Laramie

“What is the the duty of a latter day saint? To do all good he can upon the earth.” Brigham Young did just that. Also known as the “American Moses” he helped save the Mormon religion and restore the gospel. Brigham Young was born from his father, John Young and mother, Abigail Young on June 1, 1801 in Whitingham, Vermont. He was baptised into the Mormon church in the spring of 1832 after a young missionary gave a humble testimony and that’s how it all started. He soon became a part of the…

How will people who are in the LGBTQ+ ever feel safe, when they keep being discriminated? Matthew Shepard was an early-twenties college man, who was sweet, kind, outgoing, and caring. But he was also gay. This affected the way people looked at Matthew. Some with disgust, and some with open-heartedness. But for a Matthew Shepard, it was his final day, he was looked upon with disgust. This lead to his murder.The Matthew Shepard Act is an American Act of Congress, passed on October 22, 2009, and…

Adolph Fredrick Reinhardt was an American abstract artist, writer, critic and educator. He studied art history under Meyer Schapiro at Columbia University, New York (1931–35), and painting with Carl Holty and Francis Criss at the American Artists School (1936–37). He also studied at the National Academy of Design with Karl Anderson in 1936, worked for the Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project (1936–39), and was a member (1937–47) of the American Abstract Artists group. Reinhardt…

Introduction Poverty is a major issue for single mothers throughout the nation and world with reports stating 82% of people in poverty are women or children (Brady & Burroway, 2012; Harris, 1993). Even in affluent nations, single mothers are more likely to be poor than others (Brady & Burroway, 2012). Extensive research has been done to determine what factors lead to these alarming numbers and this research has led to various programs to help mothers who deal with poverty. One such program,…

Two members of the anti-slavery and women’s rights groups; Lucy Stone and Henry Blackwell had jointly written a protest that enabled Lucy to keep her maiden name after they were both married. As the law stipulates in Massachusetts, a woman is legally bound to her husband as a subordinate and her husband is the head of their household. Lucy and Henry asserted that they would not comply with the law that gives all rights to the man. (Blackwell & Stone). They had both made a plea to the state of…

This battle began after the leaders agreed on the Fort Laramie Treaty, yet when the treaty also mention that they would have to be stationary living on the reservation. Leaders such as Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse rejected the system (NPS). Soon after tensions were high during 1874 and the government wanted the…

Many years before Christopher Columbus stumbled upon America, there were Indians who declared America their home. Indians had originated tribal areas, similar to states and they resided under their own laws and government. Native Americans fought a long and bloody battle to protect their land and defend their families. Some Indians were also captured as slaves by Europeans and some Indians also fought in American wars to defend America, but it took decades for them to receive any type of…

Indian (d) a) Although many Choctaw Indians did resist the removal, it was a quieter one than the others. b) After the Treaty of Fort Laramie (also called the Sioux Treaty of 1868,) the Sioux were granted the ownership of the Black Hills and hunting rights to various parts of South Dakota, Montana, and Wyoming. However, when gold was discovered in the Black Hills, gold prospectors began to violate the treaty, leading to the Black Hills War. When the U.S. government seized the Black Hills and…

Media outlets, such as newspapers, are written by bias journalists who sometimes need to over exaggerate the truth in order to produce a story that sways the opinion of the public to pit them against a specific group of people. In the case of the Battle of Little Bighorn, media outlets used the power of the press to pit the public against the Native Americans in order to gain support for the process of forcing the Native Americans onto reservations and into agencies. Not only was the media…

of its need at its highest rate of funding (Class notes—April 17, 2018) (Class Power Point C). White men promised Native Americans the right to the Black Hills only for the U.S. to force Native Americans to give back this land, violating the Fort Laramie Treaties of 1851 and 1868 (Class notes—April 24, 2018). These promises, among many others, have been broken by the U.S. leaving the Native Americans “helplessly lashed and bruised by the wreckage pounding around them,” with their life left in…