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colonizing Canada, I am guilty The tears come My heart breaks and tells me that this is all wrong and I grieve some more. I grieve for my brothers and sisters of the First Nations Their history is a culture that uses a rolling tongue that remembers everything and unites a community by the careful telling of the journeys of the First Nations since the birth of the world. Every word Every moment Every feeling Every truth Everything that is theirs, they remember including the pain…

Oral storytelling is not as popular as it was when Native Americans first populated North America; however, one tribe is known for its legendary Windigo. A Windigo, a man-eating ice giant, who was once a human but his human form is trapped where his heart should be and the people of this tribe who committed sin were sent to him ("Legendary Native”). These northeastern Indians were known for their myths, maple sugar, wild rice, corn, Spearfishing, and squash. The second-largest tribe of Indians…

The first girl grounded out and then their power hitter was up. I knew her from school, she was in my class and would always brag about how she went to a fancy hitting coach. Apparently all the money her slightly psychotic mother payed was well invested because she hit a rocket. The other team’s fans went crazy, louder than ours were the whole night. She hit a triple and then the next girl up hit a lousy ground ball and my second baseman threw it to first to get her out but it was…

for ransom. When his family paid the ransom he was furious that he was treated that way and eventually came back with his friends to kill the pirates. Julius Caesar gradually progressed through the Roman Empire. In 60 BC, Caesar made a deal with Pompey the Great and Crassus, whom had helped him to get chosen as consul in 59 BC. They agreed to control Rome together equally They became the First Triumvirate and ruled Rome throughout the 50’s BC until Crassus died in 53 BC. Caesar conquered many…

The Crusades were a series of historical events that were holy wars and pilgrimages fought against the Seljuk Turks and the Fatimid Caliphate. Both of these Caliphates were of different sects of Islam which meant they would not assist each other in case of an invading force.Although the Crusades were not successful militaristically, they were successful in other ways. In 1095 at the Council of Clermont Pope Urban II called for a Crusade to reclaim the holy city of Jerusalem, which at the time…

metaphorically, “To conceal or cover up the truth or actual character of by a counterfeit from or appearance; misrepresent”. The word disguise comes from the old french word, desguisier. The first meaning of disguise, involving appearance, came about in the 1400s, while the second meaning of disguise, to cover up truths, came around the 1300s. Shakespeare used the word not to leave people deceived, but intended to make the plotline more interesting and help to develop the theme. In the…

viewers but Canada is turning into a very diverse country and everyone is given equal opportunities if they strive for them. Long ago Aboriginals were given parcels of land called reserves for them specifically to live on. Under today’s government, first nation people are welcome to live wherever they choose. Though they don’t feel that way… Aboriginals often state that Reserves are not built on good land and that they don’t have many opportunities, as they are isolated from large cities. At…

My first interaction with State Department was at the age of ten at the consulate of Guadalajara. My uncle’s family was going to interview for a tourist visa so that they could come to the United States to visit us that following summer. When we arrived I saw my country’s flag waiving and I was very excited, but I also remember a heavy presence of fear. It was one year after the September 11 attacks. I was very young, but at this age I understood why the hostility was present that day at the…

series of wars over a city 10s of thousands of years ago that are a main effect on our religion today? The crusades were a series of 9 holy wars which first started in the year 1095. The wars were over a holy city called Jerusalem. The wars were between the Christians and the Muslims. The Christians lost all of the wars to the Muslims except the first one. The Crusades were primarily caused by religious devotion because the Christians wanted to fight for their holy city Jerusalem and also for…

alliance with different counties including Genoa, Spain, Papal States, Savoy, Venice, and Malta. They were under the leadership of Don John of Austria. Basing on the historical revelation, this was the first war that Christian forces leaf loped the Muslim forces. Due to this, many researchers came up with theories that explore why the Holy League emerged the victor. However, this paper analyses and supports Hanson’s argument that capitalist system of Venice played a vital role that lead to their…