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    Importance Of Whiteness

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    This idea of whiteness reveals itself through the decision of the developers who decided to build a resort on sacred ground, known as North Bay Resort. On the sign it states the mounds are, “…irreplaceable pieces of Wisconsin’s Native American Heritage” (Sign on D2L). The developers acknowledge the importance of the mounds, however, instead of protecting the sacredness and importance of this burial ground, the developers choose to exploit the structures. This validates the idea of whiteness…

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    Even though I was nervous, I took the mound and started back to work striking out the first batter I saw, however I made the situation interesting by walking the next batter. On a 2-0 pitch to the third batter of the inning, a groundball missile was sent to the second basemen, but without any…

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    inning and I was pitching really well. But everything I threw they hit and when the ball was hit right to someone something would go wrong either someone would bobble the ball or they couldn’t make the throw or something stupid. So here I am on the mound sweating and working my butt off and no one can make a play. The next play was crucial with bases juiced and only 1 out and Hastings is only down by one run. Their batter smokes one at our shortstop and finally he makes a play and we turn a…

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    while indians looked for seeds and looked for roots . The Hopewell , another farming culture in North America supported their large populations with agriculture & trade while some people like the indians couldn't do . They also built large burial mounds to honor their dead . The Hopewell lived along Mississippi , Ohio , And lower Missouri…

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    Men cleaned cesspools in basements and yards. However, as in any supply and demand economy, Night Soil Men became expensive and in a city wracked with poverty many dwellings with two and three families sharing rooms were growing extremely large mounds of excrement in their basements and yards that flowed onto their streets. In addition, the wealthy at the time were enjoying the new invention and modern marvel, the water closet. The new convenience flushed waste away, whisking it right into…

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    The vision quest was an important rite of initiation into adult status for warriors in traditional Plains Societies. Besides marking entry into manhood, this rite of passage put the initiate into contact with the spirits who would protect him throughout his career as warrior. In your essay, identify the types of forms of art that results from the individual’s vision quest and the architectural form employed by the Lakota and other Plains groups as settings for part of the initiation rite. How…

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    Softball and baseball. The sports of hitting the ball as far as you can and running like hell. These two sports appear so similar to strangers to the game, yet as you delve deeper into the muddy fields of the aspects of the two, they are entirely different. So how do you think of softball and baseball? Which one would you say is higher in difficulty? To many, softball is the girl-version of baseball and vice-versa. They may say there is absolutely no difference except the larger ball in softball…

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    There are also other archeologists like Hormuzd Rassam, who dug up landscapes. Also Robert Coldeway and Walter Andrae. They spent years reconstructing Babylon with mud-brick foundations. The westerners didn’t believe that there was a historical truth to the scriptures. But the early archeologists wrote of the biblical legends coming true. That clay tablets with cuneiform and kings that conquered the ancient land of Mesopotamia were real. Archeologists also showed that the Babylonians and…

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    Poverty Point Artifacts

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    points have been found on the site that suggests that they were hunters. (1)They are also believed to be fisher-gatherers as well. Lots of artwork involving birds have been found on the site and the entire site is actually in the shape of a bird. Mounds were also found that archaeologists think were made to help the ancient people determine the change of the seasons. The ancient peoples disappearance is still a mystery.(1)…

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    (or “Calves” as I referred to him in my head because his legs resembled bowling pins) was a bad person, but as head coach of an all star team that was littered with his own players (his son included), I had predicted that I may not get to see the mound much. To little surprise, my prediction came true. Being a pitcher who did not throw a curve (and one that was not of blood relation to anybody on the coaching staff), I was effectively shut down. Inside I boiled. I had made the team as a…

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