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    The Cherokee Nation

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    The Cherokee Nation The Cherokee Nation is are Native American’s who according to 19th century ethnographers originated in the northern portion of the United States in the Great Lakes area’s and eventually migrated south to the Southeastern United States‚ Georgia‚ The Carolinas and Tennessee. Eventually the Cherokee’s were forced to relocate in Oklahoma (the authors home). This paper will cover the origins of the Cherokee‚ The Trail of Tears and some interesting cultural differences and rituals

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    Welfare In The 1930's

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    Welfare in America was created before we had an official program for it in the United States. The colonies used the British Poor Laws to help those who couldn’t work. They made a distinction between those who were unemployed and couldn’t work and those who were able bodied but unemployed. In 1930’s‚ during the great depression‚ welfare began to be federally funded. It isn’t an easy process to apply to get welfare‚ however. First you have to make an appointment with a caseworker‚ and get a bunch of

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    The Haisla Nation

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    Vancouver. They have two historic bands – the Kitamaat of the Douglas and Devastation channels and the Kitlope of the upper Princess Royal Channel and Gardner Canal. Haisla nation neighbors Heiltsuk and Wuikinuxv bands of the Coast Tsimshian peoples. Living and working on the water has always been important to the Haisla nation. Haisla people have lived off the land and water resources of the Douglas Channel. The resources such as food‚ shelter‚ and livelihood around

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    Welfare Drug Testing

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    Why there should not be drug testing for welfare Should drug tests be required of welfare recipients? No‚ I don’t think so. Welfare recipients are typically extremely poor and are uneducated. Another aspect of welfare recipients is that they are mentally ill. It would seem too ignoble to find ways to deny recipients access to welfare. Welfare recipients are usually on welfare because they lack an education and training to earn a better living. Their education only allows them basic opportunities

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    gov/timeseries/LNU04000000?years_option=all_years&periods_option=specific_periods&periods=Annual+Data http://financeandinvestments.blogspot.com/2011/05/historical-annual-returns-for-s-500.html Jain‚ Rajiv‚ and Daniel Kranson. "The Myth of GDP and Stock Market Returns."2009. Web. 4 Mar. 2012. <http://www.virtus.com/vsitemanager/Upload/Docs/6141_GDPwhitepaper.pdf>. Rao‚ Rama. "Forecasting Future Returns." Financial Physics. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 5 Mar 2012. <http://www.financialphysics

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    Fabelo Measure Recidivism

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    Recidivism is basically to relapse. How Toni Fabelo Proposes to Measure Recidivism In order to measure recidivism‚ Fabelo stresses to have a full understanding of recidivism‚ understand how it is measured‚ and determine the implications of adopting recidivism rates as measures of performance (Maxfield‚ 2015‚ pp. 83-84). There are indicators such as rearrests‚ reconvictions‚ or incarcerations

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    Vision for the Nation

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    VISION FOR THE NATION India is a nation of a billion people. A nation’s progress depends upon how its people think. It is thoughts which are transformed into actions. India has to think as a nation of a billion people. Let the young minds blossom – full of thoughts‚ the thoughts of prosperity. Nations are built by the imagination and untiring enthusiastic efforts of generations. One generation transfers the fruits of its toil to another which then takes forward the mission. As the coming

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    Preventive Measures (A Discussion of Lessons for Main Characters in‚ “The Necklace”) We each have our one weak points. Some people have bigger or smaller weaknesses that might be harder to cope with. In the story‚ “The Necklace” Loisel feels insecure about her financial status‚ appearance‚ and honesty. There are several solutions to fix these problems‚ but might not necessarily be easy to perform. Madame Loisel should learn to communicate honestly‚ not obsess over her appearance‚ as well as be

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    Navajo Nation

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    The Navajo Nation Hope Thatcher Intro. Cultural Anthropology Dr. Janis McFaul February‚ 6 2012 The Navajo nation is the largest native tribe in the United States. They are a society built on harmony with Mother Earth. They believe that everything has a purpose whether it be good or evil. They rely on the land for nourishment and medicine. They are a proud tribe and have close family unity. The Navajo are a peaceful tribe

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    Welfare Drug Testing

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    Tanner‚ who is the Director of Health and Welfare studies at the Cato Institute‚ reports that this year the Federal government will spend 952‚000‚000‚000 dollars on programs to help the poor (10). While some of this money goes to people who truly need it‚ there are many people that take advantage of the kindness of others. Robert Rector‚ who is the Senior Research Fellow in Domestic Policy at the Heritage Foundation‚ discovered in a study that one third of welfare recipients use illegal drugs. What

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