Algonquin

The Jesuit Relations are a collection of accounts, as told by missionaries, in their quest to convert Native Americans from their ancestral beliefs to that of Christianity. Allan Greer’s interpretation of these events are well written and in a format which makes available decades of documents. Allan Greer’s readers are provided with this text to study the past as historians do. The major focus is the cohabitation between French missionaries and Montagnais, Hurons and Mohawks. Many of the…

1. The Case Against Marine Mammals in Captivity, (Fourth revised edition). (2009). It may interest you to know that while SeaWorld greatly promotes the appearance of marine education it is not run by a zoologist Society or naturalist organization. Instead the owners of this corporation were one of America’s largest book publishers after the original idea of opening an underwater restaurant failed. and is now owned and operated by The Blackstone Group who purchased it from Anheuser-Bush. Now,…

Powhatan Confederacy. When released from custody weeks after arrival Smith help overturn the leadership of colony President Edward Wingfield. While exploring the new land Smith was captured along the Chickahominy River, by a Native band and taken to Algonquin Chief Wahunsonacock, whom the England referred to as Powhatan. It is said that Powhatan's 12 year old daughter, Pocahontas, rushed to save smith from being killed as he was held down. Historians still question whether this event actually…

where his number of kills range up to 378 (historymuseum.ca). He was written by fellow soldier as “His iron nerves, patience and superb marksmanship helped make him an outstanding sniper”. After the end of the war he remained overseas and joined the Algonquin regiment. He would then follow in the footsteps of his father and grandfather, becoming chief of Parry Island Band and later in life a counsellor. He would rarely speak of his military achievements and preferred to ensure that the culture…

Lacrosse is known as one of the most electrified sports in America. It has been a fast-growing and popular game for the past several centuries. This sport consists of a huge field where two teams of ten players compete against each other to score points by throwing a ball into the goal with a stick or known as the Crosse. Lacrosse is a game full of high-intensity tempo, massive physical contact, and strategy. It is a sport combined by other sports such as hockey, basketball, and soccer.…

. I have chosen Ascenda School of Management because it is famous for good facilities, innovative and practical education. Before finalizing Ascenda, I do checked some other institutions providing same course like Sheridan , Niagara, Evergreen Algonquin but Ascenda facilities and teaching methodology attracted me a lot. Moreover, Ascenda has provided help where students will get internships and opportunities to gain practical experience through hands on practice during their…

In Parker’s poem “Men,” Parker present’s men’s love appears misleading and controlling. Parker asserts that men “hail [women] as their morning star / Because [they] are the way [they] are” (“Men” 1-2). In order to initially capture the hearts of women, men knowingly tell women exactly what they want to hear in hopes of winning them over. Parker believes that men idolize all the natural features that a woman possesses and disillusion her into believing that he worships her as well as her natural…

Questions about the primary source “The Devastation of the Indies: A Brief Account (1542)” by Bartolome de Las Casas. According to Las Casas, what were the effects of Spanish colonization on the native populations of the Caribbean Islands (the Indies)? As Las Casas states, the natives were a peaceable and friendly people, yet the Spaniards treated them with tremendous amounts of cruelty. Their brutal actions caused the native population to lower from an estimated three million so somewhere…

Native Americans: The Iroquois The Iroquois got their name from one of their enemies the Algonquin, called them the Iroqu (Irinakhoiw) which translate to the "rattlesnakes." Then the French added the suffix "-ois" to it, so the name became Iroquois. The Iroquois Confederacy, also known as the Iroquois League was a northern American confederacy or alliance composed of five tribes in the seventh century. The Iroquois Confederation was known as the strongest confederation of the indigenous people.…

The members of Canada’s First Nation’s community are suffering at the hands of our past government and justice system. Looking at the issue of the numerous missing women, high rates of suicide and drug abuse and currently the reconciliation issue of residential schools. The policing of persons belonging to the First Nation community in Canada are not fair nor equal compared to the policing of other Canadians such as Caucasians. “It’s (sic) could be a suicide, accidental, she got drunk and fell…