Sioux Nation
The Sioux Nation is a collection of native tribes such as the Lakota and Dakota of the Kingdom of America and overlaps greatly with the First Nations of the Kingdom of Canada.
Culture
The name Sioux is itself an exonym, as the tribes typically collectively call themselves the Seven Council Fires.
Public Agenda
The Sioux Nation has long asserted its own sovereignty with the Great Plains of America.
History
The Sioux have had a long history within the lands of North America. Even before the formation of the Kingdom of America, the Sioux has fought territorial disputes against the French and British settlers. Upon the signing of treaties beginning in 1805, the Sioux were granted 100,000 acres. However, with the establishment of the Minnesota Territory in 1849, many of these tribes were pressured to cede more of their land and press westward. In 1851, the tribes were relocated to southern Minnesota. However, the federal government ceded only a fraction of the agreed funds.
In 1858, the Western Dakota people were granted reservations in what would become the Yankton Sioux Reservation. With these, and successive, treaties, the Sioux people were granted only small strips of land along the Minnesota River, cut off from their traditional hunting grounds. This was done in hopes that the tribes would abandon their nomadic lifestyle and adopt more European-American style of culture. Many of the treaty payments they relied on for survival arrived late, exacerbating the turmoil that the tribes had faced.
In 1861, crop failures struck the Sioux tribes along the Minnesota River. Facing starvation, many Sioux warriors led an uprising against the American government in the Dakota War. With their defeat at the hands of the American government, 38 Sioux leaders were executed in the largest mass execution in American history on the approval of Chancellor Robert E. Lee and King William I. The survivors were exiled from their reservations and moved to the Dakota Territory in 1863.
In 1868, the Fort Laramie Treaty was signed, ceding lands for the Sioux Reservation, but also allowing the American government to police Native lands.This came following years of raids against American forts by the Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes from 1866 to 1868.
In 1887, the American government passed the Dawes Act, effectively ending the Treaty Era with the Native tribes. This was yet another attempt by the Federal Government to enforce a capitalistic system onto the Native Reservations. The Federal Government also ended the practice of viewing the reservations as independent nations, and instead as American protectorates subservient to the American government.
In 1890, following a series of tensions between the Sioux tribes and the Federal Government led to the Wounded Knee Massacre. This skirmish and the subsequent legislation effectively ended the Great Sioux Wars.
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