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    Native American Memorial

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    Throughout the world there are many beautiful monuments meant to memorialize some of the most important events‚ people‚ and places. Many people travel thousands of miles to see them. These places are not built in a day but rather but rather designed and throughout over an extended period of time to produce a stunning and meaningful product. When creating a monuments‚ people must not only consider what person‚ event‚ or place the monument represents but also the purpose and design of the monument

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    Christopher sees himself as a logical and curious person‚ he also thinks that he is ahead of mostly everybody in his class. As well as he is so determined to prove that he is not as low as his peers‚ he proved it by scoring a perfect score on his math exam. This would help his grade and help him get into the best colleges. He deals with the fact that he’s different than other people by performing his best so he can excel and achieve more. Even though he knows that he is a little different than everybody

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    averaging the third smallest state population wise we still had several different cultural differences within the community’s. For instance my town we have a steady population of Caucasian people and Hispanic people with a minority of Native American‚ Asian and African American within. The state alone has many more cultural ethnics within but we still maintain a steady bias of Caucasian and Hispanic. The big issue at the time is that in the past Hispanics and Caucasians hated each other to the point that

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    Underground Railroad

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    For hundreds of years people have referred to America as the land of freedom. A long time ago‚ that was not really the case. Before the Civil War‚ Americans were allowed to enslave blacks‚ foreigners‚ and criminals to do work for them. The northern states and Canada believed this was wrong‚ so slavery was abolished in these places. However‚ in the south slavery remained a massive part of their lifestyle and industries. Little did the slaveowners know‚ many slaves were planning their escapes. Over

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    The Reason Why the Plains Tribes Almost Lost the Buffalos           The Great Plains in the United States is home to many Native American tribes. Those tribes have different cultural practices‚ food‚ clothing‚ shelter‚ and languages‚ but they had some things in common. Since they lived on the Great Plains‚ they used the same resources interchangeably. They used animals for many of their survival needs. The Blackfeet is among some of the larger tribes in the Plains. Even though they relied on a few

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    Native American Interview

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    The sky had darkened‚ causing the lamp post to flickered on seconds later‚ as the outside world went to sleep. He sat down on the old gray office chair in the living room‚ waiting impatiently for the interview to start. He wore one of his favorite shirts‚ the white one with holes in it‚ and blue plaid pajama pants. His black eyes wandered across the room‚ as he scratched his beard looking as if he regretted agreeing to this interview. Holding a piece of yellow paper‚ for a guide to answering my questions

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    The construction of the Transcontinental Railway is the second factor on the list.A creation of a railway may first appear as something not extraordinarily noteworthy‚ especially nowadays.This indeed did revolutionize Canada and influence confederation‚.The railway fundamentally completely revolutionized transportation for Canada and affected confederation‚ considering the time period.Moreover‚ the other positive effects of the transcontinental railroad are the following : faster and trustworthy

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    with individual Native American nations. The government developed contracts that negotiated land agreements. The Native American nations gave up their homelands in exchange for protection provided by the United States government. A connection based on trust was established so that each party could fulfill their obligations. However‚ problems began when one group failed to fulfill their responsibilities. The problems that occurred in the past with the government and Native Americans result in several

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    Native Americans vs. colonist To begin with‚ colonists were certainly in disagreement with Native Americans. While native‚ the colonists claimed that they achieve real estate fairly; it was absolutely the Native Americans that were ahead of the game‚ Native Americans at the beginning were abused in the midst of the process to selling or buying land. In the meantime‚ colonists made use of the opportunity they were given‚ to give the Native Americans’ flammable

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    Native American Storytelling Kyle Lysher ENG/301 05/10/2015 Julie Kares Native American Storytelling While each culture on the planet has its own unique identity‚ an identity that is usually rich with traditions and habits‚ few cultures have such a grounded and strong cultural identity as the Native Americans. Many of their beliefs and traditions are shrouded in mystery‚ yet seemingly on display for the world to see - a culture of conflict and peace‚ acceptance and denial‚ the Native American culture

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