Mohawk Indians The Word Mohawk comes from the cognate with the Narragansett Mohowauúck‚ they eat animated things‚ hence “man-eaters”. (accessgenealogy) The Mohawk clan was member of the Iroquois Confederacy‚ which was a group of five (later six) tribes that were united with the purpose of doing strategies against the invasion of the French and the British during the fight for the upper states of the country. The form of hierarchy was what they called the longhouse of representatives and was the
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The French and Indian War Like the Great Awakening‚ the struggle between England and France for New World empires also helped prepare the colonists for independence. While the English esablished colonies on the Atlantic seaboard‚ the French built a profitable fur trade with the Indians farther inland. As French colonists moving south from Canada met English colonists moving west of the Appalachians‚ the two groups lashed in the Ohio Valley. The conflict stemmed from rivalry over territory‚ fur
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The term Indian independence movement encompasses a wide range of areas like political organizations‚ philosophies and movements which had the common aim to ending the company rule (East India Company)‚ and then British imperial authority‚ in parts of South Asia. The independence movement saw various national and regional campaigns‚ agitations and efforts‚ some nonviolent and others not so. During the first quarter of the 19th century‚ Rammohan Roy introduced modern education into India. Swami Vivekananda
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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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Causes: The Seven Years’ War (called the French and Indian War in the colonies) lasted from 1756 to 1763‚ forming a chapter in the imperial struggle between Britain and France called the Second Hundred Years’ War. In the early 1750s‚ France’s expansion into the Ohio River valley repeatedly brought it into conflict with the claims of the British colonies‚ especially Virginia. Groups involved: France ‚ New France‚Wabanaki Confederacy‚ Abenak ‚iMi’kmaq ‚AlgonquinCaughnawaga Mohawk‚ Lenape ‚Ojibwa
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The Original Indian Trails Traveling west of Independence‚ Missouri‚ the vast prairie began seemingly impossible‚ clear to the Rocky Mountains. This was Indian Country‚ inhabited by Plains Tribe Indians and millions of buffalo‚ as well as a few heady trappers and fur traders or mountain men as they were referred to. As the Indians followed the buffalo and other game‚ the rivers became their highways. Traveling by foot or canoe‚ a river could always be retraced to the starting point. The Original
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Judiciary of Indian Subcontinent The present legal and judicial system of Bangladesh owes its origin mainly to two hundred years British rule in the Indian Sub-Continent although some elements of it are remnants of Pre-British period tracing back to Hindu and Muslim administration. It passed through various stages and has been gradually developed as a continuous historical process. The process of evolution has been partly indigenous and partly foreign and the legal system of the present day emanates
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The Indian Act of 1876 was designed to control the First Nations people. Major highlights of how this Act unfolded included the First Nations people to sign specific agreements which were commonly known as “The Numbered Treaties”. Children of First Nations’ families were kidnapped and put in residential schools and were forced to learn a new language and to practice a new religion. Later on‚ the Canadian Government changed the Indian Act to ban traditions and celebrations such as the potlatch. It
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Project IPL A revolution in Indian Sports & Entertainment 27 May 2008 Indian Premier League (IPL) A revolution in Indian sports and entertainment Over 200 million Indian viewers‚ 10 million international viewers‚ 4 million live spectators: the Indian Premier League (IPL) is a sports and entertainment revolution in the making‚ surpassing all records of viewership on ground and on media. Advertising revenue and ticket sales have exceeded all expectations‚ making IPL highly profitable for the organisers
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1. My parents tell me what to do with my life‚ but I want to make my own decisions. The Asian Indian family creates an interdependent group of people whose concerns are not for themselves as individuals‚ but for the family as a whole. For example‚ parents are seen as having more experience with marriage‚ so they are the ones who choose a marriage partner for their children. (Das‚ Ajit and Kemp‚ S.(1997) Between two worlds: counseling South Asian Americans. Journal of multicultural counseling and
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