Totem pole

Alaska. The Tlingit traditionally got much of their food by fishing, with salmon as the main food source. They also hunted seals and sea otters and gathered wild berries and roots. The Tlingit used cedar wood from nearby forests to build houses, totem poles, canoes, dishes, utensils, and other objects using wood primarily. Villages were located near good fishing grounds and safe landing places for canoes, often along the beaches of a bay sheltered from the tides.…

The Journey of Survival Through Life and Nature “ Life comes from physical survival; but the good life comes from what we care about.” This quote by Rollo May sums up the theme of this book perfectly. Throughout the story Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen Cole learns how to survive in life and in nature. Cole is a troubled teen who has had far too many run-ins with the law. Now Cole has the option of joining the circle of justice and being banished in hope for him to heal and straighten up…

existence since mankind was born although kingdoms in the middle ages were most known for it. It is a social and political structure for a governed body of people. A feudal system consisted of four classes of people. The peasants were the lowest on the totem pole. Often peasants consisted of slaves and poor people that worked in the fields for a place to stay and food to eat. The lords governed the peasants and the peasants gave them labor as a service. Knights would patrol the lord’s land and…

unique environment. Their environment is cool and humid. They also have a special house. Their houses are made like big domes, it kind of looks like a giant egg. Their artwork has no rivals. The Haida take 20 foot poles and carve spirit faces into them and paint them,this is called a totem pole, it can represent a family's social states. The Haida sometimes sound like they’re the same as everyone else, but they…

The first reading addressed was “Settling differences: Managing and representing people and land in the Canadian national project.” by Eva Mackey. One of the first concepts Mackey discusses is the idea of “white settler innocence” (p. 26), which explores how European settlement in Canada claimed to be superordinate to the Native people already residing on the land, but seemingly treated them fairly, giving them land and autonomy, when in fact their intent was secretly selfish. Because of this…

The access to affordable healthcare should be available to all citizens in the United States, no matter the cost. The magnitude of human lives greatly outweighs the expenditures paid by taxpayers. Healthcare is a legitimate factor in the United States government and cannot be outsourced to private companies who would use and abuse the industry. The increase in health insurance premiums would eventually cause a decline in the economy and deteriorating citizen health. Furthermore, offering…

Peggy Feury, a female actress on Broadway, on television, and in films, was born on June 20, 1924, in Jersey city of New Jersey. Peggy’s real name is Margaret Traylor. Feury’s father’s name is Richard feury and her mother’s names is Margaret Feury. Peggy had only one sibling and that was her younger sister Elinor Feury. As peggy graduated from high school, she went to the Barnard college located in New York city. Soon after she graduated Barnard, Peggy then attended the Yale school of drama.…

Good evening, and thank you for giving me and Mr. Gladwell the opportunity to speak tonight. In chapter 7 of the Outliers Gladwell examines the correlation between the uptick in plane crashes for Korean Air and what he believes is due to one’s cultural upbringing. Gladwell brings Geert Hofstede work and ideology to support his claim. Specifically, what Hofstede called “Power Distance Index” (PDI) which shows the correlation between one’s culture values and respect to authority (p. 204-205) While…

Prologue 74). The Manciple handles this by giving more wine to an already dangerously-drunken Cook, further throwing his ethics into question. The Manciple's Portrait is not the only example we get of someone who tricks those who are above him on the totem pole (see the Reeve for another one). His successful face-off against "an heep of lerned men" (General Prologue 577) suggests that there's scholarly savvy, and then there's financial savvy, and sometimes the twain ne'er shall meet. It also…

The Northwest Native American Culture Region adapted the best to their unique climate and environment by using their resources such as their food sources, housing and tools. These where extremely important to the people because they where items that let them live day to day in premature settlement. This is show easily as it was the longest Region stretching across the entire coastline. Each of these they made/used for different purposes. All of this was vary good to expand as a region/culture.…