Artifacts can tell stories. Unlike history recorded or told by human‚ artifacts are capable of revealing the most objective and neutral version of the stories. Behind the sword belonged to Thomas’ Legion‚ there is a history of Native American‚ especially the position of eastern band of Cherokee‚ during the Civil War period. The sword is a Model 1840 Cavalry Saber (M1840) in dark color‚ which used to owned by Colonel Love in Thomas’ Legion. This artifact is 44 inch long with a weight of 2.5 pounds
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Effects of racism in Holocaust Literature It has become more and more common for schools everywhere to be teaching the holocaust‚ even requiring certain books regarding the topic be read. Teachers have begun using the holocaust’s history and the literature that many created describing the experiences to teach children about uncontrollable racism they may face in the world everyday. Teaching the holocaust encourages sensitivity in multicultural societies and a diverse world. The holocaust did not invent
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story with the notes and rhythms. If the people are in distress‚ the music will be sad and sorrowful‚ but if the people just won a big war‚ it will be joyous and happy. An example of music reflecting a culture is the Native Americans. Music was a major factor in the Native American culture. The music that the tribe played at night was a reflection of what was happening during that period in their lives. If there was a sickness going around the camp‚ killing people‚ the music would be very dismal
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Dealing With Cultural Differences Native American Native Americans have respect of individual differences among people. Their expressions of this value include staying out of others’ affairs and verbalizing personal thoughts or opinions only when asked. In many cultures‚ it’s the man makes the decisions for the woman. They are very religious people who work also with tarot reading‚ and wicca/pagan things. How I would deals with a Native American is to treat them all with respect and
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War II‚ about two-thirds of the Jewish population were killed. Countless people lost their family and their friends. When the survivors were released from the concentration camps‚ numerous individuals had nowhere to go‚ and no place to call home. The Allied forces tried a multitude of Nazi War criminals in the Nuremberg Trials hoping that the imprisonment or killing of these flawed‚ yet guilty German officials would bring justice to those who survived the Holocaust. But was justice truly ever achieved
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The term indian originated from christopher columbus.He thought he reached the east indies when he landed in america and therefore calling them the indians/Native americans. The similarities and differences are many but i don’t think they are all so interesting.But the similarities are that the native americans and the stories are about something tragic happening in their lives and they can be life lessons. In these stories of the ¨buffalo and the corn‚¨ ¨The coyote and the fox‚¨ ¨and the first
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Hitler and the Holocaust The Holocaust is a tragic event that happened not so long ago‚ but many people have already forgotten about this horrible event. Today‚ there are only few survivors left to tell their own personal stories of the Holocaust and what they had to go through. But what will happen when there ’s no survivor left to tell his/her story or speak of the truth that the Holocaust really did happen? Who will speak out for them and millions of Jews who had died in the Holocaust? Who will help
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Genocide Convention Essay The genocide convention was an act organized by the United Nations on December 9th‚ 1948 to prevent the crime of genocide and to declare it to be considered a crime under international law. Genocide is the killing of a large group of people based on their ethnicity (The Dictionary). Any acts committed to destroy‚ in whole or in part‚ a national‚ ethnical‚ racial‚ or religious group is the definition of genocide under the convention & that genocide‚ conspiracy to genocide
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understand the finer points of what it has been to be a Native American throughout history. Our experience has been less than desirable since the 1400’s when Columbus arrived with his men and 17 ships. According to Churchill (1994)‚ upon Columbus’s arrival‚ he was quick to enslave and exterminate the Native Americans; the Spanish colonists instilled their “superiority” through these acts. But it wasn’t just explorers that assisted in the demise of the American Indians‚ the European colonists killed 50%-90%
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DBQ #1: Using your knowledge of the time period and documents provided‚ analyze colonial policies toward Native Americans‚ and discuss the impact of these policies on the relationship between the tribes and the new nation. Even though the American expanders had been dealing with the native Indians for western expansion many years‚ the difficulties were at their worst between the years of 1750-1800. The British‚ first settlers in the New World since the Indians‚ wanted to expand their nation
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