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    police agencies were gathering information for counterintelligence and counter espionage, but they were not sharing the information. These stingy agencies were then enforced to share their information to the FBI by President FDR in 1939. (Bailey & Cree, 2011; Rascoff, 2010) both agree that law enforcement is on the forefront of intelligence gathering, however Rascoff believes that local law enforcement agencies are not overly predisposed by the intelligence because they do not have adequate amounts

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    government and Aboriginals in the west. First of all, as the government continued to be unresponsive towards the needs of the Métis and Cree tribes, frustrations grew in the west. The main frustration dealt by the Métis was the fact that the government continuously ignored land claims. They had petitioned for many years, in order to officially claim their piece of land. The Cree tribes faced another issue, which was the extinction of buffalo. As this was their main source of food, they seeked help from the

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    often leave a mark on the person you may have connected with, and when that connection is made it begins to show the struggles that people have endured for thousands of years, an example would be the indigenous people and more importantly the Cree. The Cree have resisted the influences of the white culture but have been set back by the horrendous ideas of “taking the Indian out of the child” by putting them into residential schools all across Canada. Boydens books are examples of stories that others

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    Within the novel Through Black Spruce, the main character, Annie, struggles with her identity and in attempt to find herself, she embarks on a spiritual soul searching journey to Montreal and New York. Annie has always been at conflict with her personal identity, restricting her from progressing as an individual, until her expedition. Despite the fact that she left her home, this journey represents the mandatory exploration of her heritage in the form of a vision quest. When she has acquired the

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    electric power for Canada and New England. When Europeans were first established to Northern America, the Cree and the Inuit were compelled to relocate further North every time a marketable resource discovery was detected. In 1975, the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement between Hydro-Quebec and the Indians was reasoned to solve the issue between the two concerns. Nonetheless, the Cree and the Inuit believe the agreement was violated. They did not execute the environmental effects assessment

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    Case Study On Wendigo

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    Study Swift Runner was a Cree Indian who lived in what is now central Alberta; he traded with the Hudson's Bay Company. He also served as a guide for the North West Mounted Police. He seemed like a normal and usual man according to his background. While young he received Cree education.¬≠≠ he was later married and had a family of six children But Swift Runner's life ended in tragedy and notoriety. During the winter of 1878, a time of starvation and misery for the Cree people, he became possessed

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    Aboriginal World View

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    help heal such as sap and moss for burns or irritation. Another distinct world view is Aboriginals use sweat lodges to pray call on anseters to help heal. I think another distinct world view can be the native tongue, speaking the language wither it be Cree, Deni, Blackfoot, Inuit etc. The development of Aboriginal consciousness regarding the impact of colonialism: This would mean reservations, residential school, and child welfare FMN the impact on the colonialism, the issues surrounding how it has

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    Great Whale Project

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    James H. Cox in his article ""All This Water Imagery Must Mean Something": Thomas King's Revisions of Narratives of Domination and Conquest in "Green Grass, Running Water"" states that the dam in Green Grass, Running Water is the ""Grand Baleen,"… the name originates with "the Great Whale project in northern Quebec, which was to have been the second phase of the James Bay project" (238). The official website of The Grand Council of the Crees (GCC) explains their legal struggle against the Great

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    In The Tempest, Ariel and Prospero speak in a manner that has an elegant rhythm to it while Stephano and Triculo simply spit out words in a less educated manner. This having to do with Prospero and Ariel being more “wise” or possessing more knowledge. I began writing about language and class differences in my journal because I found it interesting. Examining that they possess magic while Stephano and Trinculo are secluded, not having that access to the higher knowledge of the world. This passage

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    in writings and raise their voice against the injustice done to them. This paper gives an insight into the lives of the Aboriginal people of Canada that have been marginalized from the mainstream Canadian society. A Postcolonial study of the Native Cree Canadian Playwright Tomson Highway’s The Rez Sisters

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