Wyoming

Nineteenth Century Progress In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, there are many instances mentioned that contain themes of discrimination towards African Americans and portray both, stereotypical views against women and gender roles. These instances were commonly found in the daily lives of those living before and throughout the 1800s. These ignorant and very prevalent ideas were challenged during the late nineteenth century by many people that believed in the fight for equality. With time and…

Most high school kids play sports like baseball, basketball, football, or they are in some kind of after school activity. All of those sports and activities are awesome during school, but when summer came around there wasn’t much to do in my tiny town of Julian located in Central Pennsylvania. Instead of staying home all summer and twiddling my thumbs day in and day out. When I was fifteen I decided that I wanted to try something different I wanted to get into the sport of riding bucking horses…

Common Health Problems in Laramie County and State Comparison Laramie County has several health-related issues shown in the statistics provided by the Laramie County Comprehensive Needs Assessment. The two major health problems that I am choosing to analyze include obesity and heart disease. When comparing Laramie County’s health problems to the state average, the data will better direct and individual when exploring if the problem is specifically linked to Laramie County. Understanding the…

1822I led as a chief from 1868 to 1909. I am one of the most capable Native American opponents the United States Army faced; I led a successful campaign in 1866 to 1868 known as Red Cloud's War over control of the Powder River Country in northeastern Wyoming and southern Montana. My parents named me after an unusual weather event. My mother, Walks as She Thinks, was a member of the Oglala Sioux and my father, Lone Man, was Brule Sioux. When I was around 5 years old, I lost my father. Following…

The Comanche Indians were once part of the northern Shoshone tribe of Wyoming, but split off from them and migrated to their modern location in the Southern Plains. They were great warriors and did not indulge in religious practices or even use folktales or legends often. The economy was based on their lifestyle which made the Comanches difficult to defeat. With the difficulty to defeat, this made the Comanches one of the earliest groups to have money. The Comanches have a history as being known…

I think that way America is holding up the ideals of the Declaration of Independence today can be described as very “meh”. We could be doing a lot worse at protecting the principles of our declaration and the basic rights of people, as seen in other parts of the world, but there is still room for improvement. I think principle 1,2, and 3 of the Declaration of Independence are being treated okay in some ways, but not in others. Regarding principles 3, I think this one is being upheld the best.…

10.8.15 Unable to attend the exhibitions at The Museum of Northern Arizona or Coconino Center for the Arts, I went downtown to the Shane Night Gallery. The gallery is set up with images lining the walls, some images are near the bottom, and resting backwards- their frames resting against the walls others rest on a shelf in the same manner. There is very little in the gallery besides art. The whole gallery has an antique and rustic feel. The flawed wood in the floor and the rough texture of…

covered hundreds of kilometres when local watering holes dried up and food became scarce. Evidence that giant sauropods set off on epic journeys came to light when scientists examined fossilised teeth recovered from the remains of beasts unearthed in Wyoming and Utah in the US. The analysis of 32 teeth belonging to two species of Camarasaurus, among the most common sauropods found in North America, suggests the creatures migrated during hot, dry summers, from their usual habitats on flood…

HBLL, Brigham Young University , 3 Sept. 2014, sites.lib.byu.edu/worldhistory/folklore-william-a-wilson-folklore-archives/popular-search-topics/skin-walkers-navajo-legend/) I first heard this myth from a friend who is a Shoshone descendent here in Wyoming. He had me so intrigued when the story came to an end I wanted to know more. I later researched it for this paper and found out his descriptions to be in favor of the research. He described the skin walker, saying he, his mother, and a few…

October 7, 1998. He was a gay college student that attended the University of Wyoming in Laramie and he was abducted and…