Fort Osage

Cultural Genocide: Destroying a Way of Life In her novel, Mean Spirit, Linda Hogan depicts violence against Osage people during the oil boom in Oklahoma in the early 1920s. Greed of the EuroAmerican system creates a crisis in cultural identity for those Osage who have tried to live among the white people. Ways in which the white characters corrupt the world of the Osage at that time include degrading their native beliefs in the things they hold sacred, the damaging relationships among…

Even from reading from plays parts, short readings, even a paragraph. Those are types of reading stuff that I don’t like. Like in my English 3 class at Fort. We just finished the movie, “The Crucible”. Tremendous play and movie. I loved every part of it, but back to the point. While our class was reading this play, most of our class developed the skill of reading and writing skills: test about parts of…

The Belton School District would benefit greatly from an alternative education program. Currently the Belton High School offers a credit recovery class, where students who are struggling can take or retake courses online. While the credit recovery program has shown to benefit some, its impact is not adequate. An alternative education program would be necessary for all K-12 students in the Belton School District. Alternative education is more than just sitting a student behind a computer.…

Publication Information: Rose, Mike. "I Just Wanna Be Average." Rereading America: Cultural Contexts for Critical Thinking and Writing. By Gary Colombo, Robert Cullen, and Bonnie Lisle. Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martin 's, 2004. 182-193. Print. Brief Summary: In Rose 's article entitled “I Just Wanna Be Average,” he recounts his high school experience beginning with the fact that during his freshman year he was placed in the vocational program. At the very beginning of the author’s high school…

During the civil war you might have heard of many brave American Union soldiers but not many people today know that many of the soldiers included not only African Americans and Americans but also Native Americans. During the Civil War there were many different tribes that fought a long side Union and Confederate. Some of these tribes included the Kaw also known now as the Kanza or Kansa. Throughout the Civil War many tribes changed some fought and some just allied themselves to become closer to…

peoples, in the 1981 work O’Neill concludes that there are ten possible tribes to which rock art can possibly attributed to in specific ranges: Various Plains Apache groups, Comanche, Kiowa, Kiowa Apache bands, Cheyenne, Arapaho, Wichita, Pawnee, Osage, and Kanza. He also suggests that the sites “… could be measured in hundreds of years rather than thousands” (O’Neill 1981, 26). This is a broad range of traditions and peoples to filter through at any given site. Finally, it is in archaeology…

Two weeks after the Union attempted to try to take over the Southern capitol, Richmond, the Battle of Wilson’s Creek occurred. It was one of the most significant battles in the Civil War, as it was the first battle fought West of the Mississippi River. The subtle causes of this battle led to drastic effects following the battle at Wilson’s Creek. From this battle, we learn how an unexperienced military commander managed to win a battle that changed the course of the entire war, and therefore,…

There can be no doubt that the Lewis and Clark expedition was a monumental juncture in American history – the lands that they explored more than two hundred years ago are today home to millions of Americans. However, at the time, most Americans had only a faint conception of what genuinely existed west of their homes. They could not have imagined the spectacular lands of the Pacific coast, territory that would become, arguably, the nation 's most highly sought-after within 50 years. However,…

Analysis Introduction Within todays media, the relationships between each characters have become a focal point for those who watch as they try to connect themselves to the characters they see in an effort to place themselves into their shoes. In August: Osage County, we are greeted to the Weston family of Pawhuska, Oklahoma during a very hot August. As the plot unfurls, we learn the problems that tie this family together and how they try to handle them, be it in a positive or negative manner.…

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