North Dakota

downtown Atlanta, one thousand six hundred eighty-three feet above sea level stands Stone Mountain. Stone Mountain is, simply, an enormous rock that is made of granite. The mountain can be seen from Kennesaw Mountain (West), Amicalola Falls State Park (North), and Mount Yonah (Northeast). On the northwest side of the mountain, there are currently faces of three men carved into the granite: Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and Jefferson Davis. “Stone Mountain Memorial, memorial to the…

Southeastern corner of South Dakota, located to the East of the Black Hills. It was declared a national monument in 1929, and then was declared a national park though an act of congress in 1978. (Stoffer 2) The park is most known for its rugged, desolate appearance, with jagged rocks and interesting formations. The core of the “badlands” (meaning the “badlands” associated with Badlands National Park) is part of a dissected plateau region bounded by the Cheyenne River (to the north and west),…

the different ways of how the Dakota and Ojibwe Indians lived. Both Dakota and Ojibwe had specific tasks for men’s and women’s some of these tasks were the same and somewhere different. They also shared and defined food and dwelling. In this essay I am going to compare and contrast the Dakota and Ojibwe Indians.The Dakota people are a Native American tribe and First Native band governments in North (Isan-ath; “knife” + “encampment”), who reside in the eastern Dakota central Minnesota and…

and unbearable dusty conditions forced families to migrate further west. The severe drought turned the land of prosperity into a lifeless desert. The environmental crisis has forever changed the relationship between the environment and the people in North America. Background In May 1804, Lewis and Clark went on a mission to explore the…

General racism, environmental devastation, and poverty on Indian reservations makes it burdensome for many Native people to live according to their traditions. As many are simply trying to survive daily life, they do not have the energy, money, or time to be taught and teach their indigenous languages and cultures. For some Native peoples, their very survival is dependent on preserving their language and particular ways of life. While it does seem that some languages and cultures are in danger…

by Marquart to build her argument is the upbringing of the negative aspects of the land. Although this may seem counterproductive, the author does this in order to make the positives of the land seem more profound. One of these Midwest states, North Dakota, is immediately characterized as “lonely, treeless, and a devoid of rises and curves,” which severely lacks an appeal to prospective landowners. Marquart even goes as far as to describe the land as “like one long-held pedal steel guitar note,”…

Dwight Zimmerman and Wayne Vansant’s book: The Vietnam War: A Graphic History delivers an amusing account and perception on the Vietnam War in North and South Vietnam, as well as an account in America at this period in time. This book is an exceptional source to teachers, students, and war enthusiasts. The book answers the question of what it remained like to be a citizen living in America at the time of the Vietnam War and what it was like to be a shoulder fighting in this horrid war. Starting…

was a great opportunity to learn about cultures I knew very little about, and to see UND students perform their talents. Some things that stood out for me include the fact that it just wasn’t black Africans that were a part of this event, but also North Africans were also a part of the show. I thought this was important, as many different colors…

The Mandan’s of the Great Plains Region The Mandan Indians were a tribe living among other Indians within the Great Plains region. The Great Plains is basically the central area in North American. The Great Plains region consists of various states like Iowa, the Dakotas, Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota, and Missouri. It ranges from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains. The general region of the Great Plains has a geography typically described as “miles and miles of flat land and gently…

orogeny • prevailing theory (flat slab subduction) 1. Very low angle subducting slab 2. rubbing against underside of North American plate 3. first proposed by william dickinson (1978) 4. another good paper Peter Bird (1988) • Alternative theories 1. Craig jones - suction model 2. (maxson, Tikoff 1996) - Hit and run collision model "I 'll come back to it" Introduction Within the North American cordillera there lies an expansive region of mountain ranges, basins, and plateaus, stretching…