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    Native American Religion

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    The Mandans were a Native American tribe located in North Dakota plainlands. They endured hot summers and cold winters and had many resources available to them. Since the Mandans weren’t really nomads, their most prevailing kind of dwelling was an earth lodge. An earth lodge was made up of “wooden frames covered with packed earth” (A). When the men of the tribe left to go on hunting trips, they would take tipis as temporary housing. According to source B, it states that “the Mandan also used teepees

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    The Arikara Tribe A rich cultural history of a proud tribe is slowly slipping away and disappearing. As many years ago a tribe took a chance and stood up for what they believed was right and paid a severe price for their ideals. As they were forced off of their land and onto reservations like many Native American tribes. However, there are still a few fighting to keep their culture and history alive and well. The Arikara tribe came from that of humble begingins as a book by George A. Dorsey "Traditions

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    Hugh Glass Symbolism

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    His village was raided and houses were set on fire. Moving forward, Hugh Glass led a team to hunt in an unknown territory in the middle of the forest. His team was suddenly attacked by Arikara Natives while he was out hunting with his son ,far away from the others. They engaged in a bloody duel with the Arikara Natives. With only a few men left, they took the chance to continue their journey on foot, rather than being on the boat, as this would make them vulnerable. While everyone was resting, Hugh

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    The expeditions of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark of the newly purchased Louisiana Territory radically shaped American scientific knowledge as well as relationships with Indians. The framework for their expedition was laid far before they first set sail from the mouth of the Missouri River is 1804. In 1801, France reacquired its North-American “Louisiana territory” from Spain after a series of secret deals with Spain brokered by French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. Almost immediately, US trade

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    the United States and a miraculous victory for the Sioux (Battle of the Little Bighorn). But what is often forgotten from this battle in history is that it was not just the 7th Regiment of the U.S. Cavalry fighting the Sioux it was also the Crow, Arikaras, Shoshones, and Pawnees—all fellow Native American

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    floating further down the Platte River, the remaining three were attacked by a group of Arikara Indians. “Glass watched as two braves by a campfire jumped to their feet…Arikara!...Glass heard a shot as he watched the men in the camp grab weapons and rush toward the high bank along the river” (Punke 227). While Glass managed to escape relatively unscathed, Red and Chapman both died at the hands of the Arikara. The death of his three escorts left Glass exposed. Fitzgerald was the reason he was returning

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    In a world where disputes are common over social media, and physical altercations occur a lot in communities; it has never been uncommon. Dating back years, people have been in disagreements from land to trade. Causing a strain in relationships, disputes had to overcome in order to create the world that had been sculpted today. As seen through The Revenant: A novel of revenge, by Michael Punke and Before Lewis and Clark: The Story of the Chouteau's, the French Dynasty that Ruled America's Frontier

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    Crow Creek Case Study

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    Crow Creek Susan Mayfield The Crow Creek site is a multi-occupied Initial Coalescent variant site along the Crow and Wolf creeks of the Missouri River within the southcentral portion of modern day South Dakota. This site is considered to be a massive in size, approximately eighteen acres. Laid out in a triangle, the site is bordered by the Wolf Creek with a steep terrace drop off to the west; Crow Creek with a narrow and steep terrace to the flood plain. Connecting these sides, the northeastern

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    have souls or spirits” (source B). In 1750, an outbreak of diseases brought the Mandan villages to two and in 1837 another epidemic broke out leaving 100-150 Mandan survivors. Some of the survivors moved into the Hidatsa and Arikara tribes. “The Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara eventually became known as the Three Affiliated Tribes.” There is still part of their reservation, but most of it flooded out in the mid-20th century (source C). Today, the Mandan speak english but the native language is only

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    he movie "The Revenant" was directed and co-produced by Alejandro G. Iñ​árritu and co-written by Iñ​árritu and Mark L. Smith. It was released in theaters on December 16, 2015. The main actors and actresses are: Leonardo DiCaprio as Hugh Glass, Domhnall Gleeson as Andrew Henry, Tom Hardy as John Fitzgerald, Will Poulter as Jim Bridger, Forrest Goodluck as Hawk, and Grace Dove as Hugh Glass ' wife. It has won 3 Oscars and 3 Golden Globe awards to go along with 61 other awards. It has received excellent

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