The Sioux were not made up of just one Indian tribe. They were a confederacy of Native American groups that all spoke the Siouian language. Originally given the name Nadouessioux by the Ojibwa, it was later cut down by the Europeans to Sioux. The Sioux confederacy was made up of three major sections, which were the Santee, Nakota, and Teton.

The Sioux first arrived in the Americas about 30,000 years ago along with all the other native peoples of this continent. They made their way here across what is know as the Siberian land bridge. At this time the temperatures had decreased tremendously, freezing much of the earth's water. Levels dropped up to 300 feet, which exposed the Bering Strait, a natural land bridge. Across this, traveled many animals and humans.

The Sioux originally lived among the woodlands around the Great Lakes. Living in small groups, they hunted small game, deer, and ate wild ric

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The buffalo, which the Plains Indians relied on for survival, were being wiped out by Americans who killed them for only their furs or simply just for the sport. One hunting ground, where fortunately the buffalo still roamed in large numbers, was the Black Hills of the Dakota country. When Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer led a journey into this territory, he returned with news that gold was flowing from the hills. Because of this, prospectors rushed to the hills for gold and enraged the Indians. They began again to attack Americans and were led by two great Sioux chiefs, Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull. In 1876, Crazy Horse met Sitting Bull at his camp by the Little Big Horn River. They were attacked by Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer and the 7th Cavalry. The two chiefs led a huge assembly of Plains warriors to victory as they wiped out the U.S. forces. It was here that the Indians won the greatest battle of the resistance.

After their rough history, they are slowly beginning to get back in touch with the ways of their ancestors and at the same time move on with the modern age. They have played a great part in trying to get back the land that was rightfully the Indian's and have also greatly supported the Indian's civil rights. One group of Sioux even went so far as to capture Wounded Knee for 70 days, demanding changes in the living conditions of Indians. Today most of the Sioux live on reservations in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Nebraska.

I now have a much greater respect for the Native Americans after personally researching their history and seeing all they have gone through. I found it very

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