Seminole

Since the beginning of the week, when I read the syllabus for this class, I have been circling the questions posed. I have thought about these questions before yet never truly came up with a solution that satisfied me. Then tonight my son walked up with his stuffed dog in tears that he neglected Nashoba. If you are not familiar with the name, it is the word wolf in Choctaw. I found it ironic that here I am trying to write about what to call a collection of many different, for lack of different…

cannot be said for any of his predecessors. His competency in leadership at this battle can be attributed to his decorated battle experiences. After graduating from West Point, he was stationed in Florida where he helped in battles against the Seminole Indians. He also served during the Mexican American War where he was eventually promoted to first lieutenant for is actions. Finally during the early years of the Civil War, he participated in several significant operations including the…

Not many people know or have heard about the Trail of Tears. It might be a subject that some people avoid because it was such a horrible tragedy. The Trail of Tears was a forced Indian march that took place on a very long trail of 1,000 miles that led to an established Indian Territory. Our government were the ones behind this and thought it was right to remove them from their homes. These people suffered even some them died on their journey. In the end if they did survive the trail their whole…

Lacrosse Should Be For Everyone Growing up I learned that not many people in Merced County actually know what lacrosse is. Lacrosse is a field sport, just like soccer; there are goal areas on both sides of the field. Players have chest pads a helmet like football and a lacrosse stick. Most people do not know that today 's Lacrosse was influenced by a game that the Native Americans played. Lacrosse is a popular sport in other countries and in private schools, does not cost as much as football or…

1.San Francisco, California Is there a valid argument to this? With San Francisco's iconic Golden Gate bridge, innovative Silicon Valley, and notable cable cars it is the zenith of American culture and spirit. It is also important to note that STANFORD hasn’t even been pointed out. Everything about the city screams: Improve! Improve! Improve! Another interesting fact about San Francisco is that during the Great Depression not a single bank failed. San Francisco is truly the epicenter of world…

acquitting someone who is reasonably guilty. The most important reason this trial even came into existence is because George Zimmerman, age 30, who was a mainly unemployed neighborhood watchman shot and killed Trayvon, age 17, a black teenager from Seminole County Florida. Zimmerman is considered to be unemployed because he was not paid for being a neighborhood watchman and Martin was still a high school student. To quote Ted Nugent he said Martin was a, “Dope smoking, racist, gansta wanna be”…

Andrew Jackson, the seventh president(1829-1837) of the United States, played a huge factor in the development of America. Jackson the former founder of the Democratic Party(One of the two major political parties in the United States), become a democratic symbol for the country. Jackson ran two-terms as president, during his presidency Jackson extended executive powers and made Presidents role more powerful. Jackson was the first president not born in the United States, coming from another…

From the beginning of the American colonies we have known that the way the land was shaped we have grown around it and used different resources. From the time Christopher Columbus stumbled upon the Americas, we have always used the land. The Native Americans used the land for years before the English, French, Spaniards and Africans came. From the time we took to come over to the Americas, even by accident, we used the land. To get to the Americas we used water routes, the berringstreight, and…

Throughout the course of this semester we have covered a myriad of myths and how they apply. Of all the myths covered, the Native American myths always stood out most. This paper will be focused on the how the black snake and water protectors of Standing Rock North Dakota and how they can be liked in correlation of the native mythology motif. The myth under analysis is that of Uncegila, a female serpent who can be portrayed in native trickster myths. With all the chaos that has been happening…

Native Americans or American Indians are often depicted as the mascots of sports team, the brands of automobiles, and the logos of many food and tobacco products. Many believe that these depictions are honoring the indigenous people of the United States. However, these are ultimately harmful representations. In the 2014 Journal of Communication Inquiry 38(3) article, “How Many More Indians? An Argument for a Representational Ethics of Native Americans,” Debra Merskin reflects on how…