The Fathers ~ 6

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The life and Spirit
of the American Indian

The Buffalo

Quiz ! ! !

The sacred Black Hills were given to the white man through Treaty.

(TRUE) or (FALSE)

ANSWER:

When the Treaties were written, and lands were shared with the needy immigrants, the Sacred part of the land -- called the Black Hills -- was specifically excluded from occupation by non-Indians.

But..... Gold was discovered.....

Quiz ! ! !

The major Indian languages are unrelated, thus showing their great antiquity.

(TRUE) or (FALSE)

ANSWER:

"A greater variety of languages existed in North America than in all the Old World put together. The most conservative guesses put the number of mutually unintelligible languages at from 500 to 1,000.

Whatever root, or roots, these languages might have had were totally lost during the passage of so many centuries."

cf. Elijah Black Thunder,
Dakota language teacher, Sisseton, SD 57262

Quiz ! ! !

Sitting Bull was a prayer leader--not a war leader.

(TRUE) or (FALSE)

ANSWER:

Because he was a Prayer Leader, the Dakota man, Sitting Bull, stood over the field at the Little Big Horn and prayed during the battle.
Sitting Bull was sharing his power with his people by his contact with Wakantanka.

cf. Exodus 17:8.

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