written history. In the following‚ I will highlight portions of Cree history to establish an understanding of such a rich culture. I will focus on the teachings of Jim Kanepetetew and how “The Ten Treaty Sticks” have established a foundation of Cree culture. As a basis for guidelines‚ I will follow the oral teachings of Jim Kanepetetew. As per Jim Kanepetetew of the Onion Lake First Nation‚ there are unwritten words of history. In this case‚ where Kanepetetew explains “The Ten Treaty Sticks” it is clear
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Michelle Alexander’s book‚ “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness”‚ essentially analyzes the United States criminal justice system. The main thesis/argument of her analysis is that mass incarceration constitutes a new system of racial oppression that is similar to slavery and the original Jim Crow. Furthermore‚ she claims that mass incarceration has had a profound impact on how criminal justice issues are interpreted today. She also argues that individuals who have fallen
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Jim Bowie the heroic man who fought in the battle of Concepcion and the Alamo.He died at the battle of the Alamo.The Bowie Knife and Bowie State University were named after him. Jim Bowie started his life when he was born in Logan County‚Kentucky in April‚1796. Through his life he had lived in many different places. He was named after the scottish king‚ James VI‚ awarded his parents a house and a garden in Cowper to “Jerome Bowie”. He lived on a cotton plantation and sawing lumber some of his life
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Gospel Parables According to Luke Luke’s unique parables of the Good Samaritan‚ the Prodigal Son‚ and Lazarus and the Rich Man contributed to a major change in attitudes toward people who were poor‚ powerless and socially outcast. Empowered by the Holy Spirit Luke’s Jesus forgives sinners‚ comforts the oppressed and heals the afflicted. Luke demonstrates that Jesus’ kingdom demands an ethic change when it comes to social and religious values. The Good Samaritan parable is an excellent example of
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In Gender and Jim Crow: Women and the Politics of White Supremacy in North Carolina 1896-1920‚ Glenda Gilmore exposed the benefits of adjusting our angle in studying the southern political narrative of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In studying elite‚ educated‚ black and white women‚ Gilmore found sources that voiced the opinions and views of these women. By placing educated black and white women at the center of her study‚ Gilmore revealed how the political activism and mutual
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premier acts of the late 1960s. The members were Jim Morrison‚ who was singing‚ on the guitar Robbie Krieger‚ the drummer John Dencemore and Manzarek playing the organ. At first they arose on birthday or weddings. Then came the day where they signed an contract with Columbia‚ which was dessolved after a short time. The Doors played for little money in pub called "London Fog"‚ where they devoloped their unmistakable music style. In the first time Jim Morrison sang with the back to the public‚ because
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Do the gods love the something because it is pious‚ or is it only pious because the gods love it? Socrates introduced this question and it has since been heavily debated throughout history with the sides split fairly evenly. This inquiry that has been posed leads people to start actually thinking about their values brought to them their entire life. Although they are following the rules that are laid out by either a holy figure‚ a mentor‚ or a political leader the moral thing to do? Can one be
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Socrates is a man who relies on his manipulative tricks of rhetoric and cunning wisdom to dismantle and disprove his opponents of conversation. “What is the pious‚ and what the impious‚ do you say?” (6) Socrates asks one of these opponents‚ a man named Euthyphro‚ who is at court to prosecute his own father - an action which Euthyphro thinks to be pious. Socrates asks Euthyphro to define piety‚ and as he does so‚ Socrates uses their conversation to mock and twist Euthyphro’s words so they contradict
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Spare a student or two who may have transferred in or out of the district over the years‚ my (rather small) graduating class remained relatively unchanged from elementary school through our senior year. This undoubtedly had both benefits and drawbacks; the one undeniable fact though was that we witnessed each other growing up—through the good as well as the bad. It’s with this experience in mind that I recall one student whose behaviors I now know would be referred to as excessively ‘antisocial’—what
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What is philosophy according to Socrates? Philosophy is an academic subject that exercises reason and logic in an attempt to understand reality and answer fundamental questions about knowledge‚ life‚ morality‚ virtue‚ and human nature. The original word for philosophy comes from the ancient Greek word philosopha‚ which means love of wisdom. Although Socrates himself never claimed to have any answers to the questions he raised‚ his views and methods of philosophy became the foundations of what
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