The American Indians claimed the island by provisions of the Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868) between the U.S. and the Sioux they said the treaty promised to return all retired‚ abandoned or out-of-use federal lands. Today Alcatraz is a well known prison throughout the world‚ and has attracted many visitors as well. Tourism is very
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The Dakota War of 1862- It was a rebellion by the Lakota’s in Minnesota in 1862 to try and gain lands back lost from land cessions. In a massacre‚ the Dakota managed to kill 500 settlers and Lincoln decided by sending troops from the Civil War to fight the Dakota’s. The Union ended up winning after 6 weeks. 400 were tried and 40 were set to be hung until the missionaries decided to fight for them and had that number reduced to 38‚ the largest hanging in history. Sand Creek Massacre‚ November
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The first time I walked into my practicum classroom‚ I was so nervous. The students introduced themselves and I introduced who I was‚ then the student’s asked me all sorts of questions. The questions consisted of: what is your major‚ do you have pets‚ and who was your favorite elementary teacher. I told them my favorite teacher was my second grade teacher named Mr. Gagliano‚ who danced on my desk. This made the class so excited because Mr Gagliano had been to their school to talk about the different
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Chapter 17-The West: Exploiting an Empire Time Period: 1850-1900 1. Beyond the Frontier -line of white settlement at MO timber country by 1840s What’s in the West? What land? -“The Great Plains”/Prairie Plains: rich soil and good rainfall (Wisconsin down to Texas) -High Plains: rough‚ semiarid (Montana down to NMex.) -Rockies: formidable barrier (Alaska to NMex.) -Western Basin: home to many NA‚ desert‚ held in by the Cascades and Sierra Nevada‚ MOST travelers here (Idaho and Utah)
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Dr. Carl Hart’s memoir‚ High Price‚ offers insight on the influences of drugs and society and how the myths we falsely rely on are incorrect. Through his scientific research and findings and the community that he was raised in‚ Hart is able to debunk the common misconceptions that are related to drugs. The journey that reader’s go on through Hart’s life story offers insight on how culture‚ racism‚ and other social factors influence the way we see drugs today. High Price displays to readers that
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for the Native Americans to live on (Danzer 410). However‚ by the 1850’s laws were being changed that gave boundaries to this reservation which eventually led to battles between white settlers and the Native American‚ including the Treaty of Fort Laramie in 1868 that forced them to live on reservations around the Mississippi River (Danzer 410). Many of these wars were actually in fact massacres that left thousands of Native Americans dead such as the Massacre at Sand Creek‚ the Red River War‚ and
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World Culture’s Final Exam Terms Intro to the World 1. Cultural Conflict clash of different ways of life over scarce resources‚ religion‚ race‚ land‚ oil‚ water‚ power‚ etc 2. Cultural Relativism judge culture on their own standards and values 3. Culturally different one culture different from every other culture 4. Culture total way of life of someone 5. Diffusion mixing of different cultures from place to place 6. Ethnocentrism belief that ones own culture is superior to
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Analysis of The Order of Things by Judy Troy the order of things is a short story written by judy troy. it has certain characteristicks that tells us that it is a short story. for example‚ you have one main character whose life you follow through a short period of time and during this time he has a developement in character. there is an introduction/beginnig‚ then a developing period‚ a climax and an open or conclusive ending (in this case conclusive). there are few characters‚ so the narator can
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Growing up in Casper‚ Wyoming is supposed to be wonderful‚ and for the most part‚ it is. As kids‚ we could always find something to do. Whether it be spending all day at one of the ponds that seemed to be around every corner‚ where we’d try so hard to catch small fish and funny looking bugs that we could bring home with us like trophies‚ or running around one of the parks‚ attempting to organize one of those sports games that never actually materialized‚ despite our promises a few days prior to
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Martha Vasquez November 23‚ 2013 E Block Identification of Terms- Unit 3 1 (4) Shakers Who: A group of religious people who derived their name from a unique ritual in which they would “shake” themselves free of sin. They were most well known for their celibacy‚ which meant that most Shakers entered the religion on their own. Also‚ they embraced the idea of sexual equality and believed God was not clearly male or female. When: Founded in the 1770s Significance or Impact: The Shakers made a redefinition
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