Essays on Cheyennes

Black Kettle was a man who was a warrior, a hero, a peacemaker and a leader of the Native American Indian Tribe, Cheyenne. He was someone who always thought of his people first and did everything he could, to protect them. He guided them to choose the path of peace and live with resistance for their survival with the whites. Nonetheless, his efforts for finding peace did not turn in his favor. Black Kettle was born in 1803 in the Southern Cheyenne tribe in Black Hills. He proved himself over time and became Chief of his council of forty-four ...

Dee Brown, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, Sterling Publishing Co. Inc, New York, 400.p.p Dee Brown, acknowledged for his writings about the west was born in Alberta, LA, in 1908. He loved reading from childhood just like his mother who brought him up after the demise of His father. He wrote his first story at the age of seventeen and sent it to a magazine. While living in Washington D.C, he met Sherwood Anderson, one of his favorite authors. He published several books such as Wave High the Banner (1942), Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee(1970),Fighting ...

Introduction

The Pawnee Indians is a group of people belonging to the Caddoan family. Before coming into contact with the Europeans, these people are said to have resided in what is currently Texas. However, when the Spanish came to North America, the Pawnees had settled in what is now Nebraska, in Platte River. Contrary to other Indians who lived in Plains, who were wanderers, the Pawnees Indians lived in fixed villages. These people did not engage in fighting with the United States army in the course of the 19th century invasion of the Great Plains but rather, they worked together with ...