and the white settlers that agreed to settle within the Black Hills Reservation in Dakota. The treaty also guaranteed the Lakota important land and the Black Hills Territory. Following the Fort Laramie Treaty, Crazy Horse left the reservation and made friends and followers of some Brule. He married a Northern Cheyenne woman and later an Oglala woman as well. Sitting Bull’s bad intuition about the treaty became true in 1873 when plans were being made by the Northern Pacific Railroad to lay tracks through the Yellow Stone...
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...as I will show starting with the Bozeman Trail and continuing on with The Great Sioux Reservation, Custer’s expedition, Battle of the Little Big Horn, Ghost Dancers, Wounded Knee, Citizenship Act of 1924, The Indian Reorganization Act, and The American Movement(AIM). The terrains were rough, being brutal and forcibly tough, especially for the new settlers who came west, when there was talk of gold. John Jacobs and his partner John M. Bozeman established in 1863 a trail that went through Wyoming and Montana that connected the Oregon Trail. The Bozeman trail was much shorter and more direct, even though, it was a much better wagon road, however it had its flaws. It just happened to pass through the Lakota and Cheyenne’s hunting grounds. The Indians had warned the first wagon train against crossing. While some did...
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...Virginia City, Montana, by way of wagon train that was heading from Missouri to Montana. The wagon train took the Overland Trail, taking approximately five months to reach Virginia City, Montana. According to information on the Lakewood Public Library site the trek was often daunting. “Many times in crossing the mountains, the conditions of the trail were so bad that we frequently had to lower the wagons over ledges by hand with ropes, for they were so rough and rugged that horses were of no use” (Women in History 2010). Along with this they had to ford streams because many streams were noted for quicksand meaning horses could be lost along the way if they weren’t careful. Martha Jane spent most of her time with the men on the wagon train hunting. In her autobiography Martha Jane states “In fact I was at all times with the men when there was excitement and adventures to be had.”(Burk, M. cir. 1900). Charlotte Cannary, Martha Jane’s mother, helped supplement the family income by taking in washing from nearby mining camps. Charlotte Cannary died along the Overland Trail because of an ailment called washtub pneumonia. This was a common ailment to those women who took in laundry from the nearby mining camps, as washtub pneumonia was used to describe a number of respiratory problems associated with women working as laundresses in the mining camps. Martha Jane’s father died one year later in 1867, but it is unknown from what. According to...
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...The two hobbies that I feel I find most enjoyable would have to be hunting and fishing. Both activities have been a part of my life for a long time. Each hobby is unique in its own way. However, they do share a few similarities. I began participating in both of the activities at a very young age. Fishing was ahead of hunting by a few years. I began fishing avidly after one particular trip with my grandfather. Before I was born he owned a cabin on a small lake in Minnesota. During that time he had been a devoted fisherman along with my father. Just before I was born, he sold that cabin to his neighbors on the lake. My grandfather was getting up there in age and when I was 6 years old my dad thought we should take grandpa fishing out on his...
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...The Hidatsa is part of the Three Affiliated Tribes of North Dakota – the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Sahnish. The tribes believe and trace their presence in North America from the beginning of time. The first known account of the Mandan is by a French trader named Sieur de la La Verendrye in the fall of 1738. The Hidatsa was known as the Minnetaree or GrosVentre. “Hidatsa” was formerly the name of the village occupied by these tribes. “The term “Hidatsa” became a corruption of the word “midah-hutsee-ahti” translated meaning “house or lodge made with willows.” The name Minnetaree, spelled in various ways means, “to cross the water.” The name Hidatsa came from within and means willow people. A large amount of archaeological evidence suggests that some Hidatsa were present in their historically known location by the early 1600. This location is known today as North Dakota. They were surrounded by nearby groups such as the Mandan and Crow, with whom the Hidatsa were friendly with...
