Black Warrior River

Native Americans are the original inhabitants of North America. Though often depicted as either corn farming redmen or malicious scalping warriors, these stereotypes do not include the diversity among the hundreds of tribes that once dominated the North American land. This is especially true for the Atikamekw Nation who are native to Quebec, Canada. The Atikamekw were a peaceful tribe that only fought in one war which was due to the Montagnais and the French and their allyship with the Montagnais

shaped shelters. To built the wigwam, the Mohicans used animal skins, sheets of birchbark, and woven mats to cover the wooden frames, as well as ropes to bundle the birch bark in place. Since the Mohican Native Americans located along the banks of a river, the transportation that they used the most to travel around was canoes. It constructed by the bark of the birch trees over a wooden frame, which is very light and easy for a man to carry around. Throughout the hunting season, there is a leader in

documentary “Custer’s Last Stand” a recreation of the history of General George Armstrong Custer 's life. The Battle of the Little Bighorn was fought along the ridges, steep bluffs, and ravines of the Little Bighorn River, in south central Montana on June 25-26, 1876. The combatants were warriors of the Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes, battling men of the 7th Regiment of the U.S. Cavalry. In 1868, many Lakota leaders agreed to a treaty, known as the Fort Laramie Treaty that created a

Custer’s Last Stand. The Battle of Little Bighorn (The Battle of Greasy Grass to Native Americans) took place near Little Bighorn River, Montana Territory and on June 25, 1876. Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer and his U.S. Army troops are defeated in battle against the Native Americans Lakota Sioux and Northern Cheyenne tribes in Montana, near Little Bighorn River, during The Battle of Little Bighorn. Tensions between the 2 groups had been rising since the discovery of gold on Native American

large fire. The Ninth Circle: the center of hell is freezing cold; a lake is described as, “a lake of ice/ more like a sheet of glass than frozen water” (32. 23-24). Cocytus is the name of this body of water; the symbolic significance refers to the river of Hades in Greek mythology. Hades is the god of

in The Way to Rainy Mountain, Crow Testament, and I Was Sleeping Where the Black Oaks Move. In The Way to Rainy Mountain, N. Scott Momaday uses Rainy Mountain to connect his past with the history of the Kiowa people. For Momaday, the past is a journey with the land being the focal point of memory. Therefore, Momaday places great value in Rainy Mountain writing,“ the last Kiowa Sun Dance was held in 1887 on the Washita River by Rainy Mountain.” (Momaday 3). For the Kiowa, the Sun Dance was

attack and his decision to divide his elements while facing a larger enemy force prevented him from concentrating his fires and effectively massing their effects on the enemy. The Battle of Little Bighorn took place in Montana near the Little Bighorn River during the 25th and 26th of June 1876. It was part of a series of skirmishes and battles

lancers stood stiffly on their horses, waiting in a rigid formation on the road in front of the carriage for my command. We had pulled back our troops to the reverse side of the hill to make sure no one could spot us. Only Scout and I remained by the river bank watching the advancing Raiders from behind bushes in an unlikely location some distance from the foot of the bridge. I was sure the enemy scouts wouldn’t give our vantage point much consideration. Vengeful happiness bubbled up inside me at the

On the summer days of June 25-26, 1876 the Battle of the Little Bighorn took place in the southeastern area of the Montana territory. The battlefield is very close to the Little Bighorn River itself, in what is now present day Big Horn County, Montana. The adversaries in this battle were the U.S. Army’s 7th Cavalry, commanded by General George A. Custer against the Indian tribes of the Northern Cheyenne, Lakota Sioux, and Arapaho under the leadership of Sitting Bull. Several years after the Civil

Karls : The majority of Vikings were karls.They were free men and women who looked to the god Thor as their protector.Most karls owned their own land and worked for themselves.Karls could be farmers, shipbuilders, warriors, traders, merchants, craftsmen, tenants, landless farm workers and servants.As they were free,they could bear arms and they were expected to fight if necessary. Thralls : The lowest part of Vikings were thralls.They never expected to take responsibility