“According to FIFA’s most recent Big Count Survey‚ there are two hundred and sixty-five million players actively involved in soccer around the world.” (Kruschewsky) One of the many millions of players is Taylor Hagness. Taylor has been playing soccer since she was four years old. Soccer has never not been a part of her life. Because of this sport and the many teams she played on‚ such as Impact Soccer Academy‚ Taylor has learned more than just soccer skills. When she first joined soccer‚ she was
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Mount Rushmore is a mountain located in the Black Hills of South Dakota. South Dakota is placed in the Midwestern region of the United States. This incredible sculpture portrays the faces of four esteemed presidents‚ Thomas Jefferson‚ George Washington‚ Theodore Roosevelt‚ and Abraham Lincoln. They symbolize this nation’s rich history. Sculptor Gutzon Borglum began to drill into the six-thousand foot mountain in 1927. After months of diligent work on the mountain‚ the sculptor passed
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times but is now in the process of being restored by the National Park Service. The Coldwater springs site should continue to be restored and protected from further development. Native Americans consider Coldwater springs to be a sacred place. The Dakota believe the god of water lives under the spring‚ so they had ceremonies in the water to honor this god. They also believe it is the site of the beginning of human life. “The spring is the site of our creation myth and the beginning of Indian existence
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claims; Mount Rushmore is named in his honor. 1923 South Dakota state historian Doane Robinson writes to eminent Chicago sculptor Lorado Taft proposing that one of the "Needles" -- spiky rock formations -- of the Black Hills be carved in the likenesses of a "notable Sioux such as Red Cloud" and other Western figures. Taft responds by stating that he is in poor health. 1924 Robinson contacts Gutzon
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Personal Essay Black Elk Speaks Before reading Black Elk Speaks I thought that Native Americans were all the same they fought wars and rode around on horse. They either won or lost the wars they fought in and they all lived in teepees. I really didn’t have much knowledge on them. I’ve always know that they had a very deep spiritual connection to nature and their world around them but I didn’t know the reasons why. Before reading I didn’t think about things as much like the world and animals; I
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Pine Ridge reservation in western South Dakota. His was part of Wahpenton and Mdewakanton Dakota tribe rather than Oglala Lakota and took pride in being Native. Upon his arrival‚ he experienced a disastourous dust storm and later would come across the aftermath of a massacre. The massacre was due to altercations of warfare on the northern Plains. The tribes consisted of the following: the Lokotas who were known as the Sioux from the western portion and the Dakotas who were known as the mdewakantons
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In the middle of the night in February‚ two hundred members of the Sioux Tribe and AIM came into the small town in South Dakota and took its residents hostage‚ demanding the government follow through on past treaties. Over the course of the next 71 days‚ armed conflict took place between AIM and police forces. Women had a prominent role in the Wounded Knee Incident‚ as
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1970 ’s on the Oglala Sioux Reservation. It is about an actual standoff between FBI agents and Indian activists in 1975 on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota (Apted Michael‚ 1992). “Thunderheart” tells the story of Ray Levoi (played by Val Kilmer)‚ a mixed-blood FBI agentwho ventures onto the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota to solve a murder but finds his Indian identity in the process. At first‚ Levoi’s loyalty clings to the American government and his cultural identity to
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where the movie took place. Most of the movie was filmed on location in South Dakota‚ mainly near Pierre and Rapid City‚ with a few scenes filmed in Wyoming. “Specific locations included the Badlands National Park‚ the Black Hills‚ the Sage Creek Wilderness Area‚ and the Belle Fourche River area”( Southdakota.midwestmovies.com). The buffalo hunt scenes were filmed at the Triple U Buffalo Ranch outside Fort Pierre‚ South Dakota‚ as were the Fort Sedgwick scenes‚ the set being constructed on the property
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Assisted with organizing charts Charted blood pressures‚ ADL ’s Provided education to patient as to medication Passed medication as scheduled and PRN Basis Other duties as assigned Medication Aid 10/07-02/08 Ward Assisted Living Sioux Falls‚ South Dakota Administer medications to residents at scheduled times and as needed. Assist with dietary needs of residents Housekeeping‚ cleaning of residents residential room ’s and assist with daily laundry Other Duties as assigned Independent
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