Seminole

made by the authors deceased wife, is related to a mix tape that reflects a certain aspect of the author’s life as it developed. The second chapter is focused on tape that contained nothing except for a customized mix of the last few minutes of the seminole McCartney crafted hit Hey Jude. The author uses this odd mix tape as both an opportunity to explore his relationship with his father, his role model for being a man and husband, and to expand on the reasons why a musics fan living in the end…

Slaves who ran away were dangerous to the establishment of the slave system. War equipped the opportunity for mass escapes. Numerous slaves became free during the War of 1812 and the War of Independence. Slaves had no or little intelligence of geography. Harriet Tubman escaped slavery and drove hundreds of enslaved people to freedom utilizing the Underground Railroad. Harriet Tubman was born Araminta “Minty” Ross in late February or early March of 1822. She was born on the plantation of…

Here is Marine Corporal Jose Armenta in his tent on the night before getting blown up in Afghanistan. He jokes with Mulrooney and Berry and the medic the guys have nicknamed “Christ.” He feeds and waters his dog, Zenit, a sable-coat German shepherd. He lets Buyes, who will be dead in three months, ruffle Zenit’s fur, for the radioman is crazy about the dog. Then he takes Zenit outside in the waning light of this dusty, desert otherworld to train. They’re happiest like this. Jose has Zenit sit,…

The Strategic Regional Policy Plan (SRPP) of East Central Florida is an important document because it sets out the initiative and plan to improve the way East Central Florida looks and functions in the next 50 years. This plan includes Orange, Seminole, Brevard, Lake, Volusia, Osceola, and Polk Counties. Every community, every region, for that matter, has rules for growth and development. They are based on growth policies and values, whether we realize it or not. And the rules we have been using…

Racial prejudices have been a part of European culture since the Roman Empire. It seems that no matter the era or location, the lighter skinned race has always take precedence over the darker skinned race. Native Americans, or the red skins as they were once called, were no exception to this racism. They were taken as slaves, tortured, and treated as if they were inhuman. This prejudge raged on for centuries in several forms. Sometimes the tribes would have their land stripped from them;…

Junior year was an exciting year. I was no longer a baby under classman, and I had finally graduated into being an upper classman. Softball had a different feeling this year. I still loved playing and my teammates, but some of my teammates did not. Most of the ones that were ready for the season to be over were seniors. This meant the juniors really had to step it up. We never truly came together as one unit. We still had a winning season, and even hosted the region tournament. Region tournament…

Ever felt unwanted or out of place in your own country? Welcome to the story of The Inconvenient Indian : a curious account of native people in North America. The Inconvenient Indian written by the brilliant Thomas King is a nearly immaculate novel developing upon the relations between native and non-natives through the early 19th century up until the modern day. King is a Native American originating from Sacramento, California, who achieved a PhD in English from the University of Utah and has…

Arguably one of the most impactful events that ever occurred in world history was the discovery of the Americas by Christopher Columbus. We all know of the hundreds of Spaniards under the command of Cortez and Pizarro that ousted the Aztec and Inca empires. We also know of the horrid details of how the Europeans gained control of the new world and the other parts of the Americas. But in a smaller scope there are several facts and myths associated with the formation of the new world. In the book…

Confederate States of America, the Confederacy had decided to pay all of the annuities that the Government of the United States had provided. After the Civil War, the tribes that were apart of the Confederacy were severely punished. The tribe of the Seminoles was required to sell their reservations and then had to go buy a new piece of land somewhere else. Most of the other tribes were told to give up half of the territory that they had in Oklahoma. The land there would become a reservation…

In the past few years migration has changed drastically. People from all over the world are looking for a better way of life. People migrate because of the weather, the economy, a different life style, and other reasons. Economics and oppression make people move to other countries or locations looking for better living standards. There are two main factors that influence migration. Firstly the push factors, secondly the pull factors. The push factors are the reasons forcing a migrant to leave…