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    Located in the northern third of the Superior National Forest in northeastern Minnesota, Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCA) is some 1 million acres of amazing and unique landscape. Stretching more than 150 miles along the International Boundary adjacent to Quetico Provincial Park, Canada, and sharing boundaries with Voyageurs National Park, BWCA features roughly 1200 miles of canoe routes, some 2000 designated campsites, and a dozen hiking trails. Before the name was changed to BWCA,…

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    In 2008, experts reported that there were around 926 active hate groups in the United states, and in 2011, that number rose to 1,018 (Potok).The United States is known as a melting point composed of a variety of cultures, ethnicities, races, religons,and beliefs,fusing together as a harmonious whole. Although Americans possess the freedoms of self-expression and equality for all, prejudice still exists as a relevant conflict within society. Instead of the harmonious blending of cultures, there…

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    part of the first group of Native Americans that fall under the general name of Plains Indians are: Blackfoot, Arapaho, Assiniboine, Cheyenne, Comanche, Crow, Gros Ventre, Kiowa, Lakota, Lipan, Plains Apache (or Kiowa Apache), Plains Cree, Plains Ojibwe, Sarsi, Nakoda (Stoney), and…

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    Now that we have gained new knowledge about the mistreatment of Native Americans, we have the responsibility to do something with this knowledge. To let this knowledge go to waste would be disrespectful not only to you (our instructor), but also to present day Native Americans who are being continuously mistreated by our government and our citizens. Using the knowledge we have gained from our readings and from lectures we are able to demonstrate our knowledge and new ideas by trying to make…

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    She abandoned her Ojibwe beliefs and converted to Catholicism, which may be good after all the things that have happened recently involving her. Pauline had a child with the aid of Bernadette because there were some birth complications. Pauline stayed with Fleur for a little…

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    future and ones success in life. The novel The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich is a combination of stories from the past merged into one narrative. The five narrators recount the testimonies of their ancestors to discover the history of Pluto and the Ojibwe reservation. These narrators include Evelina Harp, John Wildstrand, Judge Antonne Coutts, Marne Peace, and Cordelia Lochern. Although not related by blood, they are connected by the murder of the Lochern family, which resulted in the…

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    The Discovery of America The discovery of the Americas and Christophers Columbus’s greatest accomplishment is considered to be the greatest misfortune to befall the Native Americans. The goals of the explorers while at first seemed innocent, quickly changed to greed and the eventual extinction of many Native American cultures. There was some dissonance initially between humanity of the native people and rationalizing them to be less than animals. While the Church itself remained neutral for far…

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    They are a tribe of Native Americans. They migrated from western Montana Southward into the Rocky Mountains in Colorado in the 17th and 18th centuries, and finally into the Southern Plains by the early 19th century. In 1867, the Kiowa moved to a reservation in southwestern Oklahoma. Their name was most given with the meaning “Principle People”. Today they are federally recognized as Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma with headquarters in Carnegie, Oklahoma.The Kiowa language is still spoken today and is…

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    The conflict was brought about when the present-day Chippewa formerly known as the Ojibwe was exercising their right to spear fish in off reservation lands that they were accustomed to given to them in rights presented in treaties signed by them and the federal government. What started the conflict was that the locals was upset that the…

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    In October of 1918 a very strong forest fire burned up a large portion of Northern Minnesota. At the time of the fire my Grandpa Arvid was around 5 years old. Although it’s called the Cloquet fire it was actually about 50 fires combined into a single event. The two major fires were the Cloquet-Duluth fire and the Moose Lake fire. Dry conditions, strong winds, and lumbering are 3 reasons why the fire was so out of control. Conditions were building for months. The summer of 1918 was extremely dry…

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