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Darty 1 Gina Darty Natalie Gray American History 1 September 5, 2015 Ancestral Puebloans Ancestral Puebloans had settlements located in the Four Corners region of the United States. The Four Comers is where the boarders of Utah, Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico meet. Like many Native American tribes, farming was a source used to feed the members of the tribes. The lands where the Ancestral Puebloans lived were known to experience periods of drought just as they are today in modern times.…

The Battle of Little Bighorn In the land of the Black Hills, gold was discovered by white settlers. This event took place in the 1870’s in Dakota Territory. The chance to get rich was now for the American settlers, but the only problem was a Native American tribe called the Sioux occupied this land. The United States Government saw this as a problem. On January 31, 1876, the government urged the Sioux leader named Sitting Bull, and his people to give their land away to white settlers and…

Have you ever been in a car? A bus? A train? Have you ever used electricity? Chances are, you have. That is why oil is necessary. We use it all the time, whether you know it or not. That is why I felt uneasy when I heard that protesters were unfairly protesting to stop building a pipeline that would transport sweet crude oil to areas where there is less of it. Today, the standing rock sioux tribe is trying to sue the Army Corps of Engineers, the builder of the pipeline, for trying to build a…

Aspen Seaich Utah Studies Nov. 10, 2015 Etienne Provost Etienne Provost was born in 1785. He died on July 3, 1850. Provost lived in his house for about 35 years in St. Louis. He was in the American fur trade. He was jailed once by the Spanish. Some people wonder why the Provo River and the Provo City are named that name. Well it is because Etienne Provost gave his name to the Provo River and city. Most people considered Provost the most knowledgeable, skillful, and successful mountain men. In…

This is the story of a reclusive Mexican tribe, running, and an incredible race in Mexicos Copper Canyon. The author is like many runners who suffer through injuries and pain to continue our love of running. In McDougall search for a way to avoid his injuries, he begin searching for the fabled Caballo Blanco. A legendary runner in a remote area of Mexico. This search lead the author to the Tarahumara Tribe. A group of people who live in isolation and have the ability to run endlessly with…

1.How does Marcia call Luke? Eye Candy 2. How many bulls do Luke and his mother own? 9 3.What does PBR means? Professional bull riders 4.What day is it when Ira wakes up again? Sunday, February 6th, 2011 5.When did Ira’s actual war experiences begin? They began on October 2nd 6. What brought Ira to want to end things between he and Ruth? He got the mumps while he was in the hospital and became sterile because of it. 7.Where did Marcia talk to Brian for the last time? At the rodeo 8. What were…

Sitting Bull or Tatanka Iyotake was one of the most prominent Native American leaders in all time. He was a Sioux tribe leader who located in the Great Plains region of modern day South Dakota around 1874 when gold was discovered in the Black Hills. Sitting Bull’s main focus was war and opposition of the American settlers. He began training and fighting in battles from the age of fourteen up to his death at age fifty-nine. During Sitting Bull’s early years, he didn’t really interact or witness…

The recent protests in North Dakota has turned the world’s attention to the Standing Rock Sioux Nation reserve, where a section of the Dakota Access Pipeline will be built if approved. Native Americans argue that the proposed pipeline will damage their vital water sources and affect the whole reserve, making their water undrinkable and harming their health. Crude oil pipelines, usually buried underground, can easily contaminate water (“How Can You Identify Pipeline.”), which in turn toxifies the…

As highlighted in Richard White’s 1978 article “The Winning of the West,” the Sioux were the agents of their own migration and expansion between the late seventeenth and mid-nineteenth centuries. The first phase of migration, which occurred in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century, was for small-scale beaver fur trade and subsistence buffalo hunting; the second, from the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, was to conquer neighbors in order to acquire their hunting grounds; and…

On June 25th, 1876, Lieutenant Colonel George Custer attacked Sioux forces near Little Bighorn. Even though the Battle of Little Bighorn has been greatly remembered, the conflict was not the only factor in the final outcome of Little Bighorn. The United States government, Sioux tribes, and American citizens all played roles in the story, which all led to the outcome of Little Bighorn. The pivotal moments that led to the outcome of the Battle of Little Bighorn were the signing of the Treaty of…