Blackfoot

Grandfather. He was born in 1907 in the month of December. My Grandmother was born in the year of 1905 in the Month of February. They both grew up on the Island of St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. My Grandfather was born to a mother of Blackfoot decent and father of chinse decent. My Grandmother mother was half Dutch and West Indian decent my great-grandfather was a woods craftsmen by trade his livelihood came from building houses, coffins and such. During the early part of my…

Both Oscar Zetas Autobiography of the Brown Buffalo and Ana Castillo’s Novel So Far From God are examples of the use of magic realism and mythology in Chicano/a literature. However, both pieces of Chicano/a literature display their own unique interpretation of self-identity. Beginning with the plot of the Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo, Oscar is a lawyer at the East Oakland Legal Aid society. He drives to his office in downtown San Francisco only to discover that his secretary, who usually…

Being a Clinician Sounds Interesting As we have gone through class this semester I have thought about this assignment but never knew exactly whom I wanted to interview for it because I am not 100% sure what I would like to do in my future. I recently thought about what I have enjoyed about this class and it got me to ponder through many of the interesting things we discussed, I then came to my conclusion that for me, the most interesting thing that we have talked about in class was…

This type of myth involves the breaking apart of a static primeval state. There are two types, in the first form of the world parent myth the beginning consists of the eternal union of the parents, a union that has to be broken in order for creation to take place. These myths often depict creation as the result of a sexual union, and serve as genealogical record of the deities born from it. In the second form of World Parent myth, creation itself springs from dismembered parts of the body of the…

During the 17th and 18th centuries, European countries began to explore and trade with the Western Hemisphere of the world. This trade included ideas, disease, and goods; specifically fur which begins as a necessity and later becomes a worldwide luxury. The new-coming Europeans used this fur trade to their advantage and brought distinct and positive effects on the new America. This change, which was brought to the Americas through the European countries France, Spain and England, caused…

What does it mean to be native? I went into this project pondering this question. The answer I got wasn 't as I expected, it was coded and confusing just like the people I observed. When you think native one might think feathers, yelling, horses and shooting things with bows and arrows. While there may be feathers and yelling these isn 't as much as you think. I wanted to learn about this culture and the way its people live because this is my heritage that I was never able to be a part of. You…

1) Introduction a) Federalists versus the anti-Federalists where Hamilton supports a central gov’t and Jefferson supports the state’s and people’s rights 2) Federalist and Republican Mudslingers a) The Federalists were mad at John Adams for not allowing them to declare war against France, but they ran up the debt with the war preparations, which established new taxes i) The Federalists already had many enemies due to the Sedition & Alien Act b) Federalists fought back against Jefferson by…

?James M. Atkinson http://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesmatkinson/ 127 Eastern Ave, #291 | Gloucester, MA 01930?|?(978) 551-1880?|?jmatk@tscm.com Executive Summary Over 40 years of experience with a wide variety of high performance mainframe, desktop, and embedded computers. Component level experience with computers, switching systems, cryptographic, and space communications systems. Comprehensively trained and skilled in TSCM ? Technical Surveillance Counter Measures and…