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== = Oglala Siox Indian Tribe =

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The Oglala Sioux Indian Tribe was first noticed by Lewis and Clarke in 1806. They lived by the Brule Sioux Tribe near the Mississippi River in what is now South Dakota. There were about 150-200 people at the time. By 1825, there were about 15,000 people and 300 of them were warriors. The Oglala Tribe was enemies with all of the tribes except Cheyenne and the Whites. =====

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The most notable leaders of the Oglala were Crazy Horse and Red Cloud. Crazy Horse was a war leader, best known for the Battle of the Little Bighorn in June of 1876. Crazy Horse lost however to the United States and was forced to surrender. Red Cloud was one of the hardest Native American combatants that the United States Army faced. The conflict known as Red Clouds war in 1866 to 1868 was his biggest accomplishment. When the Treaty of Fort Laramie was signed in 1868. Red Cloud focused on leading his people into reservation life. =====

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The Oglala tribe is littered with stories of land takers, restrictions to a reservation, the breaking of treaties by the United States and wars with the United States. As well as numerous trials to do away with the Lakota language and culture. Now the tribal only deals with the American government on a government-to-government basis. Throughout the course of history the Oglala tribe has made three treaties with the United States. These treaties outlined Oglala rights as a sovereign government. The people of this tribe refer to themselves as Lakota or Dakota which is a word that means friend or ally. The United States government then took the word Sioux from Nadowesioux which meant snake or enemy in Chippewa. The Black Hills are considered highly sacred and are an important part of the Lakota peoples spiritual lives. After the war of Little Bighorn, the Oglala tribe was unfortunately scattered. Some of the tribe migrated to Canada, while others chose to live on reservations. Due to the Great Sioux Settlement in 1889, the reservations were reduced to five. One of those is Pine Ridge Reservation where many Oglala Indians reside today. Now in order to restore their land and ways of life, the Lakota people participate in Ghost Dances to restore order and peace. =====



The Oglala Sioux Indian Tribe Timeline

 * ====1806 ==== || ====Tribe discovered by Lewis and Clark in present South Dakota. The tribe numbered some 150 to 200 men. ==== ||
 * ====1825 ==== || ====The tribe inhabited the banks of the Bad river from Missouri to the Black Hills. At that time they were friendly to the whites, but unfriendly to the rest. The tribe then numbered 1,500 men of those 300 were warriors. ==== ||
 * ====1850 ==== || ====The tribe roamed the plains near the Platte River. ==== ||
 * ====1854 ==== || ====The Oglala tribe lent a hand in the killing of Lieut. Grattan at Fort Laramie. ==== ||
 * ====1862 ==== || ====The Oglala's occupied the country north east of Ft. Laramie ==== ||
 * ====1865 ==== || ====The Oglala's and other restless bands of western Sioux were the terror of the frontier, constantly attacking emigrant trains on the plains and boats on the river, fighting soldiers, and harassing the forts and stations during several years, under the leadership of Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse. ==== ||
 * ====<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">1865 ==== || ====<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">A treaty is signed between the Oglala tribe and the United States which made the Indians promise to stop all hostilities and defined their tribal limitations. ==== ||
 * ====<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">1876 ==== || ====<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">A second agreement is signed by Red Cloud, which further enforced the Treaty of 1865. ==== ||
 * ====<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">1906 ==== || ====<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">The Oglala numbered 6,727, all of which lived in South Dakota. ==== ||

8. What do the Lakota people participate in in hopes to restore order and peace?
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