Regalia

katniss meandering through the fiery remains of her obliterated area, Region 12. It's been a month since Katniss was protected from the Quarter Suppress enclosure subsequent to shooting a bolt at the power field, the same time her locale was bombarded by the Legislative hall. Amid that month, Katniss lived securely underground in the profoundly controlled Region 13, where the heart of the upheaval dwells, fueled by President Coin, whom Katniss doesn't totally trust. Katniss is attempting to…

Since the introduction of European culture to the Americas, Native American women have been either been portrayed as a squaw or a beautiful princess. And the first thing to be mentioned in a conversation between a native and non-native is that somewhere 7 generations back, their grandmother was a “Cherokee Princess.” While many natives and non-natives handle these situations well or brush it off with a light joke, there’s a over 100 years’ worth of deeper meanings behind these words. Native…

Ancient battles can make for dramatic, interesting parts of history. Archeologists expend countless resources finding the locations of these battles, excavating the remains, and validating the stories. For example, Herodotus tells of the Battle of Marathon where 192 hoplites died and were buried in a mound still visible today. When archeologists investigated the mound , they found 192 skeletons. Archeology is rarely this easy, as seen when looking into the history of the Battle in Toutenburg…

Imagine having your identity being mocked and disrespected on TV daily. You probably wouldn’t be too happy. This is a constant injustice that Native Americans have had to deal with since the beginning of sports. Different variations of Native American imagery have been used as mascots for sports teams of all types and of all levels. There are countless high school, college, and professional athletic teams that label themselves as the Indians or have mascots that are known as Indians. Since the…

Of the fifteen fantasy novel covers, there seems to be an implicit standard in employing Arthurian and medieval themes among most illustrators. The heavily romanticized rendering of the fantasy story as an archetypical tale with green dragons, enchanted weapons, and gratuitous cleavage operates as a genre identifier, similar to the burly-haired lumberjacks of romance novels. While it may seem detrimental for the genre to don a homogeneous veil, the purpose of collective identity remains. When…

The Great Towers of London The Tower of London is a series of buildings with dark histories. The Tower is the most notorious building in the Medieval Times. The tower was built about 1,000 years ago and was built by a very well known conqueror. In the early 1080’s, William the conqueror began to build the Tower of London. (“Tower of London”) Before the tower was built, William decided that the name should be “Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress” (The Tower of London). The first foundation…

The Thirty Years’ War of the Holy Roman Empire originated as a religious feud between Prosthetics and Catholics that later advanced into a political conflict across Europe. Over the course of thirty years, Europe had exhausted itself at war and was faced with devastating losses, both religiously as the divide could not be solved by war, as well as political turmoil. The evolution from religious argument to political conflict is what marks the Thirty Years War as a turning point in European…

In When the Emperor was Divine by Julie Otsuka, the father is taken away and the mother and children are sent to an internment camp during World War II due to suspicion of Japanese spies in America. They begin to lose their Japanese identity before the family leaves for the internment camp, when the woman burns most of their possessions that represent their Japanese heritage, even family photos. The family is forced to follow harsh rules in the camp and after they return home in order to conform…

who created forty-two illustrations based on his memories of the battle. The ledger drawings and accompanying testimony create a full narrative of the confrontation. Figure three depicts the Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapaho warriors riding out in full regalia on horseback. In figure four Red Horse describes the movement of horses and injury of the U.S. soldiers. He describes the killing of the soldiers as well as the robbing of their…

seemed to be a head or two taller than the others were. He had drawn his bastard sword a light played across its keen edge, but even when the moon was not there or mist was Terror grasped them by the throat as they saw him there standing in full regalia on his horse. Transfixed…