Dakota Fanning

Monuments are delicate topics in the sense that one may find reason to see it not be built. Thus, there are factors for a group or agency should consider in memorializing an event or person and in creating a monument, those factors being: will it take away the main purpose of the monument, is there any reason this monument should not be one and can it easily be threatened? Source C discusses the possibility of putting up a monument that perhaps should not be one. Namely, Mount Rushmore. As the…

reducing college tuition. a. According to the MSEP website, the student exchange saves enrolled students an average of almost six thousand dollars a year. (MSEP) (L) (E) b. Lowered tuition can also contribute to economic growth as proven in North Dakota when they dropped out-of-state tuition to a similar level as in-state tuition and saw a 56% rise in nonresident students and an economic boost of $3.7 billion. (Bangor News) (P) (L) c. Luckily for Minnesota’s fellow MSEP members, nearly all…

Controversy over a pipeline “What to Know About the Dakota Access Pipeline Protests” by Justin Worland is an informative piece about The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe protesting a plan to put in a 1,200-mile pipeline to transport crude oil from North Dakota to Illinois. The plan came to be in 2014 and has been ongoing since. National attention has since been gained and the opposing sides are preparing for a long battle that may be through the winter full of harsh weather and snow. The Sioux tribe…

their religious beliefs. This pipeline would be a detriment to the ecosystem, and would contaminate the supply of drinking water for the people of many states. On top of all this, a privatized enforcement company sicked dogs on the protesters of the Dakota Access Pipeline. They were simply trying to protect their natural resources and sacred ancestor's death rights. The multiple standoffs that have occurred between the protesters and the company's private security force have been cover by a…

Did you know that Pawnee are known. for their beautiful hide paintings, pottery and woven baskets. And Pawnee was known for other stuff like there location. facts and traditions. They are a native American tribe. This is about Pawnees location. They had to hunt mostly Buffalo because that was the common food source for there area. The Pawnee could be found along the Platte river and the Republican river which is known as Nebraska. The Pawnee were forced to move to Oklahoma in 1800 and…

The Dakota Access Pipeline is a 1,172 mile pipeline that will connect Bakken and Three Forks production areas in North Dakota to Patoka, Illinois. Once built it will transport approximately 470,000 barrels of oil per day; Shippers will be able to access multiple markets, including Midwest and East Coast markets as well as the Gulf Coast via the Nederland, Texas crude oil terminal facility of Sunoco Logistics Partners. The pipeline which was supposed to be completed at the end of 2016 would turn…

Battle of the Wounded Knee The battle of the wounded knee occurred on December 29, 1890. When it occurred, it was near wounded knee creek on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in the US state of South Dakota. Philip Wells Was a mixed-blood sioux who served as an interpreter for the army. He later recounted what he saw that Monday morning. Surrounding their camp was a force of U.S. troops charged with the responsibility of arresting Big Foot and disarming his warriors. Just before the…

The Flint Water Crisis depicts the inevitable consequence of allowing the continued construction of the Dakota Access pipeline. The polluted water calamity is flooding one of Michigan’s poorest, blackest cities. This disaster is littered with racism and the detrimental results of poverty. The city is approximately 57 percent black and terribly poor; it’s citizens have been consuming and interacting with water that contains enough lead to meet the Environmental Protection Agency’s definition of…

The Dakota pipeline is a 1,172 mile pipeline designed to carry over 500,000 barrels of crude oil per day from North Dakota to Illinois, and will cost around $3.8 billion to construct. The pipeline is full of ethical issues because the tribes were not properly consulted before construction began, and the pipeline passes within half a mile of the reservation, through burial sites and sacred landmarks, and crosses the Missouri River and Lake Oahe, which provide the tribe’s drinking water.It is due…

RELIGION OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN PLAINS One of the largest and most influential tribe is Lakota. It is also known as “Sioux”, which means snakes. The Wakantanka, which means “the Great Spirit” or “the Great Mysterious”, refers to the 16 deities and was derived from the number 4 (multiplied by the number itself). The number 4 was a sacred number and it refers to the 4 directions (north, south, east, and west). The Wakantanka was known at the Creator. The Inktomi, which means spider, was a…