The Great Horned Owl The Great Horned Owl comes from the Strigidae family. Its scientific name is Bubo Virginianus. Bubo comes from the Latin word meaning "owl" or from the Greek word for "eagle owl" used by the 1st Century Roman naturalist Pliny (Gaius Plinius Secundus). Virginianus‚ meaning "of Virginia" is where the first specimen of Great Horned Owls was collected. Some other names for the Great Horned Owl are; Grand-duc d’Amerique‚ in French‚ and in Spanish is Busho cornudo. The common
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SanJaya Reed Mr. McCormick AP US History 4A 10 November 2014 The Effect of the French and Indian War The French and Indian War was the start of independence for America. It began in 1756 and ended due to the Treat of Paris in 1763. Although America gained territorial growth‚ the aftermath of the war greatly affected Great Britain and the British colonies because of the British’s large debt that lead to taxation on colonists’ goods and the American colonists’ accumulating admiration to acquire independence
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Roberts‚ Lance W. 1990. Becoming Modern: Some Reflections on Inuit Social Change. In As Long as the Sun Shines and the Water Flows: A Reader in Canadian Native Studies‚ Ian Getty and Antoine Lussier‚ 299-314. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press. For many people‚ the Inuit are known as “a simple hunting and gathering society” (p.49). In reality‚ the Inuit people of today are considered to be much more modern and have many similarities to other Canadians. In order to fully understand
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The topic and the main theme of the movie is about How many missing/murdered aboriginal women are there how the RCMP and another organization called the SOWC have a different information on the real statics of missing and murder indigenous women’s the SOWC also claims that RCMP officers are sexual assaulting and physically assaulting aboriginal women but the RCMP said how could there be such claim if hasn’t been reported. The main discussion is what are the real number of missing aboriginal females
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Freedom Rides and 1967 REFERENDUM 12th February 1965‚ 30 university students from Sydney set off to campaign in country towns of NSW for the improved rights for Aboriginal peoples …Student action for Aborigines. Charles Perkins (born 1936) was the first indigenous person to graduate from a tertiary institution; he was also a talented soccer player who had turned down an offer to play for Manchester United. His childhood was spent away from his family in NT in a boy’s home in Adelaide. He suffered
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The 1967 Referendum was an extremely momentous event for Indigenous Australians; it signified that legal discrimination towards Aborigines would end soon‚ and promised full and equal citizenship to them. The Referendum not only affected their rights and freedoms‚ but also indicated that the nation was prepared to embrace Indigenous people as a part of their society and culture. On May 27th 1967‚ the Holt Liberal government held a referendum to determine whether or not two sections of the Constitution
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A Comparison of the Cree and the Iroquois The Cree and the Iroquois have a lot in common. Both the Cree and the Iroquois have gone through the routine Native American problems of self-determination and land controls‚ yet the Cree‚ possibly because of their sheer numbers‚ have weathered these problems much better. The Cree language is one of the few North American languages likely to survive into the next century‚ while the Iroquois Indians have been much more assimilated into the American world
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Taylor Nelson Essay 4 August 15‚ 2012 The French and Indian War was named after the opponents of the British during King George’s rule. The French and Indian War lasted from 1754-1763. It has also been referred to as the Seven Years’ War. The war was between the colonies of British America and New France. In 1756‚ the war became a worldwide conflict. With the elimination of the French threat in North America‚ colonists felt that they could move into lands west of the Appalachian Mountains
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Question: ‘The American War of Independence was the most significant long-term cause of French Revolution.’ How far do you agree? The French revolution is till now considered as one of the most violent revolutions in world history. It caused numbers of people to be sacrificed by the famed guillotine‚ and it brought utter chaos to French society. There are varying reasons that contributed to this event‚ and there are opinions suggesting that American war of Independence was the most significant
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American and French Revolutions Essay The American and French Revolutions are both very similar and are both very different. They both had many events that led them to seek independence and they both reflected the enlightenment. They also had different things that happened such as social and economic trouble was a main cause in the French Revolution and that in the American Revolution the people wanted to start a new country. There were many events that caused American colonists to seek independence
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