Great Plains

struck terror into the heart of anyone who witnessed the dust storms rolling across the plains like a furious black cloud. However, as time passed the dust storms were no longer thought of as a freak accident, they became almost ordinary as the dust storms occurred nearly every day. The Dust Bowl was a period of time when the topsoil became so loose that winds would sweep up the dust, carrying it across the plains in a dark cloud. The Dust Bowl was caused by many different things all leading up…

Millie Brazzer COM 409 New Media Ethics Pulitzer Prize News Assignment Review 02/14/2016 1. 'West Wing. Suffers death, destruction ' The news story 'West Wing. Suffers death, destruction 'was on April 28, 2011 in published in The Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News By Jason Morton. The Topic of the news report is The Tornado That hit Tuscaloosa Wednesday Alberta devastated the community. at least 15 people have died and over 100 were injured by the devastating tornado that hit Tuscaloosa City on Wednesday…

The Native Americans of the plains struggled to survive as European settlers began to colonize larger amounts of North America. Battles between the colonists and Native Americans left many tribes weak and unable to defend their nations. The population of the buffalo that once used to run in large herds throughout the area dwindled close to extinction due to mass hunting. By the late 1800’s the plains tribes had been stripped of their lands, their resources, and their rights. They were sent to…

Treaty six was introduced in September 1876 and it lasted until 1898 with the addition of its’ last adhesions. It was signed by Crown representatives and Cree, Assiniboine and Ojibwa leaders on August 23, 1876 at Fort Carlton, Saskatchewan and Fort Pitt, Saskatchewan. The treaty boundaries extend across central portions of present-day Alberta and Saskatchewan. In 1876, the Medicine Chest was offered within Treaty 6. It had promised medicine chests on every reserve for those bands that sign…

over North America from Canada to Mexico. Everyone wanted to go to Alaska just got this. It was a out burst of people. It drew a lot of attention! There we many stories and novels written about the gold rush, such as "Gold Rush Fever" or the Last Great Gold a Rush. But there are two stories by Jack London that he had written about gold in this time era. The two books that he had wrote are "the Love of Life and "To build a Fire". Jack London uses is straight forward and the traits he uses shows…

Chapter 12 The yajna to appease the rain god, Indra For seven years the drought and the famine struck the region of seven rivers. It affected the kingdoms of Koshala and the Videha, which included Gautama's ashram. The flow of water in the seven rivers depended on the mercy of Indra. As the flow of water was less in the river, rain was also less frequent. There was no other way but to pray to Indra. The ashrams of the seven rivers were not affected too much by the drought. The kings were…

wounded and killed because of severe blizzards. Back in the old day’s people probably did not have all around house heaters like we do so it made it harder for them to stay warm. In the U.S history, the most deadly blizzards were named The Great Blizzard. The Great Blizzard happened in New England and mid-eastern it started on March 1888. There was up to at least 4.67 inches of snow on the ground and 400 people had died that day. The other deadly blizzard was named The Storm of the Century. It…

The native people of North America have always depended on natural resources for survival. One of the natural resources that the Iroquois were the turtles. The Iroquois used the turtle's back as some sort of calendar. With its pattern of thirteen large scales standing for the thirteen moons in each year, and twenty eight smaller scales standing for the twenty eight days between each new moon. This reminds them that all things are connected and that they must try to live in balance. The Iroquois…

Always remember to make good choices, because small mistakes could lead to big ones. This is an important lesson because this started to happened to Jamestown, Virginia on May 13, 1607. This town was named after King James the first. Colonists died in early Jamestown because of a few problems. Some problems include as massive droughts, lack of surgeons, and diseases. The first problem in Jamestown was the massive drought. In document B, the graph presents that there was a massive drought for…

According to Tyler Troudt once said, “The past cannot be changed forgotten to edit or erased it can only be accepted.” In the book The Lakota Way, it is talking about all the old stories that no one talks about anymore. Some of the stories are about respect, honor, love, sacrifice, truth, bravery. Joseph M. Marshall the third wrote this story so that young adults around the world and mainly the Lakota people know their culture, so they knew all the stories about the people long ago. What the…