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... That would be extremely boring. When you look at me I want you to see my character and integrity and not the genetics that formed my shell. Take a step back in time; take a leap to 10,000 to 30,000 years ago. The world was bitter cold and experiencing the Ice Age. At some point in time during this era the Bering Land Bridge emerged (Gascoigne, 2001). This was an undersea ridge that connected Siberia with Alaska. Vegetation began to grow along this ridge and attracted many types of animals. The animals started migrating south along the ridge to eat and find more food. Hunter-gatherers, in turn, tracked and followed these animals in pursuit of food as well. This is the point where the American Indian’s entry into America started. The Native Americans continued to migrate further south into South America and gradually to the eastern side of the United States. They were semi-nomadic and were continually on the move in search of better hunting and ability to grow vegetation. The earliest documented proof of any civilized habitation was found to have developed in the coastal regions of the Gulf of Mexico. These people were known as the Olmec people (Gascoigne, 2001). Early tribes were still considered semi-nomadic and depended on the land and no other tribes for survival. The first trace of a settled village is in the southwest where gourds, squash, and corn were cultivated. Later in years advanced civilization brought about shared customs by many...
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...long. They would follow the pattern of the buffalo, and hunt them for food and clothing. The Sioux Indians migrated from Minnesota to the South Dakota area in the 1700’s. For more than 160 years, the Sioux Indians had a great deal of land in the plains to support the bison herds, during the time there were over 60 million bison in the Great Plains, and the Sioux Indians held a massive piece of land in the plains to support the bison herds which they hunted on these lands. In those times, there were over 60 million bison on the Great Plains and the Sioux Indians reigned over 80 million acres of land on the plains. The tribe had chiefs that were in charge of various parts of organizational aspects of the tribe, to include war, civil rules, and of course, medicine men. The Lakota tribes were divided into family groups called tiyospaye. These family groups had the responsibility for hunting bison, and processing the meat, hide and bones. They also built what were called earthen loges for the winters, and bison hide tipis for the summer hunting season. Because they had no written language, their heritage was entrusted to storytellers and drawings on bison hides. A single hide may represent up to over 50 years of Lakota history. The Sioux Tribe is one of the oldest tribal groups today and their geographical boundaries stretch from the Dakotas. The discovery of the Sioux tribe in 1640 by the French explores along the Mississippi River. The French eventually forced the Sioux away...
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...The West Tommeca Boyd HIS/125 August 31, 2014 Kristopher Daniels The West How did the culture of the Plains Indians, specifically the Lakota Sioux, change in the late 19th century? Since the migration to reservation camps, things have changed a lot in the Lakota Sioux culture. Before the migration the Sioux were used to living off of the land, making clothing out of hides of leather and hunting for their own food. Now half of the Sioux live on reservations in South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska, and some in the northern part of Montana. Most of them have a hard time just trying to survive because the way they use to live was the only thing they knew and they didn’t know any other ways of getting food other than hunting. The Sioux tribe was torn apart because of their land being stripped from them by white settlers. The government, particularly President Grant, purposed and passed many treaties of peace, but wasn’t able to properly enforce them causing American military personnel and citizens to become openly hostile. These peace policies’ required Plains Indians to live in small reservations, receive a ration of food and supplies from the U.S. government, and adapt American ideals. The small reservations were built on land with soil that could not be harvested and were constantly being invaded by the surrounding white population, and corruption within the U.S. government allowed many White settlers to eventually take over reservation land, further confining...
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...The struggle over the Dakota Access Pipeline reflects the indigenous struggles for sovereignty and survival in the history of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe. Notably, these people were initially highly decentralized. The Fort Laramie treaty in 1868 reduced the tribe’s land to the state line of South Dakota in the west and the east of Missouri River. The tribe considers the Black Hills a sacred land, which is located in the middle of their territory. Five years after the treaty, gold was discovered in the Black Hills, and the government wished to exploit it ("History"). Therefore, the tribe was negotiated into renting or selling their lands. However, Sitting Bull, their spiritual leader, declined the offers. It led to a series of negotiations...
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