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Hmas Warramunga i44, was one of three Tribal-class destroyers built for the RAN launched in 1942 during World War II. Hmas warramunga's name comes from the Warumungu Aboriginal people from the Tennant Creek area.…
She was the only girl on the expedition with Llewis and Cclark. Dduring the expedition she had a son named Jjean Bbaptiste Ccharbonneau. Sacagawea was skilled at finding edible plants. On the boat she was on she saved the cargo and important documents and supplies.…
Kateri Tekakwitha is the first Indian to be called venerable. She is the daughter of a Christian Algonkin woman and a pagan Mohawk. In addition, she is the first Native American to be seen as a sage.. She was born in 1656, in the Mohawk village of Ossernenon. She suffered a fatal attack of smallpox when she was 4 years old. It scarred her skin and a scar was left on her face. Therefore, She usually wears a blanket to cover her face. What's worse, her whole family were died during an outbreak. Then, she was adapted by her uncle who was a chief of a Monhawk clan. She worked so hard and she had patience, it made her become well known. But she refused to get married. When her foster parents asked her to marry with a man, she…
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Sacajawea was a key figure in the Lewis and Clark expedition for these many reasons. Sacajawea was a Lemhi Shoshone woman who helped Lewis and Clark during their expedition. While doing this she also carried a newborn baby on her back the entire expedition. She made an impact on this expedition because without her Lewis and Clark would have probably not made it to the Pacific. Her main role during this expedition was to guide Lewis and Clark all around the newly purchased Louisiana Territory. She also taught them how to survive in the wild. She taught them how to dig out roots and got them horses when they needed them. When the explorers were hungry, she found food. When they meet Indians along the way, she was the translator. This is why Sacajawea…
Rigoberta Menchú Tum es una activista muy importante en el luchar por derechos civiles indígenas en Guatemala. Rigoberta Menchu Tum is an important activist in the fight for indigenous civil rights in Guatemala. She was inspired by horrible events occurring in her life, for example, the murder of her brother and her mother. She is very accomplished, including winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992. Her nonviolent activism began with campaigning against human rights violations that were committed by armed forces during the country’s civil war.…
Cahokia: Cahokia was a city in the southwest of Illinois that ran across the Mississippi River and emerged around AD 1000 (peaked in 1350). The spreading of maize to this region resulted in agricultural boom and, subsequently, a growth in urban population and complex society. Cahokia was significant because it became the center of the Mississippian culture, and its development resulted in a population increase from 10,000 to 30,000.…
* Background information on Olaudah Equiano and his life (who, what, when, where, and why).…
In 1788, the Shoshone chief's daughter, Sacagawea, was born. When Sacagawea was 12, in the year 1800, she had been captured by the Hidatsa Indians, a well known enemy. After she was captured, she was then sold to a French-Canadian trapper with the name Toussaint Charbonneau, who had been planning to make Sacagawea one of his many wives. Later, that same year, Sacagawea and Charbonneau have became officially married (A&E Television Networks.)…
My name is Latisha Anderson 33 year old native from Raleigh, North Carolina. I graduated from East Carolina University College of Nursing in Greenville, North Carolina in May 2009 with a Bachelors of Science in Nursing. Many say that I am a unique nurse due to the fact I am the first African American woman to complete a nursing program from a wheelchair. At the age of 17 years old I was shot in the neck and paralyzed from breast on down. I do have a success story on line. If you type my full name Latisha Anderson in Google search engine and I think on the second search page you will find a link with my name and it has the pulse magazine link which is ECU CON alumni magazine and on page 6 you can read my success story and see me in my standing…
The Mississippi Valley is a land of rich history and what is now the state of Illinois is full of interesting stories from its past. However one of those stories dating back from 700 A.D, tells of a culture named the Cahokia and is shrouded with a mysterious past. The rise and fall of this ancient culture has captured the interest of people around the world. Their gigantic man made mounds and artifacts of a once powerful culture that disappeared without a trace has been one of the largest mysteries of this nation.…
Sacagawea is remembered as one of the most important women in history. She was one of the main reason Lewis and Clark found the route to the Pacific Ocean by traveling with them for thousands of miles, acting as an interpreter for them, and established cultural contracts with Native Americans She had helped the expedition multiple times due to her knowledge in medicine and knowing the terrain. Without Sacagawea, Lewis and Clark may have never found the passageway to the Pacific Ocean. Sacagawea was born on July 28, 1784 in a Agaidiku tribe. At the age of twelve, she was taken or adopted by Hidatsa tribe and then sold to a French canadian trapper planning to marry her.…
The Mandan gave them help through their first winter. Sacagawea joined them on their expedition on April 7, 1805. Her main…
Kamehameha was 14 when his father died and his uncle, Kalani‘opu‘u adopted him and treated him as a son. As Kamehameha grew older he also grew into a strong, skilled warrior thanks to Kekuhaupi’o, his trainor. For Kamehameha to become a great leader he was taught spear throwing and dodging, wrestling, and the basic tactics of warfare. Kamehameha also learned navigation, astronomy, history, genealogy, religious practices, kapa, and other information vital to become a district chief. Kamehameha was an effective leader because he was organized, intelligent, and hardworking.…
America could possibly not be what it is today without the help of Sacagawea. Sacagawea was first known at birth as Boinaiv, which means " Grass Maiden;" she was part of the Shoshone tribe. She was born at about 1790 and she was from the area in which is now today Idaho. At the age of twelve she was camped near the Missouri River in Montana. They were encroached upon by warriors from the Hidatsa. There were four men, fourwomen, and many boys killed that day. That day Boinaiv and many other girls and boys were taken back to the Hidatsa village and were kept as prisoners. When Boinaiv arrived at the village she was renamed Sacagawea, which means "Bird Woman." At the Hidatsa village Sacagawea was enslaved until about 1800-1805. She was then either bought or won by a man by the name of Toussaint Charbonneau. At this same time, president Jerfferson and the U.S. Congress…