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    Punk Fashion

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    Street fashion is fashion that is considered to have emerged not from studios‚ but from the grassroots. Street fashion is generally associated with youth culture‚ and is most often seen in major urban centers. Japanese street fashion sustains multiple simultaneous highly diverse fashion movements at any given time. Mainstream fashion often appropriates street fashion trends as influences. Most major youth subcultures have had an associated street fashion. Examples include: * Hippies (denim

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    Native American Alcoholism

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    There are 5.2 million Native Americans in the United States. 1 in 10 of those Native Americans die for alcohol-related reasons. Alcoholism spreads like the plague. Because of this‚ it can be hard for children on the reservations to find positive role models. Which can be why many Native Americans grow up to be alcoholics as well. “Life is a constant struggle between being an individual and being a member of the community” -Sherman Alexie. This quote means that it’s always a balance between being

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    Essay on Joseph Brant

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    Hello‚ my name is Joseph Brant and I was born in 1742 on the Ohio River. I’m known for being a powerful and influential Mohawk chief who sided with the British during the American Revolutionary War. I was a Mohawk Loyalist and a Freemason with many ties to the British. My sister Holly married a British agent named William Johnson who was an agent for Indian Affairs. I first met him when he was thirteen. I learned how to speak English and studied Western History at the Indian Charity School

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    The Pequot war‚ a war that was imposing that it impacted history. It was a grave war as it had lasted for 38 years and ended in 1675. Some say that this battle between the Native Americans and the Europeans in 1636 ended in the Pequot suffering due to a mysterious death of John Oldham changed America and is now what it is today. After battling over clash of trade‚ land‚ and how the puritans were living‚ they have decided to take action.. This dreadful action was what led to the almost complete devastation

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    through trade. Champlain tried to block guns from leaking into Native culture‚ real­ izing that it would undercut his military advantage. He was able to win his battle on Lake Champlain in 1609 because guns had not yet fallen into the hands of the Mohawks. Other European traders were not so careful. The English traded guns for fur pelts‚ but only with their allies. The Dutch trading out of New Amsterdam (now New York) were less discriminating. They sold arquebuses to anyone. Na­ tive traders soon learned

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    The Unredeemed Captive

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    Haley Eppes Dr. Quirk HST 3 September 2014 The Unredeemed Captive- A Family Story From Early America‚ John Demos‚ Vintage Books‚ April 1995‚ New York Finding out who you are‚ through hardships and ease‚ is the main focus of this book. John Demos wanted to write a story‚ and in this story the main focus is figuring out how to adapt to your surroundings and the circumstances that you have cannot control to best survive. With this he weaved a tale about a colonial town that was not prepared for what

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    Ice Jam Research Paper

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    Abstract: The January 1996 event‚ and its damages was used to understand ice jam flooding in the lower Mohawk River. Ice jams are formed when the blocks of ice formed along the river causing water retention behind the blocks of ice. Once the ice melts the water that was retained adds up to the water level already existing. to understand ice jams better the tree elevation scar of the eastern cottonwood tree was measured in the lock 8 in glenville‚ stockade park in schenectady and at the Glen sanders

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    The Unredeemed Captive

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    The primary character is Eunice Williams‚ a young girl taken captive by the Mohawk indians. Her father is Reverend John Williams‚ a prominent Puritan leader in the town of Deerfield. Throughout the book the captives from both the the British and French side are returned to their homes. Eunice chooses to not go home to Puritan society‚ but to live with the indians. Many cannot understand her reasoning to choose the "indian savage" way of life over good wholesome Puritan life. Let me know if that

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    Then I decided to do further study in fitness field. I found all my interesting areas in one subject that is HEALTH‚ WELLNESS AND FITNESS program in Mohawk College. **Through this course I shall have opportunity for the following certificates: Canadian society for exercise physiology - certified personal trainer‚ optimum health for life - Sports Nutrition Specialist‚ TWIST - Sports Conditioning Certificate

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    sula

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    attachment that she forms with Nel. Sula wraps her life up so completely in her friend that Morrison indicates they have almost become one; therefore‚ when Nel decides to marry Jude‚ Sula feels totally betrayed. As soon as the wedding is over‚ she leaves Medallion for ten years. When Sula returns‚ she and Nel try to be friends again‚ but Sula ruins it by having an affair with Jude‚ Nel’s husband. It is almost as if she were subconsciously striking out at Nel for having married Jude‚ making Sula feel abandoned

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