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South Dakota Essays and Term Papers
The Contact Zone-PrattThe idea of the contact zone is intended in part to contrast with ideas of community that underlie much of the thinking about language, communication, and culture that gets done in academy (507).
- Mary Louise Pratt
Arts of the Contact Zone
In her lecture turned essay, Arts of the Contact ...
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Sexual Violence Against Native AmericansEuropean colonization in the Americas is what started the centuries of conflict between the immigrating Europeans and the indigenous Native Americans. Diseases were brought from overseas settlers, some possibly intentionally, which wiped out Native American villages. The Natives were murdered, ...
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Saving SourdiName: Phan Thị Thanh Tuyền
Student's code: 7096551
SAVING SOURDI
May-Lee Chan
In "Saving Sourdi," Nea emerges as the hero of May-Lee Chai's short story. Though Sourdi is the story's object, Nea is the subject that the story follows from first-perspective. As she watches helplessly as ...
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Resettlement of the WestThe settlement, or more accurately, the resettlement of the American West, was one of the most dramatic events of the late 19th century. Discuss the role of the railroads in making this possible, and how mining, cattle-driving, and farming contributed to the larger process. If the new arrivals in ...
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The Early Nineteenth CentoryThe early nineteenth century was an era of tremendous growth and change
for the new nation. This is a thesis statement that will be proven true in my
essay. And why don't I begin with one of our greatest presidents, Thomas
Jefferson.
On March fourth, 1801, Thomas Jefferson was elected ...
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The Civil WarOn paper the North was far stronger than the South. It had two and a
half times as many people, and it possessed far more ships, miles of
railroad, and manufacturing enterprises. Southerners, however, had the
advantage of fighting on home ground with better military leadership. But
Union ...
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The Civil WarOn paper the North was far stronger than the South. It had two and a
half times as many people, and it possessed far more ships, miles of
railroad, and manufacturing enterprises. Southerners, however, had the
advantage of fighting on home ground with better military leadership. But
Union ...
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Native AmericansThe first people to inhabit the Americas were the Indians. Their settlements ranged across the Western Hemisphere and were built on many of the sites where modern cities now rise. They hunted deer, buffalo, and other game and cultivated land where today crops are still grown. Their hunters, ...
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Theodore Roosevelt: Twenty-Sixth President 1901-1909Theodore Roosevelt was the second of four children. He was born in New
York City on October 27, 1858 of Dutch, Welsh, Scottish, Irish, French and
German heritage. Partially due to poor health, he suffered from Asthma and
bad vision, he was educated by tutors until he entered Harvard ...
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Native AmericansNative Americans
Through out the history when humans walked the earth there always has been a dominant group trying to convert people different from them into sharing their beliefs and cultures. There has been many different process that these dominant groups have tried to convert their sub ...
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Prescribed BurningIt's a promising tool, this idea of to defuel forests and help restore ecosystem health. But it's risky business, too, and smoke clouds public acceptance.
I THOUGHT FIRE SEASON HAD ENDED. BUT THE SCENT OF PINE SMOKE IN MY NOSTRILS LATE LAST OCTOBER TOLD ME SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
Deep in Oregon's ...
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The Nature And Scope Of School Violence State And Local PerspectiveThe Nature and Scope of School Violence State and Local Perspective
While national data contribute significantly to our understanding of school safety, they may not be the most useful source of information for States, districts, or schools in assessing the frequency and scope of school-related ...
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The Lewis And Clark ExpeditionThe Lewis and Clark Expedition that explored the territory of the Louisiana Purchase and the country beyond as far as the Pacific Ocean.Thomas Jefferson had long considered the project of a western expedition. Encouraged John Ledyard when he proposed an expedition in the 1780's. As president he ...
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Lewis And Clarkare two names forever linked. These two names, the last names of Meriwether and William respectively, are that of two of the greatest explorers in the history of the United States. With the help of Indians and a group of brave men, the vast area west of the Mississippi River was the object of ...
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The Plot Of Great GatsbyNick Carraway, the narrator, is a young Midwesterner who, having graduated from Yale in 1915 and fought in World War I, has returned home to begin a career. Like others at the time, he is restless and has decided to move East to New York and learn the bond business. The story opens early in the ...
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Wyatt Earpwas born on March 19, 1848. He is the son of Nicholas Earp, a lawyer/farmer and Virginia Earp and was born at 406 South Third Street, Monmouth, Illinois. Wyatt was given the name of his father\'s Army captain.
When Wyatt was quiet young, his two older brother, James and Virgil, went off to fight ...
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Crazy Horse36 Years of and His People
When I think back to the stories about how the Native American Indians were driven from their land and forced to live on the reservations, one particular event comes to my mind. That event is the Battle of the Little BigHorn. This was one of the few times that the ...
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Capital Punishment An Overview The question with which we must deal is not whether a substantial proportion of American citizens would today, if polled, opine that is barbarously cruel, but whether they would find it to be so in light of all information presently available.- Justice Thurgood Marshall Imagine a ...
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The Battle Of Little Big HornWhen I think back of the stories that I have heard about how the Native American Indians were driven from their land and forced to live on the reservations one particular event comes to my mind. That event is the Battle of the Little Big Horn. It is one of the few times that the Oglala Sioux made ...
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The Great Gatsby: DoublenessAll of this doubleness Fitzgerald puts into the novel you are about to read: The Great Gatsby. As you begin reading think about Nick Carraway, the narrator of the novel, and Jay Gatsby, the hero of the novel, as the two sides of Fitzgerald. Think of Fitzgerald as putting into his two main ...
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