1. By: Colleen Sodano and Daniel Nunez
Sioux Indians
By: Colleen Sodano and Daniel Nunez

2. How it’s Related to Midwest
The Sioux Indians are related to the Midwest because South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, and Illinois was their home.
This is the Sioux Indi Indian’s flag.

3. Importance to the Midwest
French took possession of the Sioux part of the country, in They were divided into seven eastern and nine western tribes.
In the wars with the French and other indians, they were pushed down the Mississippi, driving them off the inhabitants' of the buffalo plains.
Britain bought 35,000,000 acres west of the Mississippi for $3,000,000.

4. History
In 1860, the Sioux Indians battled the whites to keep their land. Rumors spread that gold was on Sioux land.
Once again a battle happened, the Sioux joined the Chyenne tribe.
In the next couple of decades, the Sioux Indians traveled to the Dakotas. They joined in the famous battle known as Custer’s Last Stand.
In 1891, the Battle of Wounded Knee occurred, and the Sioux lost the battle, and lost people in the battle.

5. Interesting Facts The name Sioux came from the word Nadowessioux.
Sioux means “little snake”.
The Sioux Indians came to North America about 30,000 years ago from the continent on Asia.
When adults gambled, they bet their horses and sometimes even their wives.
Smoking pipes was a serious activity, no decision was made without a pipe smoking ceremony.
When a warrior died, the heads and tails of his favorite horses were sometimes placed near him to help him travel in the afterlife.

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