The Village

The Yurok tribe lived in the northwest cone of what today is California. Some of its people lived in villages along 45 miles of the Lower Klamath River. The tribe was one of three tribes – Karok, Tolowa, and Yurok. Yurok territory also ran along the Pacific Coast from Little River in the north, to Trinidad Bay in the south, in addition on the tribe’s inland territory along the Klamath River. Today the land would be in the northern part of Humboldt County and continue north though much of what is…

‘Women of Deh Koh: Lives in an Iranian Village,’ a beautiful, multi-faceted mosaic is painted, illustrating the every day lives of women in a modern Iranian mountain village dealing with the adversities of domestic power politics, childbirth, infertility, marriage, and old age. According to Western standards, the situations of these women are primitive and oppressive. However, to the women of Deh Koh, their situations are all they know of life. The village is sustained on gossip between the…

What do we know about Salem? Salem is a coastal town in Essex County, Massachusetts, in the United States. Salem is a New England bedrock of history and is considered one of the most significant seaports in Puritan American history. Salem was founded in 1629 by the Puritans. Puritans, the people who did not recognize the authority of the official church and followers of Calvinism in England in the XVI-XVII centuries. The increase in the refugee population in Salem, led to a shortage of arable…

the fact of the social evils that still exist in modern society right in front of the public 's eyes with nothing being done about it. In the beginning of the story I interpret a beautiful summer day with children playing about in a cute little village, you know, the kind of place where everyone knows your name and are very neighborly. There seems to be a since of excitement in the air as the children prepare for what seems to be a joyous occasion. The same man that tends to most of the other…

tried to impartially share her eye witnesses experience from the Islamic Shiite village of El Nahra with her focus on the women life in town. After reading her great work about one of the Islamic village in Meddle East named El Nahra. Hereby I would…

The Salem Witch Trial Hysteria of 1692 was caused by many factors that were of issue at the time. These factors included fear, attention seeking, and extreme religious beliefs. One summer in Salem Village, 20 people were killed and more died in the witch trial due to the hysteria that surrounded the village. The first and most obvious cause for the hysteria was the extreme religious beliefs held by the Puritans. It is not unheard of for someone to have such extreme beliefs that they actually…

strangers can affect their lifestyle. In "The Handsomest Drowned Man Alive", the story takes place at a fishing village by the sea. It's important to note how the arrival of Esteban drastically affects the scenery of the village. At the story's beginning, the village is simply a "desert like cape" with "no flowers". Later on, the village is also described as "arid" and "windless". This village appears desert-like, and the residents are fine with…

Long ago in a small village of the state of Gujurat, India during the height of British imperialism of the 18th century, the impoverished villagers struggled to make end meet with the prolonged drought and the impossibly high taxes brought about by the British officers in the state. Of course, the officers thought, the entire village must resent them. But, they reasoned with themselves; what could a village of weak Indians do anything about it? The officers were right; the villagers absolutely…

flood season the families live in houses on higher ground known as villages, and during the drought season they move down to live in camps made in the river—closer to the water.…

Cherokee and Choctaw tribes were the Creek Tribe enemies. The Creek Indians’ got their name because so many of their villages were located near to rivers and creeks The name of a famous Creek chief is Little Owl. The Creek Tribe probably lived near their enemies and allies. Location was important for protection and they had to have good materials nearby.…