Essays Tagged: "indian tribes"
The Great Bear Hunt
un and the sky was as beautiful and blue as water in the lake beside the peak. Therewere two little Indian tribes beside the lake. It was really comfortable for the Natives tostay beside the lake beca ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories
A trip through panama. A travel description.
rias Davila, known as Pedrarias the Cruel, because of his eradication of all but three of the local Indian tribes during his tenure in Panama. Davila used the city as a place to store Incan gold befor ...
Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays > Travel Descriptions
The War of 1812
everything. It was fought in the west in 1811. Tecumseh and his brother the Prophet were gathering Indian tribes together in order to go against the United States with a big force. The Indian Confede ... neral William Henry Harrison organized an army of 1,000 men in 1811 with the purpose of driving the Indians out of the land. Tecumseh was on a southern recruitment drive at the time.Harrison and the P ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Wars
"Indian gaming not only works for Indian Country, it works for America". Assignment: Write an essay supporting a controversial issue.
Indian gaming not only works for Indian Country, it works for AmericaIndian gaming has positively in ... sformed Tribal communities that were once forgotten. The American government should stop belittling Indian Tribes and stop using its resources to fight Indian gaming. The government does not belittle ... efforts toward self-determination, but the government cannot fathom that within the United States, Indian Tribes continue to be vital, self-governing nations working to build a better life for their ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays
Colville Indians tribes. The PNW pacific northwest indian tribe. describes it's resources and colville in general
er 14,000 years, and survived using innovative methods. Among the most innovative were the Colville Indian tribes. The Colville Indians reservation over in Eastern Washington covers 1.4 million acres, ... s for the Confederated Tribes. The vast desert land is located in the Columbia Plateau.The Colville Indians have accomplished many things; some of which are below.*1872- Colville Reservation Created.* ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
United States Policies toward the Sioux Indian Nation.
beginning the government of the United States of America had developed a special relationship with Indian tribes. Treaties with Indians were first made under the category of "independent nations" and ... er with "domestic dependent nations." Then, in 1871 Congress quit making official treaties with the Indians, but still continued to govern Indian activities. Through the use of soldiers, missionaries, ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Native american songs and poems.
ed throughout all this period of time. In spite of the difficulties, which accompany translation of Indian songs and poems their authentic meaning didn't changed at all. They are still beautiful, and ... assimilate by people living outside the tribal culture.Since there is such great diversity among Indian tribes and groups there really is no such thing as a single Indian culture. There are some be ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
History of Texas.
History of TexasBefore the 1500's, Texas was a massive land occupied by seven different kinds of Indian tribes. The seven tribes were: the Caddo's in east and northeast Texas, the Karankawa's range ... 100 men to retrieve a cannon that presented the people of Gonzales a type of protection against the Indians. In reaction to the Mexican force, the Texans, loaded the cannon with scrap iron, aimed at t ...
Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays
This is a reseach paper on Native American contributions to World War II and the United States' reparations.
e to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. When the United States entered World War II, the American Indian nation responded with celerity. For centuries, American Indians have fought side by side with ... ns, and sacrificed a great deal to protect their country when it was being threatened. The American Indians put aside their differences with the United States, and fulfilled their tribal instinct to b ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays
Why did the Americans win the War of Independence?
ed and well-armed standing army of 48,000 men and the support of tens of thousands of loyalists and Indian tribes. Britain also held the economic advantage as they could rely on the profits from the S ... ever the patriots sent Hon Yost Schuyler to the fort and he promoted a superstition that caused the Indians to desert the fort and as a result caused the British to retreat to Oswego and abandon their ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
The Interstate Commerce Clause: How the Supreme Court Interpreted It Over.
e the power to ... regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the several States and with the Indian Tribes" (Burke). As important as those powers are, that is a stretch from what the "Framers" ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies
The Indians of the Eastern Woodlands. Neither the Seven Years' War nor the American Revolution brought about any freedom or rights to the Indians.
A war is always a devastating component for any nation or people involved. This is true for the Indians of the Eastern Woodlands. The Indians were forced to choose sides during both the Seven Year ... were forced to choose sides during both the Seven Years' War and the American Revolution. Different Indian tribes even split up due to this fact. "Some tribes split into factions over issues of peace, ...
Subjects: History Term Papers
Lewis and Clark Expedition. The expedition was able to maintain good relations with most of the Indians.
Throughout the history of America being discovered and settled, the Indians have had much difficulty sustaining the changes. Some Indian tribes were able to get along w ... y sustaining the changes. Some Indian tribes were able to get along with the Americans, while other Indian tribes were not. This is also true for the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The expedition was abl ... the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The expedition was able to maintain good relations with most of the Indians. "The winter spent with the Mandans demonstrated the capacity of one group of humans to coex ...
Subjects: History Term Papers
Pocahontas and how it isn't accurate!
ity ion this movie outnumbers the facts. The movie is accurate in a few ways. The traditions of the Indian tribes depicted in the movie accurately reflect how they lived in the colonial times. Powhata ... lonial times. Powhatan actually was the leader of a tribe and Pocahontas was his daughter. Also the Indian village of Powhatan and James Fort did exist and is accurately described in the movie. London ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis
The Tecumseh Confederation
ings and one was that he was a person with a lot of hatred toward the whites and led an intertribal Indian alliance rebellion against them who ruled in the Ohio River Valley.The Americans started to t ... rebellion against them who ruled in the Ohio River Valley.The Americans started to take land of the Indians. Tecumseh, a Shawnee leader and a brave man, wanted to end the advancement of the whites. He ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Bacon's Rebellion
ng the James River had become convinced that Governor William Berkeley's plans to protect them from Indian assaults were inadequate and decided to mount their own campaign, which Nathaniel Bacon, a we ... reed to lead," (Washburn 87). Bacon and his men took it upon them selves to exchange blows with the Indians. They made few distinctions among massacring Indian tribes, killing friends and enemies alik ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Uniform Commercial Code and UCITA
tion 8 are;A. "To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with theIndian Tribes".B. "To establish a uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays
The Crucible - what is there about the society of Salem, which allows the girls stories to be believed?
mystery for them. It stood dark and threatening, over their shoulders night and day, for out of it Indian tribes marauded from time to time. ... to the American way of life. Also in the extract notes parishioners who have lost relatives to the Indians. This sentence explains Americans losing their friends or relatives to the might of Communis ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors
The Historical depictions in the film, the Mission
and comforting place for you and your family, but during the 1750's in South America, home to many Indian tribes called the Guarani, were subtle to enslavement by powers that were nearly beyond their ... Jesuit priest, and Rodriguez Mendoza, a converted Jesuit, who join a fight to help protect Guarani Indians and their land during the time of the Treaty of Madrid of 1750, which Spain gave the parts o ...
Subjects: History Term Papers
The Last of the Mohicans - The Power of Love (film version)
d on the novel of the same name. It's a fictional story set in the year 1757, during the French and Indian War. Though it takes place in the midst of a conflict between the countries of France and Bri ... midst of a conflict between the countries of France and Britain, who are allied with numerous local Indian tribes, the recurring theme of this movie is of the power of love. This is manifested in the ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis