1. Looking at general topics related to the film
Dances With Wolves
Looking at general topics related to the film

2. Sioux Lifestyle
For centuries the plains were home to several tribes of Native Americans.
Horse introduced by Europeans
Nomadic lifestyle
Followed herds of buffalo from one hunting ground to the next.
They lived in extended family networks and had a close relationship with nature.

3. Sioux Territory
Extended into the Dakotas, Nebraska, and Wyoming

4. Why go out west??? Manifest Destiny California Gold Rush!
Population increase in Eastern America
Adventure

5. What happens to the Sioux?
By the year 1860, the U.S gov. had built roads and forts on the Sioux land
In the Sioux Indians were put under U.S. control
Wounded Knee
By 1890 the Sioux Indians found their previous life destroyed, the Buffalo gone, themselves cramped in small reservations