Osage Nation

Life is a series of conquests and compromises. Battles are fought between countries, groups of people, or even within the self. Control is the goal of these battles, the state of having power over other people or even just power over oneself. After battling is ceased, a winner is declared in most cases, making them the ones who managed a conquest. This aura of superiority glorifies and gratifies its host. Compromise is a shared conquest and defeat of the parties involved in the battle.…

Thesis: After reading Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki-Houston, it has been revealed that the divided society of Canada and the internment camp Manzanar are similar and disparate in numerous ways. Both Canada and Manzanar have comparable experiences with the internment of citizens. During both World Wars, internment camps were not an unfamiliar subject, in fact, many governments issued them. In both countries, citizens were forced from their homes into these camps by a law or order the…

Humanity has had several instances falling upon hard times, whether it is war, plague, or natural disasters, and undoubtedly, WWII was one of these instances. It was an ugly 6-year war, where there were an estimated 40 million casualties at minimum. WWII left victims of the Holocaust, veterans, and countries physically and mentally shattered. For a while, Great Britain was one of them. Although they had been part of the Allied force, fighting against Italy, Germany, and Japan, the war left them…

Patriarchy and the Marginalization of Aboriginal Women addresses multiple topics in regards to the effects of colonialism, the introduction of the Indian Act and its detrimental effects in pertinence to the Indigenous Peoples of Canada, specifically First Nations women. Stark also explores the colonial/pre-colonial political identity of Indigenous women. In addition, Stark examines how patriarchal design of the Indian Act served in its ability to not only redefine the roles of women, but to…

Culture implies a variety of things. It encompasses complex systems of thought and belief across a group. It provides structure to the morality and behavior of a community-not only directing their actions, but providing context as to why they act that way. Naturally, the culture one grows up in helps build their identity, as does the language they speak, the social class they belong to, and the country that breeds them. How atrocious, then, is the act of transforming one’s indigenous culture…

were propped up and inspired across the world. Almost instantaneously human rights became a predominant ideology that influenced political systems in America, Latin America, and the Soviet Union and its Satellite Nations. Many human rights activists sought to establish sovereign nation states that strayed away from colonial rule, therefore resulting in the rights for citizenship. Human rights became an idealistic ideology that was intended to grant unalienable rights to all human beings,…

Environmental Institutions Success and Failures Globalization has been beneficial for many countries; there has been a bigger flow of information between countries, cultures are intermingling, and there is now a global market for companies and consumers who can access products from different countries. However, globalization has also created issues as well. One issue I will be focusing on is the environmental impact of globalization. “Industry, mass consumption and the increased energy needs of…

So why does the theory proposed in section 2 help explain the failure of the League of Nations better than the one in section 3? The answer lies in the historical background leading up to the formation of the League of Nations. The LN was a massive endeavor aimed at controlling or limiting various aspects of the independent militaries as well as the European economy. The treaty of Versailles attempted to…

The Ransom of Mercy Carter takes place in 1704 and is based off of the historical settlement of Deerfield, Massachusetts. The story follows 11-year old Mercy Carter from the moment she is kidnapped by the Mohawk Indians through her journey to her captor’s Kahnawake Indian Village in Canada. In her time with the Mohawk tribe, she is adopted into one of their families and given a name to resemble her new life as an Indian. Her transformation from an English girl to a Mohawk Indian is the…

Introduction A combination of different nations developed human right instruments and formulae of implementation in United Nations General Assembly. The United Nation declaration and convention aimed in ensuring all the states and countries including Australia upholds development and safeguarding Human Right. The major issues was strengthening universal declaration of human right through the United Nations general assembly that was conducted back in 1948. During the convention, the countries…