business when the Kansas Pacific branch of the Union Pacific Railroad offered him the job of procuring meat for its construction workers. It was here for the next year and a half that Cody earned his sobriquet of “Buffalo Bill” by delivering twelve bisons a day. Estimates are that he killed more than 4,000 in one eight-month period. Cody nicknamed his .50-70 caliber rifle Lucretia Borgia after the daughter of Pope Alexander VI, who was rumored to have assisted in various poison plots conducted by her
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On this first trip upriver the Yellowstone carried an assortment of products valued at $50,385.79. The goods included 1,000 pairs of blankets, fabrics, 200 dozen mirrors, 126 dozen knives, 995 scalping knives, 75 dozen combs, 50 dozen corn hoes, 100 gross buttons, 4,500 pounds of blue and white beads, 25 pounds of seed beads, 300 beaver traps and chains, 1,000 half axes, 300 tomahawks, 48 American felling axes, 20 battle axes, 600 pounds of vermillion, 200 pounds of verdigris, 16 gross of clay pipes
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jijlknmopi ----------------------- [pic] Social Norms – Etiquette • If someone dies in the Hogan, it shall be burned or never dwelled in again. • Prolonged eye contact is disrespectful • Pointing is considered insulting • Marriages are arranged • Resources • Sheep • Cattle • Wool • Yarn • Jewelry • Pottery Developed as a Final Project for Cultural and Spiritual Considerations in Nursing King College
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caterpillars and trees. The forest tent caterpillars feed on the leaves, gaining food, but doesn’t kill the tree, even though it often causes serious defoliation, so the tree is harmed. The endangered species that live in the taiga are beavers, wood bison, siberian cranes, siberian tigers, peregrine falcons, snow leopards, whooping cranes, and the canadian
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Contact and trade between Europeans and Native Americans had many results. Some were positive and some negative. As time continued, they had different kinds of contact. There were different results each time. The results on the Natives may have been more devastating, but both groups received backlash. The two groups received and traded goods, technology, culture, ideas, and diseases. When the Europeans first made contact with the Native Americans, the natives hailed the newcomers as gods. The Natives
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Kansas is a state that is shaped like a rectangle and is full of plains, grasses, flowers and people who sing the cheerful state song. The story of how Kansas became a free state is very interesting. Home on the Range is the state song and the state bird is the western meadowlark. The big hairy buffalo is the state animal and the state insect is the small stinging honey bee. Also interesting is the worlds biggest recorded pallasite was found in Kansas. Kansas was named after the Native American
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Beasts and Animals Comparison “Beasts Under the Big Top” by Sena Christian and “When Animals Mourn” by Barbara J. King. The two articles show in contrast the true human and animal behavior to towards animals. In “When Animals Mourn” article, the author explains how animals behave like humans when they grieve. On the other hand, in “Beast under the Big Top” it is shown how humans behave like a beast when it comes from their own benefit. Both of these articles illustrate how animals are more similar
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Thesis: Climate change threatens regional vulnerability in indigenous areas, the primary vulnerabilities include a decline in traditional food supplies and a change in water resource supply, 1st Body Paragraph: Climate change threatens indigenous people to acquire traditional food which He provided the economy, medicine, and culture for the indigenous people. a) Rising temperatures and hotter, drier summers are projected to increase the frequency and intensity of large wildfires, Wildfires threaten
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apple, etc.) * Read labels and packages of what you are consuming * Continue to educate yourself on trends and what is current (always learning) Sources of nutrition come from the following: * Lean protein – chicken breast, fish, turkey, bison, egg whites, lean red meat (sirloin), cottage cheese, skim milk, protein shakes (whey) * Good Carbs – brown rice, whole wheat pasta, fruit (but not too much at one sitting as this is sugar), whole grain cereals (no hydrogenated oils or high fructose
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called economic progress. Along with economic prosperity, individualistic ethics have encouraged some ruthless behavior towards the environment for example, American cowboys who killed the native people, raped the land, and nearly extinguished the bison, this is the behavior of humans towards the environment (Kristin, 1991). Humans badly needed resources coming from the environment, they need to be healthy. Health, however, is not simply a matter of biology from the skin-in. Environmental health,
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