Saga Of The Sioux Sparknotes

The Sioux Nation have had to live through many hard times, and are still having to face similar challenges. The death rate of heart disease is twice the national average. Hypothermia kills many elderly each year. Roughly sixty percent of their homes are inefficient without water, electricity, and insulation. Ninety-seven of the people living in the Pine Ridge Reservation live far below the poverty line. Saga of the Sioux highlights many conflicts, themes, and purposes that these American Indians have had to go through. In the novel Saga of the Sioux, there are many different types of conflicts. The main two are Man vs. Society and Man vs. Nature. “At midmorning, on August 23, the Santees attacked New Ulm- but the townspeople were ready for this” is an example of Man vs. Society because the Native Americans had to constantly battle with the Bluecoats and the settlers. Another example of Man vs. Society is “President Lincoln notified Sibley that he should ‘cause to be executed’ 39 of the 303” because it proves that even the government were harsh to the Native Americans. “Drought had struck in 1861 and returned in 1862” is an example of Man vs. Nature because the Native Americans had a hard time farming and surviving on the reservations they were given. Another example of Man vs Nature is “Since a blizzard was

It is in third person. “If they had left him alone, he was going to put his gun down where he should.” This is an example of the soldiers being cruel to Black Coyote, who was deaf. An example of the government being unfair to them is “...the United States gave the Sioux the Black Hills forever and made it forbidden for white men to trespass.” This may sound like they were treating them equally, but it turned out to be only a false promise. “But four years after the treaty had been signed, white miners were violating the treaty,” is an example of the settlers being to the Native