Northwest Territory

The Tlingit indians are the northernmost of the Northwest Indian Tribes. The Northwest Indian tribes, consist of the Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, Kwakiutl, Bella Coola, Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka), Coast Salish, and Chinook tribes. They mostly live in northwest area of California, and Alaska. The Tlingit traditionally got much of their food by fishing, with salmon as the main food source. They also hunted seals and sea otters and gathered wild berries and roots. The Tlingit used cedar wood from…

major rivers that flowed west into the Pacific. Ideally a village consisted of several separate houses, fish-drying racks, food, raw materials, and sweathouses. They inhabit the forest areas between the Great Bear and Great Slave lakes in the Northwest Territories. They lived in skin covered tents or sometimes in lodges often made from cedar. Traditionally, the Dogrib fished and hunted, subsisting on caribou, which were trapped or speared. Moose, rabbits, fish, and water birds were also…

There are three important reasons that the Native Americans got the worst gain out the American revolution, one of is that that the Natives were completely ignored in the talk about the Northwest Ordinance. The Northwest Ordinance was…

three-quarters of Arctic Ocean coastline with Russia (Bonikowsky). However, international opportunism has led countries such as the United States to claim the Northwest Passage that lies within the Arctic Archipelago as an international strait belonging to all. The benefits of a Northwest Passage open to all nations is clear. The Northwest Passage is opening during the summer months due to melting sea ice. The Passage will introduce a new phase globalization, as the mega ports of the North…

the Arctic, freeing up the Northwest Passage. The scramble for claim has made Russia, The Faroe…

Confederacy below the leadership of Mohawk Joseph goose. goose inspired tribes to share possession of their territory and pool their resources and personnel to defend that territory against invasive settlers. Tecumseh LED a gaggle of raiders in these efforts, offensive yankee boats attempting to form their approach down the river. These raids were very undefeated, nearly removing stream access to the territory for a time. In 1791 he more tested himself at…

experiences of the Northwest Campaign against the British and the Indians, Lewis and Clark fashioned the bonds of an enduring friendship. On March 6, 1801, Lewis, as a young Army Captain in Pittsburgh, received a letter from the soon to be President who was Thomas Jefferson. He was offering Lewis a position as his secretary-aide. The letter said, "Your knowledge of the Western country, of the army, and of it's interests and relations…

THE HISTORY OF THE ALCAN HIGHWAY The idea of laying a roadway to connect the United States with the North American continent’s ‘far north’ can be traced all the way back to the Yukon gold rushes of the 1890’s. It wasn’t till about the 1930’s that they started putting the idea into effect. The Alaska territorial legislature commission worked out different possibilities and routes. It took the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor to finally get the work started which is kind of unfortunate. When…

trail they could continue west to California or could head northwest to Oregon. Most of the people that traveled to California, went farmland and had a chance to get rich in the gold fields. Starting in the 1830’s, the only way to get through the West Mountain Range was to go through the Oregon-California Trail. (pg.87) In the Kansas-Nebraska Act some of the southern states had blocked most attempts to allow settlement into the Louisiana Territory. A man named Stephen A. Douglas knew that he…

Journal Activity 3.2: Mental Health Legislation in the NWT Similar to other jurisdictions across Canada, the Northwest Territories (NWT) has its own mental health legislation which describes how residents with mental health challenges can be supported. Among other things, the legislation determines how to care for individuals who may require voluntary or involuntary admission to a mental health facility. In the NWT, the mental health legislation has undergone recent public review. By October…