Globalization deals with the many changes that happen every

year to different people or society. Often, these ever changing policies

that are put into place affect the most innocent people. For thousands
of years, indigenous people have been taken advantage of. In 2016,
still not much has changed with examples such as; the removal of
forests and the Dakota access pipeline, there is still clear evidence of
globalization.
In terms of the Souix tribe of North America, before globalization,
this tribe prospered all throughout the land. Each tribe had certain
leaders and high tribal members that made the decisions of the group,
similar to our state governments. This tribe would interact with outside
forces peacefully, unless the tribal army was needed for a
confrontation. The Sioux would engage in positive globalization with
the Spanish, who introduced them to horses. The horses would allow
the Native Americans to travel much further and follow their main
source of food, the buffalo, with ease. However, once the white settlers
came upon the land, the peaceful living the Sioux were use to
vanished.
For the next couple hundred of years, the Sioux did not rule their
land anymore. The white settlers began to settle on the Atlantic Coast,
the Sioux Indians were pressed west. The Native Americans could have
had a peaceful living, but the white settlers began to want more, so
they followed the Indians. During the 1800s, the United States had

taken over most of the western land and forcibly removed it from the
Native Americans. The American government signed treaties with the
Indians in order to give them certain areas they were allowed to live in.
They were considered separate nations. The Sioux retaliated against
the white settlers, but obviously their voices and actions were not
heard loudly amongst the invasive group.
More modernly, Native American tribes have been standing up
for their rights in regards to the Dakota access pipeline. This pipeline is
just an extension to the many problems the tribes have already had to
face. The Sioux tribe in the Dakotas is leading the charge in efforts to
gain leverage against the construction for the pipeline. The land they
are building through is sacred burial ground that should not be touched
by outsiders. Each day, protests are being made to have their rights
upheld by the United States government. It is in violation of the treaty
to build on their land, but the United States is pressing for this
construction to be completed.
The Sioux have not adapted well to the white settlers now known
as the United States of America. Although, things did not start well for
this tribe and globalization has taken a toll on them, relations with the
U.S. government have been looking better until recently. The
government is trying to work with the tribe on the pipeline situation,
but unfortunately things are not looking promising for the Souix nation.