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    ice jams. New development will definitely benefit us‚however‚ in the long run those same developments can potentially affect the residents of Schenectady. Reparations can potentially cost more money than you can ever possibly make by expanding Mohawk Harbors. Ice jams can have many negative effects on infrastructure and the lives of many people that live around the areas. Ice jams are sheets of ice that is produced during the winter. Ice jams are formed when the the frozen ice breaks up.The

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    police made mistakes in an effort to maintain peace. These incidents include the Oka Crisis‚ the Dudley George shooting and the Caledonia land claim dispute. The Oka Crisis took place during the summer of 1990. It was a land claim dispute between the Mohawk nation and the town of Oka Quebec. The protest resulted in one police officer dead and many others injured. The second incident occurred in September of 1995 and was dubbed the Ipperwash Crisis and resulted in the shooting death of native protester

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    Trust‚ 23/02/14‚ http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/faq Roberts‚ J.M.R‚ 1993‚ History Of The World‚ Helicon Publishing‚ Great Britain. Sypher‚ Wylie‚ 13/12/13‚Eighteeth Century Media‚ 1/03/14‚ http://c18media.wordpress.com/tag/anti-slavery-medallion/ Kline‚ H.S.K‚ 2010‚ The Atlantic Slave Trade‚ William Morrow‚ United States Television Networks‚ 2014‚ this day in History‚ 2/03/14‚ http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/congress-abolishes-the-african-slave-traden The New York public Library

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    | | [uber] – HOW A TECHNOLOGY FIRM IS changing the traditional transportation model | | By Mark Boeckel‚ Brent Sprunger‚ Kevin Smith‚ and Emily WorkMarch 6th‚ 2012 | Executive Summary Uber is an App-Powered on-demand car service provider for smart phones. Notwithstanding its very unique name‚ investors have begun to take note of Uber during the past year as it has stolen market share from traditional transportation companies. We will analyze the value proposition of its technology

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    by the Mohawk’s. The positive of this was‚ it brought the Mohawks and the First nations together‚ due to the fact that during the protest the First nations set up barricades alongside the Mohawks. Four Months later the Quebec Government called in the Canadian Soldiers to break up the protest‚ in result one Soldier was killed and tensions continued to rise ‚and the protest ended and the Canadian Government gave ownership of the to the Mohawks. This event brought together the First nation Community and

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    community’s growth. According to Margulies “Morrison describes how the fictional community of Medallion‚ which had shown concern for all of its members when the temptress Sula lived to entice people away from the community‚ fell into indifference toward its members when Sula died” (23). The abrupt change in the community’s actions shows how important Sula was to the community. Her presence gave Medallion a reason to treat other people better. The community did not like the way she treated other people

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    “Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History” is a slogan from an essay by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich has a large meaning on women in society. This statement is eye catching and goes in to great detail on perceptions of women from the past and present. As women we are defined by what we do and what we say. We are judged as mothers‚ caretakers‚ and workers. Our own children one day will look back and describe their childhood with their mothers in it. In fact‚ you can see this statement on a flask sold off

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    A key character that ensures we enjoy the film throughout is captin jack sparrow. The first time we meet jack he is portrayed as a powerful figure standing tall on top of his ship. As the scene progresses we see that he is drunk and unorganised sailing on his own on a sinking boat. The director shows us this by using a wide array of camera shots and other techniques. When we first see jack he is standing on top of his ship. Although he is standing tall and proud his clothes are weather beaten and

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    fruit that can be tasted or directly felt without the need for words/explanations. Also ’globed fruit’ indicates the universality of the senses indicating that sensual images transcend individual cultures and time. Medallions are dumb to the feel of the thumb yet the image of medallions that commemorate past events recalls to memory the emotive past. Similarly‚ the silent image of ’sleeve worn stone of casement ledges’ evokes the sense of touch and along with it nostalgic memories of someone waiting

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    [1] Mohawk writer Beth Brant is on a mission‚ a mission to redeem the reputations of Powhatan princess Pocahontas and Cherokee Beloved Woman Nancy Ward. Touted as "good friends" of the whiteman in white legend because of actions complicit with white welfare‚ these two famous Native American women are simultaneously scorned as "traitors" to their race. In "Grandmothers of a New World" (1988‚ 1994)‚ Brant joins with such other redeemers as Hanay Geiogamah and Monique Mojica in combating white "history"

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