Georgia O'Keeffe

According to one document, “The object was, first, to take their lands. Then the U.S. government would force those Indians to relocate… Years earlier, treaties with the U.S. government had granted these lands to them (Cherokee) forever...In 1828, the Georgia state legislature passed a law that denied the right of the Cherokee to rule themselves.”(Challenge). This was the real plan that the government came up with. Years earlier, the Cherokee had discussed their land with generals and U.S.…

My family and I have visited Brackenridge Park for many years now, beginning from a time where my line of vision extended only a few feet off the ground to the beginning of my time at university. Granted, my height might not have changed much, but time certainly has. Brackenridge Park easily surpassed the dreaded McAllister Park (dreaded because as a child, I hated nothing more than spending hours walking through the never-ending park in the middle of the burning heat that Satan himself would…

Introduction The state I chose for my research paper is Georgia. I chose this state because my family lives there. I wanted to know about what was there and some interesting facts about Georgia. Another reason I chose this state is their main fruit is a peach. I mean, who doesn’t like peaches. I also chose it because if I ever go back and visit my family in Georgia I will know stuff about it. That is why I chose the state Georgia. State Insect Georgia’s state insect is the honeybee. The…

With its population of over 460,000 Atlanta is a bustling city of history, culture, and diversity. Established in 1837 at the intersection of the Western & Atlantic railway system. Atlanta was founded to meet the needs of railroads, it was the first United States city located in a place not for water navigation. Today the city is known for being the transportation hub for the country and also the world. Hartfield Atlanta International Airport is one of the nation’s busiest airports. Atlanta is…

and people from one point in Georgia to another or from Georgia to another state relatively easy. The highways helped attract business, industry, and more transportation facilities to the Atlanta area. Georgia economic products can now reach approximately 80% of Americans overnight using the interstate highway system. Hartfield-Jackson is always one of the busiest airports in the nation. Georgia products are withing two hours of eighty million U.S. consumers. Georgia, and the southeast, it…

Chase Cain The Story of Us: Part II 1850 to 1950 1/28/15 Over the years Native Americans have been residing in America, important events have occurred between multiple decades spanning from 1850 to 1950. In this report, you will read about important events going on throughout the history of Native Americans between 1850 and 1950. During the 1860s the “Sand Creek Massacre” had happened, where In the Colorado territory, a US Cavalry which was led by Colonel John Chivington, killed over 150…

The Indian Reorganization Act was a combination of good and bad. It can be viewed as bad due to the fact that it was the National governments plan to further transform the Native Americans. They passed the Indian Reorganization act to have the tribes run a government just like the National government. However, The Native Americans had their own culture, and they held a lot of pride to that. The government was unhappy with the Native American’s unwillingness to disregard their lifestyle and…

The Miami Tribe now lives in all fifty states, but home started in Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Ohio. The tribe was forced out of their homes during the Indian Removals (History). According to the Kansas Historical Society, “At the time of the Louisiana Purchase, President Thomas Jefferson believed that American Indians could be moved from the East to lands in the new territory” (Indian Removal Act). Nowadays, there are two main Miami groups. There is one group in Indiana that has about two…

In the past 400 years the US has been taking the Native Americans land for: Factories, city's, parking lots, towns and roads. There have been many attempts from the Natives to fight this such as, Tecumseh's rebellion or the Sioux not selling their land to the US. Eventually they were all pushed out, some by military force, onto reservations or boarding schools. I believe that the way our government forcefully pushed the Natives out of their homeland was not justified. From the very beginning…

Chief Pawhuska, the Osage chief during this time, urged the purchase of this land as an act of safety for the tribe. He thought it would be beneficial to purchase land the white man did not want, so they did not have to live in fear losing their land again (Ball). Little did the Osage people know this relocation was only the beginning of the tragedy they would face in relation to their new land. Before tragedy struck, the Osage people experienced a period of success, luck, and great wealth. All…