beliefs and ways of knowing that guide communities of people in their daily lives” (qtd. In Rothstein-Fusch and Trumball 3). Every culture is different and unique in its own lifestyle. Culture is basically life itself. The short story “Woman Hollering Creek” by Sandra Cisneros is a clear example of these characteristics by bringing together life in Mexico and the United States. The reader gets the opportunity to view both sides of Cleofilas‚ the protagonist of the short story‚ culture as she moves to
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Place and Time The Myall creek massacre happened near the Gwydir River‚ in the central New South Wales district of Namoi. It happened on the 10 June‚ 1838 at Myall creek. The Kamilaroi Nation The Weraerai tribe of the Kamilaroi nation were the tribe involved in this conflict. At the Myall creek station there were mainly older men‚ women because several days before the massacre‚ 10 of the most able-bodied men had gone to a station about 24 kilometres away‚ named Newtons on the big River‚ where they
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of Americans‚ the Muscogee Creek Nation has changed tremendously. We no longer dress up in head dresses and make sacrifices‚ but we do try our best to preserve and teach our culture and heritage. Today the Creek Nation is still an organized community with a leader‚ meetings‚ rituals‚ and a language. Creek Indians can be found in many places today‚ and there is no definite way to tell that one is of the creek descent except by their blood. To declare yourself as a creek citizen you must first be
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Yesterday‚ the 8 orange team went to the Conodoguinet Creek for class. We went there to see the velocity of objects running down the stream. We got water samples to see what the alkalinity levels were in the creek. Finally‚ the last thing that we did was pick up rocks and brought them to shore to see if there were any macroinvertebrates that were attached to the rock. That is why our class went to the Conodoguinet creek yesterday. When my group went to the first station‚ we were testing the
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Myall Creek Massacre on June 10‚ 1838 What is Myall Creek Massacre? Myall Creek massacre (1838) an incident in which‚ in retaliation for an alleged “outrage”‚ White station hands killed 28 Aborigines at Myall Creek in New South Wales‚ Australia. As a result‚ 11 White men were tried for murder. They were acquitted‚ but seven of them were retried‚ found guilty‚ and hanged. There was much public protest. Although prosecution of White people for such an incident was unusual‚ the incident itself was
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Tinker v. Des Moines is a court case that happened in 1969 and was a dispute about wearing armbands to school for a protest against the Vietnam war. The principals did not like the idea of the protest and decided to shut it down by banning all armbands. The students weren’t going to go down without a fight and wore them anyway. This case all started with a meeting at Christopher Echardt’s house to do a silent protest of the Vietnam war. The “Tinker kids” decided the wear two-inch-wide black armbands
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Des Moines. Tinker v. Des Moines‚ 1969. In the Tinker case‚ a group of high school students wore black armbands to school because they wanted to protest the Vietnam War. The school decided to discipline the students because they were wearing armbands. The students then filed a lawsuit
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Waiting for Freedom In the story "Woman Hollering Creek" Sandra Cisneros discusses the issues of living life as a married woman through a character named Cleofilas; a character who is married to a man who abuses her physically and mentally .Cisneros reveals the way the culture puts a difference between a male and a female‚ men above women. Cisneros has been famous about writing stories about the latino culture and how women are treated; she explain what they go through as a child‚ teen and when
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------------------------------------------------- Bixby Creek Bridge Bixby Creek Bridge‚ also known as Bixby Bridge‚ is a reinforced concrete open-spandrel arch bridge in Big Sur‚ California. The bridge is located 120 miles (190 km) south of San Francisco and 13 miles (21 km) south of Carmel in Monterey County along California Highway One. Prior to the opening of the bridge in 1932‚ residents of the Big Sur area were virtually cut off during winter due to the often impassable Old Coast Road that
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The Myall Creek Massacre In the early days of the European settlement of Australia‚ especially during the 1800’s‚ it was common for large numbers of Aboriginal people (men‚ women and children) to be massacred by the white settlers‚ including by police and soldiers. Most of these were not reported and were known to only a few people. Therefore‚ there was no action taken to punish the offenders and indeed‚ there was approval from most white settlers and government officials for this to continue
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