“The Border Patrol State” is an article written by Leslie Marmon Silko‚ a Native American writer‚ who also has written another book titled Almanac of the Dead. This article originally appeared “In the Nation” on October 17‚ 2014. Silko claims that the border patrol agents where racially profiling any white person traveling with a person of color‚ nuns‚ women with very long or short hair‚ and also white men with beards and long hair. I believe her intent of writing this article was to bring awareness
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A Pow Wow is a gathering of North America’s Native people. The word Pow Wow comes from the Narragansett word powwaw‚ which means "spiritual leader". A modern pow-wow is a specific type of event where both Native American and non-Native American people meet to dance‚ sing‚ socialize‚ and honor American Indian culture. There is generally a dancing competition‚ often with significant prize money awarded. Pow-wows vary in length from one day session of five to six hours to three days. Major pow-wow or
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Having wasted enormous resources on recapturing Allied prisoners of war (POWs)‚ the Germans move the most determined to a new‚ high-security prisoner of war camp. The commandant‚ Luftwaffe Colonel von Luger‚ tells the senior British officer‚ Group Capt Ramsey‚ "There will be no escapes from this camp." Ramsey replies that it is their duty to try to escape. After several failed escape attempts on the first day‚ the POWs settle into the prison camp. Gestapo and SS agents bring Squadron Leader Roger
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in Cumberland House‚ Saskatchewan and Terrace‚ British Columbia‚ this wasn’t my first Pow Wow. I will say I don’t remember going to any in Cumberland House as I was only two when we lived there‚ but I there are quite a few funny pictures of me‚ a chubby blond haired blue eyed baby in my pink jacket sitting among all the brown skinned‚ brown eyed‚ and black haired Native babies. I do however remember going to Pow Wows in Terrace. These two places are very different from each other‚ the Costal peoples
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attended a Pow Wow that was happening at the California State University of Long Beach. I knew what kind of event it was because this was my second time attending one. At the first Pow Wow‚ I was able to take the opportunity to volunteer for them and helped them out with the resting area for the dancers and other miscellaneous tasks. I also had the chance to walk around and explore what was provided and stayed at the event until the end. It has been over two years since I had gone to the first Pow Wow so
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Kick it POW Problem Statement: The Free Thinkers football league does things differently. They score their games differently than everyone else. Each field goal is worth 5 points and each touchdown is worth 3 points. The only way to score points in their league is with field goals‚ touchdowns‚ or some combination of field goals and touchdowns. One of the Free Thinkers has noticed that not every score is possible in their league. For example‚ a score of 1 point isn’t possible and neither are 2
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When the bales of hay are weighed‚ they are weighed in pairs of two. When weighed‚ they were weighed in all possible pairs of two‚ like so: bales 1 &2‚ bales 1 &3‚ bales 1 & When weighed‚ they were weighed in all possible pairs of two‚ like so: bales 1&2‚ bales 1&3‚ bales 1&4‚ bales 1&5‚ bales 2&3‚ bales 2&4‚ bales 2&5‚ bales 3&4‚ bales 3&5‚ and bales 4&5. There are also 10 different weights and they are: 80‚ 82‚ 83‚ 84‚ 85‚ 86‚ 87‚ 88‚ 90‚ and 91. My task is to find out how much each bale weighs
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Jordan Hunt P.3 POW Write Up; Just Count the Pegs Problem Statement: For the POW: Just Count the Pegs‚ I had to try and find the best formula possible for finding the area of any polygon on a geoboard. There are 3 different formulas you have to find. The first two are formulas that will combine together and help you find the best or “superformula”. In order to find the first two‚ you will make in and out tables. You will find the pattern and then come up with a formula for it. For the first
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Suicides among Border Patrol Illegal immigrants have always been a great issue for many countries in the world. The US is one of those countries that put a lot of effort to prevent illegal entry of those immigrants. There were nearly one million illegal immigrants that entered the US in 2010. To reduce that great number‚ the government and in particular the border patrol agents have already put lots of exertion to the action. Working in the rank of the border patrol is not an easy job. It is
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Occupation description 1 A - With being a police patrol officer there are many responsibilities and tasks that I will have to be able to do in order to do that job correctly. One of the main responsibilities is to keep the public safe. I would also need to pursue‚and maybe even arrest anyone that tries to harm the public in anyway. After I pursue someone and and am done with them I would always need to fill out the correct paperwork for what they did. ( “ Task List” 1 ). I think that these are
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