History of the Two-Spirit Native American People Abstract Accounts of homosexual and cross-gender Native American individuals from before colonization have been documented and discussed. The term given to those who take up this role in the tribe is Berdache‚ or Two-Spirit. Often the male would take on the role of the female‚ yet it is not certain that all Two-Spirit tribe members were homosexual. However with the arrival of Europeans and the following colonization‚ the role of the Two-Sprit
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skeleton framing one’s former glory. Nonetheless‚ death is nothing without life‚ as life is meaningless without death. From mourning to peace‚ death instills a sense of appreciation for life because it reminds people to live life to the fullest. “American History” by Judith Ortiz Cofer portrays how death is mourned by those who care enough to keep a name alive even after life; legacy is all one leaves behind. When President John F. Kennedy is pronounced dead‚ the protagonist‚ Elena‚ experiences how death
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in European society. It challenged the church and it’s practices. New ideas‚ beliefs‚ and discoveries were becoming more common. There were many more philosophers‚ and other thinkers that helped create a better society for generations to come. Before the Enlightenment society was centered around the church. The church believed in original sin‚this means that when you were born you were born with sin. If you disagreed with the church you could get punished‚ sometimes life‚ or even capital punishment
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October 22‚ 2012 Pony Express The Pony Express was a mail delivery system in the West. It allowed people who went west for various reasons to get mail from family and friends or from businesses from the East. Before the Pony Express mail traveled either by boat which took a month or by stagecoach. The need for a fast mail delivery system was always there ever since the civil war when Union wanted those in the West to be on their side. The need increased however when it took President James
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American History 10/12/11 How the U.S Was Won America is known as the land of the free‚ and home of the brave‚ but that was not always the terms of its existence. America started off like any other country‚ poor‚ in debt‚ and under another countries rule. Luckily‚ the country that they were under was Great Britain‚ who underestimated the power of the fight for freedom. The U.S got their independence because of the colony structure‚ the French support‚ and their passion for liberty
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economy‚ in which Americans felt confident that they would be able to support a larger number of children. Many people in the postwar era looked forward to having children because they were hopeful that the future would be one of comfort and prosperity. This was especially true because of the recent events of World War I‚ The Great Depression and World War II. As a result‚ many Americans felt certain that they could give their families better opportunities that they had not had before. The baby boom
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Chapter one 1) Before Civilization a) Food gathering and stone tools i) Cooking‚ traveling and shelter (1) First evidence of cooking food was 25‚000 years ago in eastern Asia‚ but there might have been cooking before that (2) Women would do most of the cooking‚ men did the hunting (3) All foragers would live in small bands‚ large enough to defend themselves‚ but not so large that they had a food shortage (4) Used any natural shelter (such as caves or overhanging rocks were preferred‚ when natural
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American Woman Brenda R. Dople HIS 204: American History Since 1865 Timothy Smith October 7‚ 2012 As a woman myself‚ it is hard to imagine a time when I would not have been allowed to attend college‚ let alone be writing this paper. As children most of us heard stories from our grandparent’s about what life was like they were young. I can remember laughing at the thought of “walking up hill both ways” to get to school. With the liberties American Women have today‚ it is easy to take for granted
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Family: Now And Before "Ry is simply a name that her mothers liked …" "Many same-sex couples who were married" These quotes show the familiar and wide common people characters of contemporary life. Life has changed. At least‚ it is not the same life like fifty or sixty years before. Many reasons and motives led to huge and unusual changes in the human life‚ especially the American family life. Mainly‚ these changes came as a result of the Vietnam War‚ the civil rights movement and the
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Freedom is something Americans strive to provide and maintain. It has become a necessary part of our culture and even now when people think of America‚ they automatically think of freedom and equality. The American Revolution and the Vietnam War were two products of this ideal. Both wars had similar beginnings as far as revolutions are concerned. The original thirteen colonies had been occupied by England‚ and Vietnam was occupied by France. At first it seemed as though the stronger nation in each
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