Have you ever been to the Wild, Wild West? Well I’ll take you on a journey through it in the book “The Wild, Wild West, by the one and only Geronimo Stilton. The theme of adventure takes a very vital role in this book as Geronimo takes on many daring tasks that a regular city mouse would not think about. In the passage I am about to read, Geronimo and his family are on their way to the ranch of Wicked Whiskers to compete in a contest against Wicked Whiskers himself to see who can tame the beast
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To many people Savage is a derogatory word used to describe people of Native American descent, but for me, it became a term that would define me for the rest of my life. When I hear Savage, I think of a warrior, someone who is strong, belongs to a brotherhood, fought to defend their home, stood for right and honor, and defended those that could not defend themselves. I became a "Savage" in the spring of 2011 when I joined the Oklahoma Army National Guard coming off of a deployment with the Pennsylvania
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Erick Schwarz Mr. Whelan English IV 11-20-2017 Should Puerto Rico become a state? On August 21, 1959, Hawaii was admitted as the fiftieth state of the United States. In order for Hawaii to become a state, under Article 73 of the United Nations charter, citizens of the territory must vote in a special referendum. Hawaiians were not given the option of independence, so statehood won by a seventeen to one ratio (Best). Hawaii became a state, based on the results of the referendum. On the
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There were many consequences after the Mexican-American War. The war did not only taking away their lands or causing people lives, but also an attempt to take away their language. Besides taking away lands and people lives, the war also occurs in terms of territory, expansion continental, labor and wealth. The war was also about slavery; they wanted more cotton producing that would increase the population of slave. They wanted more labor to work for them that would make them become wealthier. However
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they explored the Rocky Mountains and most of the western land. They helped settlers that were moving west by guiding them to best place. They did this because they became natives of the land because they got help with the Native Americans. They helped them threw the harsh winters. Mountain men were very friendly with Native American tribes. Mountain men had a part of Manifest Destiny but they are just a vaccine of information. The Santa Fe Trail was one of the many trails that had settlers moving west
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Archaeologists, Native Americans were on the North American continent for up to fifty thousand years. They were the true first Americans, and they were great explorers, too. They didn't come to this continent all at once. It is thought that these ancient adventuresome people arrived at different times, over several thousands of years. They journeyed from Asia on foot or by boat. Their explorations took them through icy landscapes and along the coastlines. Eventually these earliest American explorers spread
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They used various methods, but the one that seemed to work the best was by fear and intimidation. Using the fear the Indians had of the Spanish, the Spanish were able to turn that fact into their strength and used it against the Indians. To quote American Colonies by Alan Taylor; “...It was relatively easy to
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Indians have been stereotyped and discriminated by many for abusing alcohol, so people don’t believe they can achieve anything. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie, is a young adult book about a boy named Junior who decides to leave the reservation to attend an all white school to better his education. This book has been challenged quite frequently, but it has not been banned as often. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian should not be banned because Junior
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prior to the creation of Congress' N.A.G.P.R.A. legislation (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act), signed into law under the first Bush Administration in 1991. Harjo's central argument is that Native American peoples should no longer be considered the commodified property of all Americans. She decries the desecration and exploitation of Native American gravesites and holy sites. For far too long, Harjo argues, Native American people have been seen as nothing more than a people ripe
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name of the second test you take here): Native Test Cut and paste your results here: 1 Your data suggest a strong association of White Am. with Foreign and Native Am. with American compared to Native Am. with Foreign and White Am. with American. Discuss your results. Do you think you are biased with regards to this group? Why/why not? Were you surprised by your results? Why/why not? I probably am biased towards the Native American group considering that there was a strong
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