Randi Diabo‚ Class of 2014‚ B.S in Electrical Engineering Randi is from the Kahnawake Mohawk Territory‚ a reservation which runs along the St Lawrence river on the south shore of Montreal‚ QC. The Mohawk are one of the original Five Nations of the Iroquois‚ located in upstate New York‚ southern Quebec and eastern Ontario. She enlisted in the United States Marine Corps at the age of 17 and served 4 years of active duty‚ stationed at Camp Lejeune‚ NC and completing 2 tours in support of Operation Iraqi
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The film “Black Robe”‚ released in 1991 takes place in the remote wilderness of Quebec Canada. The film’s director Brian Moore has the time set to the year 1634 as the French began to explore the new world. The film tells the story of a French Priest by the name of Paul LaForgue‚ accompanied by a character by the name of Daniel whom is on mission trip in hopes of converting the Native Americans to Catholicism. On this journey the two enlist the aid of the Algonquin Tribe to guide them to the Huron
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Writing in 1782‚ J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur tried to define "the American‚ this new man." He was‚ Crèvecoeur argued‚ "neither a European nor a descendant of a European" but an "American‚ who‚ leaving behind all his ancient prejudices and manners‚ receives new ones from the new mode of life he has embraced‚ the new government he obeys‚ and the new rank he holds." Crèvecoeur presumed that America was a melting pot‚ that the environment created a homogeneous American culture‚ with similar values
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Redleg Lady’s Thumb is a low lying flowering plant that is best identified by its spike-like flowers. The spike is made up of clusters of small‚ pink‚ grain-like flowers‚ which are only 4 millimeters in length. The entire spikes of flowers range from 20-80 centimeters in length (Perlman). This plant flowers from June to October. After flowering‚ the plants produce seeds‚ which are small‚ glossy‚ and three sided. The seeds ripen from August to October (“Polygonum Persicaria-L”). The leaves of this
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allowed to do and eat what they want to” stated by Haley E. then another student who also disagree to this question said this‚ “the government is just trying to find ways to control the people in this nation” stated another student in the class. 1101 Iroquois Naperville IL‚ 60563 October 15‚ 2013 Ms. Underwood 6835 South Normal Boulevard Chicago‚ IL 60621 Dear Mrs. Underwood Hey!!! Mrs. Underwood I miss so much. I’m in class and staying there too. You are the one who taught me everything
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1300 AD (drought??) f. “Three-Sister” farming in the SE Atlantic (beans‚ corn and squash) - led to some of the highest populations in NA (Creek‚ Choctaw and Cherokee) g. Iroquois (NE Woodlands) under their leader Hiawatha created the closest nation-state comparable to the Aztecs in Mexico. - Development of the Iroquois Confederacy: political and military alliance h. For the most part on the eve of Europeans‚ Native Americans were living in small‚ scattered‚ impermanent
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Richard Adames The French and Indian war was a war that embarrassed the French‚ nearly bankrupted the British‚ screwed the Native American‚ and paved way to the American Revolution. The French and Indian war was named after the British opponents‚ the French and Indian even though Native Americans fought on both sides. Other names used for the war include The Seven Year war‚ the Fourth Intercolonial war‚ and the Great War for the Empire. The seven year war was a power struggle between Great Britain
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by Joseph Boyden follows the lives of three different characters at the point of first contact between the Europeans and Native Americans. The story follows Bird‚ a Huron war-chief‚ Christophe “Crow”‚ a Jesuit priest‚ and Snow Falls‚ an imprisoned Iroquois forced to live amongst the Huron. During the main events of The Orenda‚ two groups of Huron join for the Creator’s Game. The portrayal of the Creator’s Game‚ now known as lacrosse‚ is shown through the purpose of the game‚ the equipment used‚ and
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which meant through ancestry control of the land would be passed to the women. This solidified their importance in the community. Also‚ when married‚ men were the ones expected to leave their families to move in with their wife’s family. Within the Iroquois clan‚ although the chief was also a man‚ they were chosen by women and they were also given the power to remove them if needed. Native American women also had sexual freedoms. They were allowed to leave the marriage‚ as were men‚ without punishment
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The culture of Europeans and the culture of Native Americans are vastly different‚ which is unsurprising considering that their societies lived on different continents with little to no interactions until European colonization. Almost all the sources of what Native American culture was like comes from the writings of Europeans‚ which means that one cannot know all the intricacies of their culture‚ but from these writings we can see some distinct differences between European and Native American culture
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