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The Badlands is in the Southeastern corner of South Dakota, located to the East of the Black Hills. It was declared a national monument in 1929, and then was declared a national park though an act of congress in 1978. (Stoffer 2) The park is most known for its rugged, desolate appearance, with jagged rocks and interesting formations. The core of the “badlands” (meaning the “badlands” associated with Badlands National Park) is part of a dissected plateau region bounded by the Cheyenne River (to…

Wren Noyes Irion County Irion County is situated on the Edwards Plateau in southwest central Texas. The middle of Irion is thirty-one degrees and eighteen inches north latitude and one hundred degrees and thirty-five inches west longitude. Irion is locked in between Reagan, Crockett, Schleicher, and Tom Green Counties. The county has two major roadways running through it, U.S. Highway 67 and State Highway 163. U.S. Highway 67 connects the county of Irion to the county seat, which is Mertzon.…

The Searchers is a “classic” western. It tells the story of Ethan Edwards who is accompanied by his nephew Martin Pawley and their five-year-long search to find his niece after she is captured and her family killed by the Comanche Indians. Little Big Man is a “revisionist” western. It tells the story of Jack Crabbe, a 121-year-old man asked to tell his story about his life, which includes being captured and raised by the Indians and living in a white society with a variety of jobs leading him to…

What Alaska is like I was sitting in my front porch on the edge of canada right next to bear country alaska it was a sunday morning not too cold. But in the distance I could see somebody so I walk out to see if he was lost. So I walk up to him and I notice it's an old man. So I walk up to him and ask if he is lost. He turns and looks at me and says in a soft quiet voice. “Sir am trying to go look and see if someone can tell me what bear country alaska is like. Me and my wife are trying to…

A herd of wild bison has been reintroduced to Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada, marking the first time that bison have roamed this part of Canada since they were hunted to near extinction in the 19th century. Parks Canada — the Canadian government agency that manages national parks, conservation areas and historical sites — relocated the 16 bison, which primarily include pregnant females, to the remote Panther Valley in Banff National Park, the Calgary Herald reported. Initially, the…

The paywallup tribe and the Nez Perce tribe have very similar and differnt foods that they hunt for gather. The Nez Perce gathered fruits and vegetables from spring to fall and stored food for winter. During the spring they fished for large amounts of fish. At party's they ate buffalo they also like to make soup. The Nez Perce also gathered onions, carrots, bittroots, blackberries, show berries, huckleberry and nuts. The coastal tribe puyallup fished in both salt and fresh water. They liked to…

The North Idaho panhandle is home to Fernan Lake Village, a small lakeside community directly outside of the City of Coeur d'Alene. Fernan Lake serves the village and the surrounding area as a hub for fishing as well as swimming, boating, and waterskiing. Although Fernan Lake is relatively small, it is the most fished lake per unit area in Idaho and is an important part of the local ecosystem and culture. The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality has been recording reports of nuisance…

The novel The Female Frontier: A Comparative View of Women on the Prairie and the Plains was written by Glenda Riley. Riley was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1938 and gained her Ph.D. from Ohio State University in 1968. After she received her Ph.D. she went on to acquire he first teaching position at Northern Iowa University, where she held this position for 21 years. She also founded the University of Northern Iowa’s Women’s Studies Program. This wide range of knowledge on this particular subject,…

In 2010 the federal lawsuit filed was finally settled. The Blackfeet Native American 's tribe was finally awarded the money that they were promised years ago, even though the Native Americans deserved more. Elouise Cobell, who is a member of the Blackfeet tribe and is the founder of the Blackfeet National Bank, filed a lawsuit in 1996 that would eventually force the United States Department of Interior to provide the Blackfeet tribe with the money that was due centuries ago. Ms. Cobell was tired…

Exploring Montana The state of Montana is full of a wide variety of wildlife, agriculture, and adventure. Montana also “ranks fourth in size but among the ten least populous U.S states” (Encylopedia). Montana also has bordering providences which include British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan. The other states that border Montana in the Us are North and South Dakota on the east is Idaho and the West is Wyoming. Montana “stretches for about 885 kilometers(550miles) from the rocky Mountains…