Robert J. Conley does an expert job on the description of the Cherokee men, women, and children as they experience one of the most traumatic things in Native American history. The novel takes place as a conversation between a grandfather and grandson as one is retelling the tale of two loves lost among a troubling time in history, along with the horrendous actions that has happened to their ancestors.The trail of tears was the forceful removal of Natives off their land by the current president of the U.S. But Native Americans were not the only ones to be forced off. Slaves as well were being thrown off the land. Many tactics were used to force ensure they left their ancestral homeland.…
The Mississippi was the longest river in the United States and people have used the river for centuries for everything from entertainment to transporting goods and services. For example a lot of the water cargo on the river is agricultural commodities. Corn, soybeans and things like that are regularly shipped on the river. Also wood chips and sometimes trees used for pulp production by paper mills are shipped by barge. Gravel and other materials are sometimes shipped by barges as well but I 'm not sure how much specifically on the Mississippi River. There are also oil companies who transport fuels and oil by barge and rely heavily on MS River Transportation.…
For centuries, the Cherokee People lived peacefully in the mountainous regions of what is now called North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky. In the book, 'The Trail of Tears', Dennis Brindell Fradin simply tells the story of how this Native American Tribe was systematically robbed by the government of the United States of America of its lands, its culture, and its…
The Trail of Tears was a journey of some 900 miles that took approximately nine months to complete. After they were rounded up from their villages and homes, the Cherokee were assembled in large internment camps, where some waited for weeks before heading out in waves of approximately 1,000, following different paths, depending on the season.…
When donating money to organizations many people are worried about if their money is even going to the organization or, if it’s going into someone else’s pocket. Organizations tell people that their money goes to helping people, animals, or anything that will manage to get your attention. Most of these charities make depressing commercials to grab the viewer's attention and make them feel sorry for what has happened to these people or animals. Well the real question is how do you actually know if your money is going to save this innocent dog or this suffering person?…
One day there was a hurricane this hurricane was known as Katrina. Izaac and Kamrin and Shane were playing football and we saw a deer and at that moment, a large gust of wind smacked the car in front of the deer. We went flying a few feet in the air when we gained our senses, and looked at the deer all we saw was deer guts and skin.…
When our country was first established, its westward reaches remained relatively unsettled and unexplored. As America grew, the idea of westward expansion (the settling of the west as the country expanded) grew ever more popular. But how did pioneers cross the American Wilderness? Before the groundbreaking completion of the Transcontinental Railroad on May 10, 1869, settlers traversed the American West along rough-hewn trails. One such trail—and one of the most well-known—was the Oregon Trail. Stretching over 2,000 miles from Independence, Missouri, to destinations in Oregon and California, the Oregon Trail was the interstate of its time. It is approximated that over 500,000 settlers made the 4-6 month journey across plains, rivers, and mountains,…
Dozens of native nations lived on the Great Plains including the Sioux Indians, also known as the Lakota or Dakota. The name Sioux means "little snakes". These Native Americans were nomadic and occupied territory in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and North and South Dakota, however they were also known to live in parts of Nebraska, Illinois, and Montana.…
In the year 1839, 16,001 Native Americans were marched over 1,200 miles of land.Over 4,000 of these Indians died from disease, famine,and warfare.The Indians tribe was called the Cherokee and we call this Trail of Tears.This was one of the most racist and brutal events to happen in America.The Trail of Tear .In 1840 Congress passed the Indian Removal Act because the metal…
Were quilts, with special patterns, used to assist slaves attempting to escape to freedom by way of the Underground Railroad?…
The Highway of Tears is a stretch of pavement that runs through central British Columbia. This road has been the scene many devastating moments in the 19-20th century. There have been many First Nation and Metis women murdered or gone missing along this highway. This essay will be explaining why this highway is so devastating to First Nations and Metis people.…
Some students are taught about power and authority through a farmer and cow analogy in order to further explain the differences. In summary, there is a farmer with cows who eat hay. The farmer is the government, the cow are the citizens and hay is similar to money but in a looser context because “currency and credit are our lifeblood” (Fineman, 2009, pg. 128). For example, capitalism is like a farmer having two cows, one of which he laid off. The farmer then expects the only remaining cow to pick up the slack of the other cow. Another example would be socialism, where the farmer has all the hay and distributes it evenly to all of the cows. However, certain cow demographics may receive more hay than others. As the authority of the government…
Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the costliest hurricane, as well as one of the five deadliest in the history of the United States. The record of Atlantic hurricanes said it was the sixth strongest overall. Prior to Katrina, the most deadliest hurricane was the 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane. Hurricane Katrina was formed on August 23, 2005 over the Bahamas as a moderate Category 1 hurricane. The storm weakened before making its second landfall as a Category 3 storm on August 29 in southeast Louisiana. The majority of lives lost and property damage happened in New Orleans, Louisiana. The storm was estimated to be responsible for $ 81.2 billion in damage due to its destructive…
¨It is estimated that of the approximately 16,000 Cherokee who were removed between 1836 and 1839, about 4,000 perished.¨(Ellen Homes Pearson) ¨There was so much sickness among the emigrants,’ she recalled, ‘and a great many little children died of whooping cough.¨ (Rebecca Neugin/Ellen Homes Pearson) ¨Perhaps as many as 100,000 First t were pushed out of their traditional lands, and the death toll from these forced removals reached far into the thousands.¨(Ellen Homes Pearson) This evidence supports the claim that Indian Removal killed many Cherokee because it shows how about ¼ of the Cherokee died and that the amount of death has impacted and traumatized Cherokee since the Trail of…
On Saturday August, 27th 2005 President Bush was notified about the news on Hurricane Katrina while on vacation at his ranch in Crawford, Texas, and after hearing the news remained on his vacation and took no action to help aid the people of New Orleans (Dyson 63-64). When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans it was at a Category 5 hurricane. Many unnecessary lives were lost in the hurricane and in the events after the disaster hit. What was the reason for the extreme amount of lives lost, when the authorities had warning days before the actual hurricane hit? Eliza Hubbard believes the slow response to aid the people of New Orleans was racially motivated.…