The Color Purple The Color Purple by Alice Walker‚ discusses abuse‚racism‚ poverty‚ sexcism‚ and opression. The book focuses on Celie‚ a 14 year old girl who has been sexually and physically abused by her stepfather‚ and later by her husband‚ Albert. Celie has grown up with her sister‚ Nettie‚ and has protected her from the abuse that she received from their own father and from being married to Albert. Albert never really wanted to marry Celie‚ he originally wanted Nettie‚ but couldn’t have her because their father said no
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Life was difficult for the Native Americans during the westward expansion of white settlers one example of this was the Indian Removal Act. This act was signed by President Andrew Jackson on May 28‚ 1830 gave Federal government the power to move any Native tribe‚ resulting in 5 major Natives tribes being forcibly relocated. Then using the Indian Removal Act 12‚000 Cherokee were forced to move out of their land during winter causing 4‚000 Cherokee deaths due to hunger‚ cold and disease. Another example
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US History AP Outline Chapter 17 The Transformation of the Trans-Mississippi West‚ 1860-1900 I. Native Americans and the Trans-Mississippi West a. The Plains Indians i. Three major sub regions: -The northern Plains: Lakota‚ Flatheads‚ Blackfeet‚ Assiniboins‚ northern Cheyennes‚ Arapahos‚ and Crows -The Central region: Five Civilized Tribes‚ agricultural life‚ before horses -South: western Kansas‚ Colorado‚ eastern New Mexico‚ and Texas: the Comanches‚ Kiowas‚ southern Arapahos‚ and Kiowa
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Soboba: A Federally Recognized Tribe Reclaims Their Rancheria In 1888‚ the California Supreme Court adjudicated the Soboba tribe’s aboriginal occupancy rights over certain Mexican grant lands. This case‚ known as Byrne v. Alas‚ 74 Cal. 628‚ 16 Pac. 523 (1888) ‚ resolved a dispute between plaintiff Byrne and the defendant Alas (and several other Soboba Indians)‚ who both claimed title to the lands under the Estadillo grant. This land grant was confirmed under the 1851 Act of Congress that required
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Pete Blankenship Mr. Letz English 101 25 September 2012 My Life Goals I’m eighteen years old and my birthday is on February 23‚ 1994. My name is Thomas Earl Blankenship IV‚ but I go by Pete. I am from Mobile‚ Alabama and I live on Dog River. I played soccer‚ basketball‚ and ran cross country in high school. Soccer is my favorite sport and the team I was on in high school won the state championship twice‚ and I got named MVP the past two seasons. I have two little brothers Murray(17)
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The American Indian Movement (AIM) is a Native American organization in the United States. It was founded in 1968‚ with the purpose to eliminate discriminating against the Native Americans and to establish recognition of their treaty rights. The founders of this organization are Dennis Banks‚ Herb Powless‚ Clyde Belle court‚ Eddie Benton Banai‚ Russell Means‚ and many others. Russel Means is one of the earliest leaders of AIM. He is one of contemporary America’s best-known and prolific activists
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The Dawes Act was a document that authorized the President of the United States to assess American Indian land and divide it into allotments for individual Indians. Those who agreed to allotments would then be granted United States citizenship. During this time in the mid 1800s the United States and its citizens had their hearts set on Westward expansion. Americans were strongly encouraged by the belief of the “Manifest Destiny”‚ a widely held belief that settlers were destined by God to expand throughout
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The Cherokee a large Native American tribe that previously inhabited large areas of land in the southeast‚ specifically the lower Appalachian Mountains (Gilbert‚ 178). Currently‚ they reside in a reservation in western North Carolina‚ and two in Oklahoma‚ one of which is the largest reservation in the United States (Cherokee Ancestry). The Cherokee were a warrior society‚ often traveling as far north as Ohio‚ and as far west as the Mississippi river to wage war on other tribes (Gilbert‚ 187). The
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Life is not always fair‚ and in The Color Purple the main character‚ Celie‚ writes out her brutal life experiences in the form of letters to God and her sister Nettie. Set in the early 1900’s of the deep South‚ Alice Walker details the inspiring redemptions that embody the power‚ for black women especially‚ to be heard and respected during a time period where racial and gender discrimination were at its peak. Cause and effect‚ dialogue‚ and characterization support the underlying theme that Alice
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In the year 1978 there were two acts that were passed that dealt with Native American reforms. These acts are very important for Social Workers to be able to understand. The first act was the Indian Child Welfare Act. The purpose of this act was to protect the best interest of Indian children and to promote the stability and security of Indian tribes and families by the establishment of minimum federal standards for the removal of Indian children and placement of such children in homes which will
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