The Ojibwe Indians‚ also known as the Chippewa indians‚ are located all around the great lakes. They are the second largest indian population in Canada and the fourth largest indian population in the united states. The Ojibwe speak the language Anishinaabe‚ part of the algonquian linguistic group‚ which is still widely spoken today by elders. Anishinaabe has a somewhat developed form of pictorial writing system; most of which was recorded on birch bark scrolls and on rock. The use of petroforms‚
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COMANCHE INDIANS The Comanches‚ exceptional horsemen who dominated the Southern Plains‚ played a prominent role in Texas frontier history throughout much of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Anthropological evidence indicates that they were originally a mountain tribe‚ a branch of the Northern Shoshones‚ who roamed the Great Basin region of the western United States as crudely equipped hunters and gatherers. Both cultural and linguistic similarities confirm the Comanches’ Shoshone origins
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‘Is Indian Democracy Alive and Kicking?’ “As I would not be a slave‚ so I would not be a master.” This was the idea of Abraham Lincoln’s about democracy. Though very true in its basic form‚ does this idea hold true In the Indian context? After completing 62 years of being a ‘sovereign‚ socialist‚ secular and democratic republic’ and currently being in the 65th year of its independence‚ we can definitely call India a successful democracy for sustaining all the ups and downs in these years. The political
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The Indian farmer Agriculture is as much important‚ if not more‚ as the industry in a country. Thus here lies the importance of our farmer. An Indian fanner is the backbone of the society. His importance in the economy of the country cannot be over-emphasized. He grows vegetables and fruits for our food and cotton for our clothes. The Indian farmer is a hardworking man. He works from morning till evening in the scorching heat and biting cold. Early in the morning he drives his oxen to the fields
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Background The Zuni are one of the nineteen Pueblo Indian tribes who are descendants of the Ancient Puebloans. Their population exceeds no more than 20‚000 people. Their tribal name is A’shiwi (Shi’wi)‚ meaning "the flesh.” Zuni history is believed to be dated back before 2500 B.C. when they moved to the Southwest. It was during this time that they made their first attempts at agriculture and game hunting. Around 1500 B.C. their agriculture thrived enabling them to grow many more crops such maize
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HAZRAT UMAR (634 – 644 A.D.) Life Before Khilafat: Hazrat Umar‚ son of Khattab‚ was born in Makkah twelve or thirteen years after the birth of the Holy Prophet (PBUH). The Holy Prophet (PBUH) and Umar had a common ancestor in Ka’ab. Umar was taught reading and writing by his father who was an educated and well-to-do merchant of Makkah. Umar was very learned‚ intelligent and studious. He was a poet and a very good orator. He was strong and powerful and was fond of archery‚ horse-riding and wrestling
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Though US agriculture seemed strong‚ it did not share in the prosperity of the booming 1920s. U.S. farmers were overproducing food‚ and they had done so since The Great War. At that time‚ Herbert Hoover was the federal government’s food administrator. He pushed for a large increase in American agricultural production since European agricultural production was weak and Hoover wanted Americans to supply them with food. The wheat production in the US was growing considerably by the end of the war‚ before
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The students of my third hour Pre-Ap English class wishes to abolish homework. We feel as if it is a waste of our valuable time. We spend eight hours a day in school doing nothing but learning‚ our time at home with our families should be our time. Homework constrains from family bonding time‚ we shouldn’t have to bring school work to our home lives. Our classes are long enough to get what we need done in a day. So this makes homework just a tyranny. Homework also makes students stay up later than
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People have so many preferences on how to do their things. Some prefer to work alone and some in a group. In my opinion‚ it is good to do things as a group because things get done quickly and they seem easy. When you are accomplishing things as a group‚ there’s always positive energy‚ you get an inspiration to do better than the other people. Things get done faster and quickly too. when you do things alone‚ you tend to lack morale and never quite complete your tasks. You get really bored unlike when
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Jefferson wrote this article to give examples of benefits England and the Americas will have if they are separated. He says it is “necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands that have connected then with another” in order for both bands to be successful. He uses the “Laws of Nature” to point out that it happens all the time. However‚ he also believes that he must give reasons on why they should separate. Just like Locke’s philosophical ideas‚ Jefferson believes that “governments are
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