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    beginning of the new world have always been mistreated. Our American government has run them off their lands massacred thousands and taken their means of life. We killed off all their buffalo made them migrate to camps or reservations were the ground was unable to grow the Indians crops. So the Indians no longer had buffalo to live off or land that was sufficient enough to grow food they were not able to survive the way they were able to for hundreds of years. We also tried to in a way brainwash them

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    or mishaps in life. Initially the idea that life seemed unbearable and dull‚ not worth living. Though it may seem that my ideas maybe somewhat extreme‚ I’m pretty sure thats how Coup felt when he realized that the crows tribe tradition in hunting buffalo‚ fighting the Sioux Warriors‚ and planting a coup-stick came to a halt around the time

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    Wounded Knee ended the Indian wars. C.) The Battle of Wounded Knee occurred December 29‚ 1890. D.) The Battle of Wounded Knee took place near Wounded Knee Creek in South Dakota. 5. What were the actions of the “white men” related to buffalo? The buffalo were killed for profit such as clothing‚ housing‚ food‚ & hygienic needs. How did they impact the Western Plains farmers? The white men no longer had their main resource. Like‚ for food‚ for their house or tepees‚ shoes & clothing‚ hairbrushes

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    of New York City by beginning at the Hudson River near Troy‚ New York. The Hudson River flows into New York Bay and past the west side of Manhattan in New York City. The canal would flow to Rome‚ New York‚ then through Syracuse and Rochester to Buffalo‚ located on the northeast coast of Lake Erie Once the plans of the Erie Canal were done New York wanted to obtain funds. The United States Congress easily approved the bill‚ but President James Monroe found the idea unconstitutional and vetoed the

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    "ocean of grass" perfect for cattle. The video ends in the middle 1930s‚ when farming choices had turned it into a no-man’s-land. People start heading to the west to the last frontier‚ pushing out the Indians by 1880 and with the Indians goes the buffalo. Many people had bought land to farm on or to have people farm on for them for profit. As people were using the railroads to get to the plains‚

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    Palmer Community Center is located in Collierstown‚ Virginia in the district of Buffalo‚ the rural southwest of Rockbridge County. The structure stands about twelve miles or a twenty-four minute drive from Downtown Lexington‚ Virginia. Through an education meeting that took place at a local school house located across from South Buffalo Creek‚ the Palmer came into existence. The meeting was held by the new Oxford Presbyterian church minister‚ Reverend Thomas Mowbray‚ and the Superintendent of Rockbridge

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    A Comparison of the Cree and the Iroquois The Cree and the Iroquois have a lot in common. Both the Cree and the Iroquois have gone through the routine Native American problems of self-determination and land controls‚ yet the Cree‚ possibly because of their sheer numbers‚ have weathered these problems much better. The Cree language is one of the few North American languages likely to survive into the next century‚ while the Iroquois Indians have been much more assimilated into the American world

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    The first section has been done for you. Category: People Pre-Civil War: Sioux‚ Cheyenne‚ Arapahoe‚ Nez Perce Post-Civil War: Farmers‚ Ranchers Category: Building Materials Pre-Civil War: Buffalo Remains Post-Civil War: Bricks of sod Category: Food Supply Pre-Civil War: Buffalo Post-Civil War: Farms and domestic animals Category: Homes Pre-Civil War: Shelters Post-Civil War: Farms Category: Uses of animals Pre-Civil War: Hunting Post-Civil War: Commercial Category:

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    Kevin Scott English 120 Prof. Creeley 2/28/13 Time O’Brien: Depictions of Soldiers Tim O’Brien’s novel‚ The Things They Carried‚ consists of a series of interconnecting narratives that tell the stories of the soldiers in the Vietnam War. Each story depicts the soldiers in a different way. It can be inferred that O’Brien did this purposefully to illustrate to the reader the different sides of every soldier. O’Brien describes the soldiers in two main‚ ironically opposing ways; an honorable

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    Running Head: DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH 2 Analysis of Two Community Facilities related to Two Determinants Of Health To understand the determinants of health that occur in our society‚ we must first observe the ones that occur in our community. A tour of Fort Mcmurray has been conducted for the facilities that relate to the two specific determinants of health. These determinants include social support network and personal health practices and coping skills. (Potter & Perry‚ 2009)

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