Omaha Daily Bee: News on Indians

After scouring through the Omaha Daily Bee it was obvious to me how Indians were a big part of Western settlers lives in Nebraska. Indians were considered a large problem to western civilizations and part of their culture that was foreign or out of place was considered to be a sign for war or rebellion. The Omaha Daily Bee from November 22 talked about the "ghost dance" being preformed by multitudes of Indians that had gathered in certain reservations. All tribes were coming together, in the article Short Bulls Sermon: What the Prophet Said to His People at Rosebud Agency Short Bull, the Chief summarized the gathering of the tribes that was a good representation of the language and translations used during this time period. "We (the Indians) are the ones who are living a sacred life. Our father in heaven has placed a mark on each end of the four winds. A clay pipe lies at the setting of the sun , representing the Sioux; a holy arrow at the north represents the Cheyennes; at the rising of the sun there lies a halo representing the Arapaho tribe; at the south there lies a pipe and feather representing the Crow tribe" The use of direct translations implies that there was also contact between tribe leaders and English journalists and the higher ranking military officials. After reading the whole of the newspaper it was easy to see the bias held by most settlers against the Indians and vice versa.