History of the Lakota Sioux – relevance to Criminology 1100
History of the Lakota Sioux – relevance to Criminology 1100
This paper is on The history of the Lakota Sioux. Write a short essay of 500 words at least on the topic relevance to Criminology 1100.
The history of the Lakota Sioux-relevance to Criminology 1100
Firstly, Write a short essay of 500 words at least on the topic relevance to Criminology 1100.
Secondly, Make five distinct points linking the topic to Criminology 1100 which can be considered as the topics of discussion in the class.
Topic – The history of the Lakota Sioux as depicted by photographer Aaron Huey. Consider the “correlates of crime” evident in the presentation.
More details:
Today, the majority of the Lakota live at the 2,782 square mile Pine Ridge Reservation in southwestern South Dakota. The Dakota Sioux, also called the Santee Sioux, originally migrated northeast into Ohio and Minnesota.
The Sioux tribe originally lived as Woodland Indians along the upper Mississippi in Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin. The were forced west by the French and their Chippewa allies. During the migration west to the Great Plains the tribe split into three divisions – the Lakota, Dakota and Nakota.
The Lakota population was first estimated at 8,500 in 1805, growing steadily and reaching 16,110 in 1881. The Lakota were, thus, one of the few Native American tribes to increase in population in the 19th century.
Lakota warriors used bows and arrows, spears, war clubs, and buffalo-hide shields. Hunters also used snares, and when Lakota men hunted buffalo, they often set controlled fires to herd the animals into traps or over cliffs.
The Lakota believe that everything has a spirit; including trees, rocks, rivers, and almost every natural being. This therefore leads to the belief in the existence of an afterlife.
