Pumpkin Seed Point: Being within the Hopi In his book published by Sage Books in 1969‚ Pumpkin Seed Point: Being within the Hopi‚ Frank Waters documents in detail his 3 year account of living with the Hopi tribe. Many say that his account is perhaps the best‚ one in which he relives their rich traditions and history. In his work‚ Waters composes more of a diary involving his experiences with the Hopi. He shares his introductions to various people he meets over his three year adventure. The
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The River Brenda Hughes ENG121 Instructor Marnie Nollette July 19‚ 2013 Outline I. The Demographics A. Climate B. Location C. Length II. The History A. Indians B. Settlers C. Community III. Advantages versus disadvantages A. Recreation B. Events C. Tragedies IV. Environmental Impact A. Financial B. Retirement Whenever there is the mention of the great State of Texas‚ one tends to automatically visualize a sweltering hot‚ baron
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Introduction The Amber Inns & Suites‚ Inc. is a 250 property hotel chain in the western and Rocky Mountain states. Amber Inn & Suites‚ Inc. was established in 1979 and is made up of 250 hotel chain properties each consisting an average of 120 individual guest rooms or suite units. Amber Inn & Suites‚ Inc. can be found in locations among ten western and Rocky Mountain States with two hundred fifty different property hotel chains. On average‚ each property consists of one hundred twenty individual
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Were the Risks of the American West Worth it? I believe that the risks the American West posed to those who were brave enough to venture out to the American West were worth it. I also believe that I would have moved to the West despite the dangers and corruption happening at the time for two reasons. Number one and most important reason were the economic opportunities. Many immigrants chose the West because of the hope for economic prosperity. Chinese immigrants for example‚ having heard of
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Kansa Indian The name "Kaw" or "Kansa" means‚ "People of the South Wind‚" (unknown‚ kaw nation‚ n.d.) and the state of Kansas takes its name from this famous tribe. The Kansa people were closely related to the Omaha‚ Osage‚ Quapah and Ponca tribes. Clothing The men of (unknown‚ kansa people‚ n.d.)The tribe wore a variety of clothes including a red or blue breechcloth with a belt‚ and deerskin leggings‚ and sometimes a blanket robe over the upper part of the body‚ often trimmed with fur. Buffalo
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The southwest isn’t just tumbleweeds and cowboys yelling “YEEHAW” every 30 seconds. Okay maybe a little bit. But it’s way more than that. There’s huge‚ wide‚ and long landscapes to enjoy‚ yummy food everywhere you go‚ and diverse wildlife. Sure other regions have that‚ but the Southwest’s is unique; most of the time. One of many parts to the Southwest US’ beauty‚ is the nature and landscapes that aren’t man made. Arizona‚ a state in the southwest is home to the well known Grand Canyon. It’s
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Albert Bierstadt‚ whose “gigantic and romantic landscapes…introduced Americans to the awesome beauty of their own frontier‚” (Kernan‚ 86) is a good example of how visual representations played a significant role in the dissemination of the mythic West. Being one of the first artists to join expedition tours‚ Bierstadt’s paintings of the West offered Americans visual confirmation of what they had been told through literary media as well as their cultural and religious traditions. Because Bierstadt
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Put forth by historian Frederick Jackson Turner in his paper‚ “The Significance of the Frontier in American History‚” his thesis asserted that the existence of a frontier and its settlement had shaped American character; given rise to individualism‚ independence‚ and self-confidence; and fostered the American spirit of invention and adaptation. Later historians‚ especially a group of “New Western Historians‚” modified the thesis by stating the environmental and other consequences of frontier settlement
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The American West Three Beneficial Facts About the Frontier From My Antonia Westward Expansion was still a new concept for many Americans during the time of Willa Cather’s novel‚ My Antonia‚ but there had been a lot of progress as well. According to Westward Expansion: A History of the American Frontier‚ although the Westward Expansion began in 1803‚ it didn’t make its way into Nebraska until around 1867. (Billington) My Antonia was set in the 1880s‚ around ten to fifteen years after the first settlers
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In the 1800 brave pioneers moved westward. People moved to the west for a number of reasons there was many Fears‚ Benefits‚ and Hazards of moving west.One of the reasons was they wanted land. If the family worked wanted a piece of land they would have to work there for five years‚ then they could own that piece of land. That one of the biggest reasons that people wanted to move to the west. They had to work hard so that they could have the land all to themselves. Benefit means advantage and in
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