Colville Indian Reservation

The name Sioux comes from Natawesiwak, that means enemy. The Chippewa gave this name. They were called themselves as Lakota, Dakota or Nakota, which means friend. These names are the dialects that their language evolved. They come from the area of forests, and the constant conflicts with Ojibwa enemies forced them to lead a nomadic life on the meadows. It was a nomadic and warlike people, and their traditional house was the Tipi, it is a kind of tent made of wooden poles and skins. In this era…

Ruth had shown up in Boston on July 11, 1914 along with a few other players from the Orioles Egan and Shore. That morning Ruth went to Launders coffee shop and met a 16 year old waitress named Hellen Woodford who would soon become Ruth’s first wife. That afternoon Ruth won his first game he played against the Cleveland Naps were he scored 4-3. He also pitched to the catcher Bill Carrigan who was also the Red Sox manager. Ruth lost his second game and as a batter for the first time in the major…

Arapaho Indians The Arapaho Indians were established in the 1850s.Since 1878, the Eastern Shoshone, people lived there.The Arapaho Indians lived in the Eastern Shoshone.The Eastern Shoshone was by the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming.The Arapaho Tribe spoke in the Algonquian language. The Arapaho Indians ate every animal they saw to stay alive.The weapons they used were bows,arrows,stone ball clubs,jaw bone…

The Mandan’s of the Great Plains Region The Mandan Indians were a tribe living among other Indians within the Great Plains region. The Great Plains is basically the central area in North American. The Great Plains region consists of various states like Iowa, the Dakotas, Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota, and Missouri. It ranges from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains. The general region of the Great Plains has a geography typically described as “miles and miles of flat land and gently…

Ashley Ramirez Forensic Science Mr. Kirby November 1st 2014 Baseball Bat On April 19th, 2014 Ricky Betancur life was taken from him by Eric Noyola who willfully and unlawfully killed Betancur, hitting him in the skull with a baseball bat. Noyola was also charged with being drunk in public as well as first degree murder. This case began late Saturday night when the two were watching friends at Boomer Sports Complex in Oklahoma City located off I-240 and Sunnylane Rd. The two had played…

The bottlenose dolphin lives in the Pacific Ocean. They live in places like Japan, southern California, Australia, and Chile. They can also be found in the Atlantic and southwestern Indian Ocean. Bottlenose dolphin are not found in cold waters. A bottlenose dolphin has a wide variety of food that it eats including fish, squid and crustaceans.Bottlenose dolphins are around eight to nine feet long,and their skin is gray.Unlike most mammals the bottle nose dolphins don't have hair. They use their…

The United States of America has a long American Indian history. These people were the first people to inhabit the new world or the Western Hemisphere of the Earth. South Dakota is the current home of the Sioux Nation tribe. South Dakota has ten reservations located in our state, one that covers part of Nebraska (Johnston, n.d., para. 4). South Dakota is one of the many states where American Indian traditions are still celebrated. Through all the struggles and the triumphant Sioux pride has…

Relationships are hard, and they can be even harder when you’re dating someone who is a different race than you.Interracial couples have been stared at while in public and dealt with rude comments from strangers about their relationship. Only forty-four years ago interracial relationships were made legal throughout the country, and it’s more common for people to marry outside of their race. The growth of interracial relationships coincides with changes in the legality of them and what some would…

Chinese died, 15 were injured, and homes were burned. The Rock Spring Anti-Chinese violence cost 3.5 Million Dollars in today’s currency. The Native Americans had the same fate as the Chinese, but they were forced by unwanted action of the US. The Indian Removal Act was set in motion by President Jackson. It was a plan to forcibly remove…

The status-caste exchange theory is to marry in terms of desirable traits; a desirable man marries a desirable woman based what she can provide in return (Hou & Myles, 2013). In regards to interracial marriage, the status-caste exchange theory assumes that the skin colour or ethnic origin as the desirable trait. Lighter skin colours are more desirable compared to darker skin colours, so the value of a partner is based on their skin colour or ethnic origin. If their socio-economic statuses were…