Kansa Indian The name "Kaw" or "Kansa" means‚ "People of the South Wind‚" (unknown‚ kaw nation‚ n.d.) and the state of Kansas takes its name from this famous tribe. The Kansa people were closely related to the Omaha‚ Osage‚ Quapah and Ponca tribes. Clothing The men of (unknown‚ kansa people‚ n.d.)The tribe wore a variety of clothes including a red or blue breechcloth with a belt‚ and deerskin leggings‚ and sometimes a blanket robe over the upper part of the body‚ often trimmed with fur. Buffalo
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months. Winds are the highest during this time‚ so the grasses that should have held the soil in place were not there. This created huge dust clouds because of the dry topsoil being carried in the wind In 1932‚ 14 dust storms were recorded in the plains. In 1933‚ there were 38 storms. In 1934‚ around 100 million acres of farm land had lost almost all of the top soil because of the wind. The dust storms caused dirt to get into houses no matter how hard the family tried to prevent it from happening
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The 1930’s was a miserable decade. During this time‚ dust storms swept the nation‚ which were both destructive‚ and massive. Over farming made the soil very poor. American citizens migrated to California in the hundreds of thousands. In short‚ over farming led to gargantuan dust storms causing the dust bowl‚ forcing the development of new farming techniques‚ and government programs. In fact‚ dust storms got so bad‚ life in the thousands were dying from dust pneumonia and suffocation (The Dust Bowl
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located as a mid-latitude interior continental state (and having the highest average elevation in the United States)‚ combined with complex topography‚ results in dramatic climate differences from place to place and from year to year. From the Great Plains of eastern Colorado to the high peaks of the Rockies and the Continental Divide‚ to the valleys‚ canyons and plateaus of western Colorado‚ the various climates are each very different.” (CCC) The population of Colorado as a whole is 5‚029‚196 as
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In this work of non-fiction Timothy Egan expresses his wish for sounder government policy to avoid natural disasters. Egan’s The Worst Hard Time is a harrowing tale about farmers who decided to stay on the plains stretching across Texas’ panhandle‚ Oklahoma‚ New Mexico‚ and Colorado during the major drought in the 1930’s. The disaster‚ known as the Dust Bowl‚ is largely regarded as a human caused problem. Egan‚ who is a national correspondent on environmental issues for the New York Times‚ expertly
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Himalayan glaciers are unmatched to any other River in the world. Nepal is the abode to the Himalayas from whose magnificent heights‚ the rivers hurtle down through the foothills‚ fostered by monsoon rains and melting snow‚ on their way to the Great Plains of the Ganges. So your thrilling rafting experience in Nepal surely will be the one you would cherish throughout life. Rafting in Nepal is also unique because you find every kind of River that suits your level of rafting. The Rivers have been graded
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The cattle industry started to see substantial growth around the 1860s. This growing industry provided new opportunities and endless possibilities to people in the South‚ as they began taking over new lands in the West and creating cow towns. Many Indian tribes were displaced from their native lands so they could be used for the cattle trade. This caused conflicts between white Americans and the Indian people. By expanding the railroad systems westward and forcing Indian tribes to leave their land
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eventually pick up the pieces and start moving forward. There are times when you can’t do much to change your situation. You just have to deal with it. But there are other times when you can actually make the situation better. The solution won’t be in plain sight‚ because if it was you probably wouldn’t have gotten in that situation in the first place. But if you can take a step back and see the bigger picture‚ you may discover somethings that can help you. When people are in a difficult situation they
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altered. Particularly Native Americans‚ industrial workers and African Americans saw their entire way of life changed by many different factors. Native Americans saw the most dramatic change in their lives during this time period. Buffalo in the Great Plains were central to Native American life as it was used for many different things including housing‚ clothing‚ blankets‚ and food (Danzer 409). They lived a communal life where their children were raised by the whole village‚ and where they were governed
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reasons behind the exodus of the people whose families had worked the land for many generations. Severe drought in the Great Plains region‚ particularly western Oklahoma and the Texas panhandle‚ coupled with over cultivation of the farmland led to crops withering and dying. This area‚ which became known as the “Dust Bowl”‚ would suffer winds that would sweep down the plains and pick up the arid topsoil‚ creating large‚ unpredictable dust storms; these dust storms left large areas of farmland barren
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