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    conquered the indigenous groups residing in the Americas by using intentional tactics that involved advanced armed force and taking advantage of them and their beliefs after gaining their trust and unintentional tactics that included the spread of disease. These tactics were possible to use as the Portuguese and Spaniards had horses and weapons that were advanced compared to the indigenous groups in the Americas. Additionally‚ several indigenous groups had beliefs that these mysterious people with a white

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    social structure‚ leadership‚ and government activities and policies” (p.186). This definition from Huntington goes hand in hand with what I read in powerpoint 13B. it didn’t take me long to find out something new about revolutions. I didn’t know that people use the word revolution as a metaphor for important cultural trends. I just thought revolution was used to describe a movement that was trying to change society. Along with not knowing how the use of the word revolution

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    Exploitation and commodification of indigenous tribal knowledge has raised wide human rights concerns. This is seen more rampant in the field of medicine. The knowledge of the indigenous communities on medicine is popularly known by the nomenclature “Traditional Medicine”. The focus of inquiry in this paper is the extent to which the existing legal regime especially the intellectual property paradigm attempts to protect and preserve the interest of the indigenous peoples over their knowledge. The paper

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    Nationalism 1. In the wake of neocolonialism‚ Latin Americans remade the nativist rhetoric of the past to push a new nationalist cultural and economic agenda. I. Nationalism 1. Latin American nations had been defined by their internal diversity 1. Transculturation 2. Racial mixing 2. Europeans had associated Latin American difference with a negative meaning 3. Nativism challenged this attitude 4. Nativism faded after independence

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    knowledge based on facts led by systematic experimentation‚ and analysis‚ and the formulation of general principles” (Geddes and Grosset‚ 2007) vs. “Indigenous knowledge: is an area of study that focuses on the ways of knowing‚ seeing‚ and thinking that are passed down orally from generation to generation” (Geddes and Grosset‚ 2007). Science and indigenous knowledge for me are two nouns that seem to mean the same thing but putting the two definitions next to each other‚ it’s remarkable that they’re genuinely

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    Population Density‚ Distribution and Growth in Jamaica Name: Janice Jones School: Territory: Jamaica Centre no: Year: 2012 Population Distribution Population Distribution may be defined as the arrangement or spread of people living in a given area; also‚ how the population of an area is arranged according to variables such as age‚ race‚ or sex. How to construct a population distribution map (choropleth) Parish | Area (KM) | Population (‘000s) | Density | Clarendon | 1196

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    EXPLAIN THE REASONS FOR MIGRATION OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE TO JAMAICA AND THE WIDER CARIBBEAN * Before the rennasnce while eroupe was in great turmoil * A nation would rise from Europe * Its people strong and ambitious to gain more power and make their nation richer * They conquered an united with other European states * But Europe seemed to be too small of a country for ther people of higher standards and information * So they went out to coquor the world in the name of god and

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    Homeless People as a Vulnerable Population Homeless people are a part of a vulnerable population who face a very real risk of developing health issues at a rate higher than the rest of the population due to certain disadvantages and co-morbidities. The homeless population is often exposed to the harsh elements of the weather and lack access to basic necessities such as food‚ shelter‚ clothing‚ and medication. Housing in shelters and transitional homes are not constant and reliable‚ leaving the homeless

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    History of Minority Populations in the Child Welfare System Sara Starnes BSHS/302- Introduction to Human Services Sylvia Head Axia College of the University of Phoenix The articles I chose were‚ “Minority children and the child welfare system: An historical perspective”. This article covers a minority that receives help from a human service program; going in to detail about the interworking of the services‚ the role of the government‚ civil rights‚ transracial adoption‚ and the recent changes

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    For the English colonies‚ the French and Spanish colonies were an hindrance to westward expansion‚ trade and cooperation with Native Americans. They saw the French and Spanish as a potential military threat in the new world. The English‚ who where mainly protestant‚ thought of the French and Spanish colonies as a bastion of Roman Catholic Christianity‚ which bothered them greatly. In 1739‚ Great Britain declared war on Spain in what was known as the War of Jenkin’s Ear‚ which was fought mostly in

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