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    John Heckewelder Summary

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    John Heckewelder’s story tells about the Europeans arriving in a remarkably large ship that the Native Americans had never seen before. The curious ship along with a small canoe came to the shore. The Native Americans watched eagerly at a male person dressed in all red and other human beings with white skin coming on shore. They assumed this man was the Great or Supreme Being named Mannitto. The two parties met aground and exchanged greetings. The Europeans served up alcohol as an offering to the

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    Growing Pain

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    the atmosphere was upbeat‚ but these days he also thought he could detect a sense of purpose that had never before been a part of Waterway’s organization. Founded in 1963 in Lake Placid‚ New York‚ Waterway had started out as a small‚ highquality canoe maker. Over the years‚ it had built a good reputation all through the Northeast and had acquired a base of customers in the Pacific Northwest as well. By 1982‚ Waterway was comfortably ensconced in the

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    Tikopia of Melanesia

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    Tikopia of Melanesia Roel Sonnen ANT101: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Instructor Tawney Townsend December 13‚ 2010 Tikopia of Melanesia Orientation Identification. The name "Tikopia" (sometimes written "Tucopia" by early European voyagers)‚ given to a small Island in the Solomon group‚ is also applied by the inhabitants to themselves. The expression‚ glossed as "we‚ the Tikopia‚" is commonly used to differentiate themselves from the people of other islands in the Solomons and

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    Sheila's Mants Isolation

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    having taken the canoe. Her expression is evident of a lack of being impressed‚ as she prefers a less uneventful activity. This was a disappointment for the boy‚ as all he ever wanted was the means of her approval. Sheila Mants’ confidence in her own life intrigues the protagonist’s ability to fulfill that‚ making him do whatever it takes to impress her. Being mesmerized by love can blind you from finding yourself. In the text “spent all of the following day polishing [the canoe]” (p. 2)‚ it’s clear

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    In chapters 6-9 of Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell‚ we learn how Karana’s younger brother gets them stranded on their island and how were brother dies. All of the villagers get on a boat ship to leave the island for good. As all of the villagers get on the ship‚ Karana worries that her brother Ramo is not of the ship. The captain of the ship is certain that Ramo is on the ship‚ but Karana sees him at the top of the cliff. Since they can not turn the ship around‚ Karana must jump off

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    Kamehameha Legacy

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    the islands. He had set up governors to administer each island. In the course of one raid in Puna‚ Kamehameha had slid and caught his foot in a crack of lava. As a result‚ one of his escaping opponents returned and beat him on the head with a canoe oar until it broke. Therefore‚

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    In “The Bass‚ The River‚ and Sheila Mant” the boy must choose between his long time crush Sheila Mant‚ who despises fishing‚ and the fish. He just got this girl on a date after lusting after her for the longest time‚ but now he has caught a fish; it could be the biggest fish he has ever caught. The boy could choose the girl because he loves her. The boy watches her through the bushes and now knows all of her moods. He tries to catch her attention. He shows off for her‚ doing his best dives and strokes

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    Language of Robinson Crusoe Daniel Dafoe’s popular novel‚ originally titled The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe‚ of York‚ Mariner: Who lived Eight and Twenty Years‚ all alone in an uninhabited Island on the Coast of America‚ near the Mouth of the Great River of Oroonoque; Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck‚ wherein all the Men perished but himself. With an Account how he was at last as strangely deliver’d by Pyrates (iii)‚ like most classics underwent many editions

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    I picked the song “The Beauty in Ugly” because I think that the lyrics relate to the story of Oochigeas and the Invisible Hunter. The song is about a girl who thinks that she isn’t beautiful‚ but she truly is in her own way. It reminds me of how Oochigeas sees herself versus how she really is. In the story‚ Oochigeas lives with her vain sisters who treat her unkindly. She begins to believe that she is plain or even ugly because she has burns on her body and singed hair. Despite being treated poorly

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    Story Karen was very scared and nervous when she went to YCC‚ the Youth Conservation Corp. It was an 8 week long paid youth work program during the summer in Isabella‚ MN in the boundary waters. She was really scared about the ordeal‚ but wanted to make some money. Some of Karen’s sisters went‚ so her parents thought she should go‚ too. Because Karen’s parents thought it was too much time and money to drive her‚ she had to get a ride with a complete stranger who was also going. Karen’s parents dropped

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