The Land is Ours

the right to move into Native land and force them out and claim the land as their own. The removal is what eventually led to the Trail of Tears. Even thou Andrew Jackson was not president during Manifest destiny, his actions made Manifest Destiny legal. This signed act gave the settlers permission to expand into Native territory. By the 1840s most of the white Americans were willing to move into native territory and claim the land for their country. Their greed for land had taken over and the…

During this whole project, I have made a lot of trips to the national park. The purpose of the national park is to protect and preserve the beautiful lands of Joshua Tree. The mojave desert is a very special and beautiful desert and has the most astonishing landscapes. During my trips to the national park, I noticed some pretty amazing plants. There is a good reason that we have to preserve and protect areas like this. I recently discovered that the JTNP has an area called the transition zone…

Within the Great Depression, farming and agriculture in the South came to a standstill at the hands of the Dust Bowl. Land that was too dry and overused was made to dust that ravaged Southern sharecroppers, leaving them with nothing. This lead to families moving west in search of jobs and houses. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck narrates the reality that many Americans face during the Dust Bowl. The American Dream is a prevalent goal for many American families suffering from the Dust Bowl,…

undertakings, and how damaging their impact is to the planet as reported by John Vidal in an article published in “The Guardian”, the current way these animals are raised is more recently of interest by politicians, scientists, economists, and the UN alike. Our relationship with animals is severe and must be changed in order to help solve the human and ecological concerns, and solve the problem of the already 1 billion people who do not have enough to eat and the 3 billion more people to feed…

still happens to us and our people. And so the past is never repeated. Colonization is the process of taking control over the indigenous people in an area. In order to colonize the Indian act has formed. This act impacted and the residential schools impacted the first nations and continue to affect them today too. This act has made the first nation people now live without love and has also unable them to love. Including this, this is also a reason a lot of first nation…

Wildlife and natural resources have always been an asset the human race has depended on for food, clothing, medicine, shelter and many other needs over the past centries. Humans, in fact, have exceeded the tolerance level of goods that the natural environment can supply. Numerous studies show that many species are continuingly being affected since humans are harvesting or taking resources faster than the population can compensate for, this is best known as overexploitation (Enzor). As a visual…

Exodus experience was what sparked the Israelites faith (Frigge 60). A specific verse from the Bible that demonstrates the theme Exodus is “tell him: ‘We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand. Before our eyes, the Lord…

Chapter seven of the reading this week was about the war against Mexico. The title of the chapter was a very fitting title, because the Americans saw the Mexicans as foreigners in their own land. The Americans wanted to claim the Mexican land as their own, and pushed the native people out of their homes. One thing extremely interesting about the reading was the fact that the Irish people were fighting against the Mexicans, when the Irish were just in the same position as the Mexicans; only the…

never be reversed. Globalization, the process of integrating and interacting among ourselves and people of different nations, could never have occurred without these changes. However, they have come at the ultimate cost, the health and wellbeing of our planet. Environmental damages take numerous forms; pollution, climate change and biodiversity loss are among three of the most prevalent . There is a close linkage between ecosystem services and human wellbeing. Ecosystem services are the…

Reflecting on the topics of Indigenous identity and the significance of land covered in class, I have found that these subjects closely relate to my future career aspirations. Currently, I am pursuing a major in structural engineering at UCSD. Within this major, there are various paths one can take, including structural health monitoring, geotechnical engineering, aerospace engineering, and civil engineering. All of these paths intersect with the topics discussed in class. For instance,…