Plains Indians

The dust bowl It’s been eighty years since the dust bowl roared across the southern great plains. This massive dust storm blew from 1934 – 1937 forcing millions to flee their homes with most heading west to California This massive, destructive storm was both manmade and a natural disaster. It was caused by the lack of dryland farming to prevent erosion and severe drought. The dust bowl affected these states; Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Colorado, and Kansas. The worst storm occurred on…

erosion on land. Farmers over planted and overgrazed their lands, they also failed to plant drought resistant crops so when the crops dried out there was no way to topsoil them. The great depression caused the farmers not to plant as much crops as usual plains were left with barren protective grasses. Lasted about a decade, it mostly…

In my opinion is that the government should make the canyon a park. The canyon would make an excellent park for people to go and enjoy. Where is Georgia's "Little Grand Canyon" The Canyon is located in Bumpkin, Georgia. It is near the Alabama border. The canyon was not a really a canyon. In the 1800s farmers began growing the time period's most profitable crop. The way they made the area look like it is today is by cutting down all the trees and started plowing and planting seeds in long…

I chose to analyze the song Dust Storm Disaster by Woody Guthrie. The overall message of this song is what the people who lived during the Dust Bowl had seen and had gone through. Guthrie’s lyrics explained how terrible the dust storms were and resulted in a family move. The song lyrics that expressed the message throughout the song was “...You could see that dust storm comin', the cloud looked deathlike black ...We rattled down that highway to never come back again.” The descriptive lyrics…

I am Chief Joseph, popular by Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt. I was born on March 3, 1840, in Wallowa Valley, Oregon Territory. When the United States attempted to force the Nez Perce to move to a reservation in 1877, I reluctantly agreed. Following the killing of a group of white settlers, tensions erupted again, so I tried to lead my people to Canada, in what is considered one of the great retreats in military history. I am the leader of one band of the Nez Perce people. My formal Native American…

St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin Research Paper There are several federally recognized tribes in the state of Wisconsin. Tribes can be located in a variety of areas and are typically groups of people tied together by religious, cultural, or even economic beliefs. One of the tribes located in Wisconsin that I found particularly interesting was the St. Croix Chippewa Indians. Before researching this tribe I only heard of them, so by getting to read more about them I got an insight on their…

Dakota Nation(Santee) Native cultures of the americas Traditional location of Sioux tribes prior to 1770 (dark green) and their current reservations (orange) Ashley Rodriquez MYP American history (1st hr) October 19, 2015 The Dakota tribe was one of the three bands of Sioux a Native American tribe that resided in the upper lands of North America .The Dakota Sioux to was a nomadic tribe that traveled between Lands to live in the best hunting and gathering grounds. this…

the drought that affected almost two-thirds of the United States and parts of Mexico and Canada. The Dust Bowl became infamous for its severe dust storms that, and the economic effects of the Great Depression, drew the populace away from the Great Plains further west (Schubert, Suarez, Pegion, Koster, & Bacmeister, 2004). There are two main causes of the Dust Bowl; the drought and the failure of farmers to employ proper farming techniques that led to a loss in wind erosion. The…

The Destructive Blizzard of 1888 The violent and frigid storm on January 12, 1888 made a very dark mark in American history. The gruesome storm otherwise known as “The Murderous Blizzard” wiped out numerous places throughout the Midwest. Places such as Nebraska, Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota were covered with thick blankets of icy snow. Many were forced to suffer through frigid temperatures and grueling circumstances. The horrific blizzard killed more than four hundred people, kept…

Donald Woster, the Hall of Distinguished Professor of American History at the University of Kansas, once said “Suddenly there appeared on the northern horizon a black blizzard, moving toward them; there was no sound, no wind, nothing but an immense ‘boogery’ cloud.” This quote sums up the horror of the infamous Dust Bowl. However, this was not the first time that a natural disaster had a personal or economic effect on the country. In 1896 when The East St. Louis tornado hit Missouri, ten…