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Assignment No. 13

Greetings! This exercise will look at Chapters 19 and 20 in your book. Ready to roll?

GO TO NETSCAPE. Click on OPEN and type http://www.state.sd.us/state/executive/tourism/regions/s-east/index.html

Click on Great Sioux Nation several times until you come to tribes
Answers these questions...

1-5. Pick three of these tribes, such as the Oglala, and tell a little of their history, some of their leaders, and where they're located, etc.
CLICK on OPEN. Type in http://www.adventure.com/encyclopedia/america/custer.html

6. What is another name for this battle?
7. Where did the battle take place?
8. How many U.S. Soldiers died here?
9. How many Indians were supposedly waiting?
10. Why were the Indians being forced out?
11. What were the results of the battle?
Click on OPEN and type in http://www.pikes-peak.com

Click on Pikes Peak Story.
12. Who was this mountain named for and what was his rank?
13. What Indians were in the area? What other early explorers roamed this area?
14. What types of wildlife are found here and trapped?
15. When and why was Pikes' expedition made?
16. What fever hit in 1858? What were some of the towns that were created?
17. After the fever was over, who were some of the community founders?
18. What reigns supreme in this region now?
CLICK ON OPEN and type http://www.americanwest.com/bison

Click on Bison. Look at picture. This is where Good's buffalo chip came from. Remind me to show it to you in class.
19. Where did the bison roam? How many were there?
20. How did the bison, according to legend, come into existence?
21. What caused the reducing of bison numbers in the early 1800s? How many were lost annually?
22. How many were left by 1893?
23. What group helped save the bison in the early 1900s?
24. How many are there today? Are they good to eat? Why?

Now that you've got this one done, send me your answers, comments, suggestions, etc., to dangood@gsvms2.cc.gasou.edu

Gracias. Hasta la vista.


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