White Earth Indian Reservation

Small businesses would greatly benefit Karenslope for a plethora of reasons, more so than any other idea presented at the town hall meeting. All other options either harm Karenslope in some way or another, or do nothing to make it better. Small businesses are locally run, provide jobs, and do very little environmental damage. While clear-cutting around Karenslope would result in many jobs and economic benefits, the nature and biodiversity around Karenslope would be devastated to a point past…

broken down, leaving him stranded on the reservation. This forced Nerburn to tag along with Dan on an adventure and just record the stories and events that took place on the adventure. Unaware at the time, Nerburn’s truck had probably broken down because of Dan; this is because Dan noticed that Nerburn was ready to give up and knew that if he had the motivation, Nerburn could write the book that he needed. Dan knew from a history of Native American/white-dominate interactions that Nerburn needed…

were several policies that the government put in place to develop the west. First, trans pacific railroad act helped create transportation to the west. Second, Homestead Act gave people a reason to move to the west. Lastly, the Dawes Act and the reservation policy is what ultimately diminished the old…

wants for the audience to grab attention to keep them wanting more. Another theme Edrich imposes is oppression which was upon “to the old times Indians who was swept away in the outright germ warfare and dirty-dog killing of the [White Americans]” which in the time frame affected them by how far of what color you were depended on towards how they lived in a white society and how much her inability to move in life was affected no matter what (616). As mentioned the color you have represented the…

the pueblo road that make up the Indian reservation the main characters live in. It’s unclear when the story is supposed to take place, but based on the technology used and…

enter around back; the front is a 200 foot cliff. The chapel uses this cliff to frame a large cross. The cross strikes from the top of the building straight down between the rocks to give the impression that the chapel soars above, tethered to the earth by the cross itself. The whole building simultaneously pulls away and pushes into the ground. My wife finds it incomparable, as did American Institute of Architects, who gave it their Award of Honor in…

punishment as unconstitutional because of the amount of money used (1), the racial biases (2), the methods of death (3), and the people who are not being given the freedom of cruel and unusual punishment (4). Capital punishment has been around on Earth for thousands and thousands of years, which has…

Childhood Concept – Old After eating dinner at his great aunt and uncle’s farm house in Gardner, Colorado, he remembers looking at his great uncle and thinking, “this man is ancient.” The eight year old boy stared at his uncle with both fear and interest. His uncle was sitting on a faded, dusty orange chair that looked like it was made at least 50 years ago. The fabric on the chair was worn thin where years and years of arms resting had worn the arm fabric down. The old man’s shoes were…

a New World Cherokee ceremonial and burial rites are held very sacred and with highest of respects. The Cherokee Indians who are descendants of their sister tribe the Iroquois, lived in the southeastern parts of the United States until forced off their land and onto reservations during the mid-1800s. The Cherokees were forced to sacrifice many of their customs and rites, by the White European settlers which considered it Paganistic according to their Christian religion. Surviving through oral…

expressed today. This expression in the form of mortuary practices can be seen in places like Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota, South Dakota. Pat Janis oversees the Oglala Sioux Tribe’s Burial Assistance Program. He is a spiritual leader in a community that faces more death, at a younger age, than the vast majority of American culture. He admits that “After we got on the reservation, a lot of that stuff started…