Indigenous Tribe Report: Haida People The Haida people are an indigenous tribe that spans the international boundary between British Columbia, Canada, and Alaska, United States. They also live on two large and many smaller islands, known as Haida Gwaii (which means island of the people). They also live in southeast Alaska. They conduct regular trade with Russia, Spain, Britain, and the U.S., as well as fur and whale traders. On the islands they have many fortifications to defend themselves if…
born in 1962. He spent his childhood living out of a mobile home in Burbank, Washington. As his parents were separated when he was only fourteen, he grew up with his siblings in their maternal grandparents' cattle ranch. In 1980, he graduated from Columbia High School in Burbank, winning the award for "Most Wittiest" in the process. Some regard this award as the catalyst for his nascent interest in writing. In 1986, he graduated from the University of Oregon then got a BA in Journalism and…
Johnson received powerful knowledge on how to become a well balanced black man and a civil rights lawyer. Johnson is another perfect example of a black man that didn’t accept the stereotypes and received a higher education. After graduating from Columbia Law Johnson became a defense department attorney, Air Force attorney, assistant U.S. attorney, and is now the U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security. Jeh Johnson is at the forefront of black excellence, he personifies an educated black…
Upon their arrival to Canada, immigrants must have or acquire certain credentials in order to gain residency in our country. Although those credentials are very much needed in order to immigrate, Esses et al. (2007) stated that one of the most common problems in finding employment reported by immigrants was the lack of recognition of foreign qualifications. Apparently, the skills that are so valued when immigrants are assessed for admission into Canada are devalued once they arrive and attempt…
Canadian National Railway Company, also named CN, is a modern combined company that merges many middle and small railroad companies, which is the biggest railway company in Canada and the fifth biggest railway company in the North America. Established in 1919 by the Canadian government, the CN company is the first railroad line that links the coastline of the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. It was a state-owned business since its establishment for up to 76 years, and it carried out…
“As long as the sun shines, the grass flows and the rivers flow” (jamessmithcreenation, n.d.). With over two hundred thousand members living in Canada, the Cree are one of the largest groups of First Nations in Canada and in North America. The James Smith Cree Nation is a diversion of the Cree Nation; a Cree First Nation band government. An agreement between band governments of First Nations at Fort Carlton over owned territory; current provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta (Postl et al. 2010).…
a natural bridge named Tamanawas that spanned the Columbia River. In the center of this arch lived a…
These tanks are placed underground, and have been leaking for years now. Jeff Lyon believes that over one million gallons of waste has leaked into the environment. What has leaked is now going into the underground water banks heading towards the Columbia river ( Lynon). Juli Kearns has also been doing research about the low radiation levels the tanks have been giving off. There has been an effect on the livestock, dairy, and food even though it's a very low radiation it's still horrific…
The Stoney Tribe was based mainly in the southern province Alberta in Canada. They are a far distance north from the United States. There is another tribe called the Assiniboine who are very closely related to the Stoney and dwelled in Montana, North Dakota, Alberta, and Saskatchewan. The Stoney and Assiniboine tribes have lived in these areas from 1744 all the way up until present day. The Stoney is not really surrounded by any other tribes but the Assiniboine is surrounded by a lot of…
M.septentrionalis usually reside within the forests and caves, therefor their geographic range include forested places and mountainous locations. According to U.S Fish & Wildlife Services (USFWS), M.septentrionalis’s range include much of the eastern and north central parts of United States. Thus including 37 states: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri,…