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    Creation Story Even though both stories are about the creation of Earth and life‚ they each have their own unique twist on how the world came to be and how in both stories the brothers represent good and evil. In the Native American version the natives believe that a pregnant woman that lived up in heaven was craving a drink from the roots of the great tree. Tampering with or hurting the trees roots was bad and if you hurt it then bad thing would happen to you. The woman’s husband is a

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    treaties ware made with the Indians. Sovereignty is supreme and independent power or authority in government as possessed or claimed by a state or community‚ so it’s basically a government or state having power and authority over another. I think how treaty relates to sovereignty is because they both describe the idea of one been higher and having power over the other‚ because when the Indians sign the treaties they basically give up their power and all the power is to the government‚ the

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    The civil rights era was a step towards all equality for African Americans. Before this era‚ blacks were treated completely different than their white neighbors. Many things were done to prevent African Americans from being viewed on the same level as white people. One of the major things enacted were the black codes. The black codes were essentially created as a way to keep control of African Americans without it being deemed as slavery. One thing that blacks had to endure was the fact that if they

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    The Sociology of Native Americans and Early American Colonists Culture Clash: Native Americans and European American Colonials Gender‚ Class‚ & Race in Early America Before the arrival of the first European settlers‚ numerous tribes of Native Americans were allowed to establish themselves across the American continents in isolation and without interruption from outside forces. When the Mayflower finally arrived in 1620‚ the English settlers and Native Americans were so vastly different it is

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    March 6‚ 1755 Dear Diary‚ Today was very hectic. Me‚ my husband and our 3 daughters have been trying to flee the American Revolution‚ and finally we have found land to settle on. The land is very rough and isolated‚ nothing like it was back home‚ however we are grateful for what we have been given. My family is very scared about what awaits us‚ but I must stay strong for them. Many are panicked and confused‚ as we had to leave numerous possessions behind. My husband‚ Peter has been very helpful

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    There are many different theories dealing with the creation of the world. The Native Americans have several‚ but there are two very popular creation myths that are supported. The World on the Turtle’s Back and When Grizzlies Walked Upright. Each offers a unique perspective on how the world was created‚ yet many similarities tie them together. In the beginning of both stories‚ there is a god-like creature that comes down from a place called “Sky-World”. In The World on the Turtle’s Back‚ the woman

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    clothing. Typically the environment of a region will diversely how the people get their basic needs. To explain this paper will analyse how three different native americans tribes from recently reading solved their economic problems. The three tribes are Inuits that lived in the arctic with cold and harsh winters the Chinook that lived in the North West and the Pawnee in the great plains. Some places is hot some are cold that’s how the Inuits lived‚ in cold and harsh weather for winter and .It was

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    weather and better living condition compared to the Philippines. Thankfully‚ we all moved to the United States of American because the musical inclination of our family’s history had tremendously evolved throughout the years. Each generation had a very particular interest in music and dancing that defined each age group. Evidently‚ the Native Filipinos‚ Spaniards‚ Europeans‚ and Americans had great influence in our

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    most cultures as a way to connect to a higher being.  The “Shawnee Native American Prayer” does not meet the traditional requirements of a prayer.  It is not praising or asking for gifts‚ but giving commands only.  Tecumseh shapes this prayer as a list of commands on how to live and die with honor.       Tecumseh uses commands about how to “perfect your life” within the first section to prepare the reader for an expansion on how to live these vague orders out.  Beginning this prayer with these commands

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    averaging the third smallest state population wise we still had several different cultural differences within the community’s. For instance my town we have a steady population of Caucasian people and Hispanic people with a minority of Native American‚ Asian and African American within. The state alone has many more cultural ethnics within but we still maintain a steady bias of Caucasian and Hispanic. The big issue at the time is that in the past Hispanics and Caucasians hated each other to the point that

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