tip of Faulkton Township. Thus, it wasn’t hard to suppose that the only bridge that spanned this insignificant river was located at the far northern edge of our pasture. This dinky old bridge wasn’t something you’ll discover on Google Earth or on a Montana state map, for it was one of those relics known only to those fearless of stepping on mucky cow pies and marching through fields of thistles. Historically, it was the sole way to cross the river, more recently it served as the exclusive stepping stone
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“The Truth Is” By: Linda Hogan The poem “The Truth Is” written by Linda Hogan manages to tell a story, her story of coming from a culture of mixed races or dual ancestry. With her father being a Chickasaw Indian and her mother of European descent, her internal struggle appears in this poem. While not easy to interpret, the voice of another person comes through when the writer uses the first person and later refers to herself by her own name “Linda, girl, I keep telling you” The use of the first
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Homeless in Missoula Kelsey Brandewie Homelessness in Missoula, Mt has been a tremendous issue that the community is trying very hard to eliminate. What people do not know, is that the people out on the streets downtown and around the city, only make up 11% of the homelessness (2.) Those are not the only people struggling with life. There are families that do not have a steady home that the community does not realize need help because most of them have jobs and seem normal but in reality they
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and the people will not be a danger for the bears. The grizzly bears are extinguishing. 50,000 grizzly bears used to live in America before European settlement. Today, however, only about 1,100 grizzly bears remain in scattered populations in Montana, Idaho, Wyoming and Washington. It is good that we are reintroduced to the grizzly bears. But the best way is to reintroduce them is in a special park. The bears should first survive in zoos, then it is easier to keep them alive in the wild. The
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Glacier National Park is a natural beauty located in Montana that draws tourist wanting to experience hard and soft ecotourism. It is also a location where tourist can seek out nature, wildlife, and adventure tourism. The vast area is home to 762 lakes, dozens of glaciers, waterfalls, and trails for hikers. The park has even been named the world’s first peace parks because of the tranquility (National Geographic, 2012). Glacier National Park has been untouched until mining, oil searching, housing
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The Flathead Indians are now located in western Montana, U.S. but used to have territory from the crest of the Bitterroot Range to the Continental Divide of the Rocky Mountains and centered on the upper Clark Fork of the Columbia River. One explanation for the name flathead is because they flattened the heads of their infants using boards. Another explanation is that the sign for the plains Indians involved pressing the sides of their head with their hands, as though they were flattening their head
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Prof. Rains NAMS 2/8/11 Black Feet Siksika is translated in English to ‘black feet’. Black feet is thought to be their name because of the discoloring of their moccasins by the ashes of the prairie fires, or possibly because they painted their moccasins black. The Black Feet are a people of great spirit and confidence in their way of life. This is what allowed them to keep the black foot tribe alive to this day. The spirit of the ‘black feet’ is due to their rich heritage, customs, beliefs
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to Yellowstone River and then northward to the North Saskatchewan River in Canada. In this tribe, there are about 15,560 members living in nation, and another 7,600 living near. Those numbers made it the largest and most dominant Indian tribe in Montana. Also, like the Cheyenne, Gros Ventre and many others, the Blackfoot Nation were members of the Algonquian linguistic group. The Blackfoot Nation got its name by having black colored moccasins, (which is a soft leather slipper/shoe) which were then
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The myth ¨A Blackfoot Legend¨ came from the tribe named Blackfoot (siksika). They got the name for the dark colored moccasins they wore.They lived on the Great Plains of Montana and Canadian provinces. The tribe originally came from Asia and later moved to northern Montana. The Blackfoot people still live there today, a total of around 25,000. Blackfoot is a common Native American group. One of the most common chiefs was Crowfoot, who lead the people in Canada during the 19th century. He created
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Date: April 19, 2013 No: 13-0240 Line of business: Auto States: Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming To: Agents and district managers Subject: Reminder SR-22 New Business with prior insurance now acceptable in Bristol West Effective: Immediately Synopsis: Reminder that we now allow insureds that require an SR-22 (FR-44
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