Pueblo

the British at New Orleans.” 1846-1848 brought on the next significant battle for the Marines in the Mexican war were they took over several enemy seaports on the Gulf and Pacific coasts. Marines later linked up with General Winfield Scott’s army at Pueblo fighting their way into the “Halls of Montezuma,” Mexico City. The Civil War had most Maries ashore and afloat with the Navy, but a battalion of Marines fought at the battle of Bull Run a notable battle in the history of the Marine Corps.…

Woodrow Wilson got the most out of his presidency term, and his life. 2 years after Woodrow was elected in 1912 the First World War broke out in Hungary. Wilson was specifically acknowledged because of his 14 points speech and his plan on post World War One world peace. Because of Wilson's peaceful strategies for America's war tactics, Woodrow Wilson won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1920, a ceremony which he could not attend. Wilson's greatest challenge as being the president of the United States…

In today’s diverse and changing age there are many different forms of religion and how it is practiced. Their are the ancient methods that are studied by historians and psychologists, as well as many other studies. There cultures are often times Greek, Buddhism, Pagan, and early forms of Christianity. In the modern time period Christianity is what is seen throughout most of the country, but every religion has spread and gained slight popularity. The lesser known regions have their own special…

In their documentary called " The Devil 's mine" , Kief Davidson and Richard Ladkani portrait the mining near the city of Potosí. By a perspective of Basilio Vargas, a fourteen-year-old Bolivian boy who work in one of the Cerro Rico 's mines, the directors show us the labor condition of work and life of people on that field. Basilio Vargas is the firstborn in a family of a widow mother and two more siblings. Working in a small and improductive mine, he and his younger brother work for longs…

Ceremony, Tayo’s struggle between self-destructiveness and healing from the trauma he has endured symbolizes the larger theme of reconciliation between the modern world and the traditional beliefs of his indigenous heritage. Tayo returns to the Laguna Pueblo reservation from fighting in the Philippines carrying the weight of trauma and a different…

In modern times, the western approach towards nature and Life is practical in the sense that it can all be explained by a scientific phenomenon. Due to this mentality, spiritual connections to our roots, nature and Life, are abysmal. To Linda Hogan, writer of Dwellings, this inauspicious approach confirms a detachment from “the treaties once made with [nature]”(11), to which Native Americans dearly hold on to. Throughout Dwellings, Hogan recounts significant experiences that enable her to inch…

willing and eager everyone was to be apart of something greater than themselves. We started to chant things like, “Hands up, don't shoot!” and “No justice, no peace, no racist police!”. We even started to chant in spanish saying things like, “!El pueblo, unido, jamás sera vencido!” which translates to, “The people, united, will never be defeated!”. At this moment I felt unstoppable, like nothing could touch us. The police showed up, and sort of acted as our escort. They remained to the side,…

Women’s role in society drastically changed from the development of European colonies up to the American Revolution. During the early development of European colonies, we’ll look at the lives of Native American women and their roles in society and how they changed through the colonization of North America. Specifically, I’ll look at the life of Pocahontas and Jikonsahseh, prominent Native American women. I will look at enslaved women from their initial arrival until the abolishment of slavery by…

needed to find an alternate food supply when confronted with the fact that their hunter-gatherer lifestyle would not be able to support a growing population (Rivera & Martinez 5). Descendants of the Anasazis, the Tewa, Tiwa, and Keresan tribes of the Pueblos, continued the water systems, but built upon what the Anasazis had already started (Rivera & Martinez 6). In the late 1500s, conquistadores from Spain entered the area and noticed “their resemblance to Spanish irrigation channels” (Rivera &…

McNally. It is based on the Manuel Puig novel El Beso de la Mujer Araña. “Congressional Recognition” by Members of the Congress of the United States Of America, “Great Seal of the City of Atlantic City” Atlantic City, New Jersey 2006 by “The Nuestro Pueblo Award Art & Entertainment” HAAC (Hispanic Alliance Of Atlantic City) 2006, Honorary Lifetime Achievement Award “Mortales De Honor 2013” In grateful recognition of his outstanding artistic and civic contribution…