The Aleutians: A Short Story

In the mid to late 1800’s brought about the “Treaty of Cession referred to indigenous people of Alaska as "uncivilized tribes." Such designation in legislation and other agreements caused Alaska Natives to be subject to the same regulations and policies as American Indians in the United States” (Benson, 2015). This was also followed up the 1884 First Organic Act, disputing Alaskan Natives any claims for the land they occupied, and the Major Crimes Act of 1885 that would not allow natives to process any criminal acts. This prompted the start of the Alaska Native Brotherhood (ANB), this organization united all the different tribes/clans of Southeast Alaska to bond together to press the US government for equality for all Native Alaskans (Benson, 2015). For several years, the Tlingit people fought politically against the US government for control and rights to the land they inhabited for centuries. Though the Tlingits won small advantages in the battle for ownership, such as the 1935 congressional ruling that allowed both the Tlingits and the Hiada Indians the right to sue the Federal Government for a land dispute. It wasn’t until 1971, when President Nixon signed in action the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, becoming the largest land claims settlement in United States History. According to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act,

The Métis indigenous group has faced many economic struggles, oppression, assimilation of their culture, and religious conflict in the past, as well as in the present. Currently, aboriginals in Canada, specifically the Métis, are dealing with lower employment rates, high levels of incarnation, lower income levels, and poorer education compared to non-aboriginal Canadians (Joseph, Bob. 2012.). The Métis reside all across Canada, but they are mainly in Manitoba, Alberta, and Saskatchewan as well as the surrounding area of the great lakes in Ontario. The Métis made their homes along the fur trade route since they heavily relied on the trade (The Métis

Even in that very moment, his heart broke. She was drifting into a sea of pain, but he didn't know how to save her. He trusted her. Trusted. Trust was a hard thing to come by in their friendship. Everyone knew that. The pair had always gotten into fights, but for the best of reasons.

April 1st, 1999 a new territory was created when new boundaries were drawn in Canada’s northern territory, the Northwest Territories. The Inuik people that lived in the Northwest Territories were the reason behind the motivation for the separation. After a long hard process, filled with agreements and disagreements, Nunavut was finally declared its own territory and was separated from the Northwest Territories.

6.  Describe the emotions that John says Craig must have felt when he informed him of the “something sensitive”.

When taking the time to review the early beginnings of Canadian history through the events that would go onto lead to confederation, it is possible to realize the intent that is found in regards to the founding of the country from being a collection of colonies for the British Empire. This all in all establishes and investigation to the economic, social, political, and environmental events/ideas to go on to understand the nature of the formation of Canada, as well as the influences that would go on to the development of the national identity.

swept off by her father and her life will continue on effortlessly. She has had to tolerate the

First Nations have the longest history in Canada going back way before the Europeans came and settled. With them, they brought diseases that the Natives were alien to and these diseases killed 90% of the population of Natives. This is where it started, a long road of mistreatment and discrimination towards the Natives.

For instance, when she was at home alone, “At home it was different. Those long quiet mornings in the house still gave me pleasure,” but whenever this silence was interrupted, “tension and shame accompanied them” (Grealy 93). Especially when Lucy was around her family because since she wasn’t able to detect what she was unhappy about within the complicated family relationship they shared, she felt that everything started with her and that it was her fault. When Lucy was at the hospital with her father, there was a feeling of a comforting relief every time he left, “I watched his back as he left and felt relief” because when he left, the “embarrassment and awkwardness” (Grealy 85) that Lucy’s father felt, was the same as hers. That relief of being left alone during a difficult time is comforting because it becomes a time that’s just for you and your thoughts. There’s no looks of judgement or pity written across faces, just the comfort of the surroundings around

During the Aleutian Island Campaign of WWII, the capture of Attu eliminated the Japanese Aleutian occupation and enabled the United States to launch raids against the Japanese from the north. This action took place from May 11th to May 30th 1943 and was the final battle of the campaign which officially ended on August 15, 1943. This paper will set the stage for the battle, describe the actions that took place and assess the significance of the battle. Information regarding the battle is taken primarily from a summary by The War Department, Military History Online, and various personal accounts gathered by the Washington Infantry Journal. These sources will give an in detail look at what happened at Attu, with the primary bias due to only

This excerpt talks about the importance of glaciers in the perspective of Aboriginal Alaskans through their use of descriptive words, oral traditions, indigenous knowledge, as well as their past interactions with European settlers concerning the differences between how each side perceives nature. Where the aboriginal people think nature is an essential part of human life, the Europeans see it as a different entity, separated from humans. This difference, combined with the Little Ice Age which happened at the same time, led to “dramatic social upheaval”, readjustments and realignments of the original people, and the complication of new European migrants on the lives of the aborigines. This division that differentiates between nature and culture usually brings up debates about environmentalism,

In desperate attempt to be free, she runs away, hoping against hope to find her own way and start over.

She could still feel the shoes pulling at her grasp. ‘Then it’s okay.’ He reached across and touched her hand. ‘It wasn’t me, Dad. It was something else, like someone was moving my arms and making me talk’ His lips thinned.

When exhausted he lifts the shroud and finally sees the rubble. Now he's satisfied, tired and depressed together.

He is alone; there is only the night and the stars. He is thinking of her.