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Of all the features upon the earth there are some ascribed with special significance. These features, whether caves, lakes, deserts, outcroppings, or something else entirely, hold tremendous relevance for the groups that dwell near them. Such beliefs in the worth and importance of such sites are entrusted from one passing generation to the next. These beliefs, and the physical objects they rest upon, become increasingly vital to that group’s identity as a people. One such group is the Teton Lakota

Towards the end of the 19th century, the United States of America was undergoing a great amount of territorial growth. The idea of America’s responsibility of westward expansion, or Manifest Destiny, gave America many motives to achieve expansion by any means necessary. The Americans, also known as Anglo Americans, took over land and droved many inhabitants off their own land and into reservations. The main victims of the placement into reservations were Native Americans. The Anglo Americans often

There were only 2 black kids in my class and only five in the whole school. By second grade I started to pick up my grades and focus on school. I went to Reid Custer High School in Braidwood, Illinois. I had a few more good girl friends then, but never went to any proms. I used to go to shows with my friends. We would often try to catch a movie on the weekends and sometimes in the summer we would go to get away

The History Channel series of Wild West Tech has a total of three seasons, each episode containing and focusing on a major aspect of the American West. This particular episode, episode nine of season one, discusses the tactics, technology, and general information of the Native Americans. It explores the weapons and tools used by the Native Americans as well as the Whites. This episode also discusses the stories, wisdoms, and traditions of Native American warriors and leaders such as Red Cloud, Crazy

Fort Riley is a military installation that is in the Geary, Riley, and Clay counties in Kansas. Fort Riley was established in 1852 and is currently the home of the Army’s First Infantry Division along with many other units (Kansas Historical Society, 2012). It is located in the northeastern part of the state and is only an hour away from Topeka, the state’s capital. Many portions of the fort are along the Kansas River and the Republican River. Around the fort is mostly agricultural or rural. Fort

Evaluating the worth of a general through the analysis of his actions in combat is no easy task. The task is made harder when the battles he led are more than one hundred years in the past. The general’s actions must be examined through the use of primary and secondary sources and knowledge of the campaign. I will show that General Sheridan displayed excellent generalship in his actions and planning during the Appomattox campaign. Sources say General Philip Sheridan’s leadership following the evacuation

In 1893 when Frederick Jackson Turner delivered his famous essay “The Significance of the Frontier in American History,” the United States had recently fulfilled the goal of Manifest Destiny by finishing its conquest of the West. Westward expansion had been an integral aspect of the American identity and its citizens were left wondering what would continue to propel the United States into the future. At the same time, people were also looking back and trying to decide how exactly the frontier had

The book Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee was written by Dee Brown. Dee Brown wrote a handful of books and the central theme around those books were tales of Native Americans and civil war stories. He spent a long time studying different tribes all around the United States. He has brought out the voice of the Native Americans which was muffled and silenced by the army and government. This book brought much awareness to a cause many had forgotten about, and to the shock of many when they realized he

recent years, we have seen many video games criticized and bashed in the public eye for their disputable content. However, the game industry has been subjected to controversy since the creation of its first adult themed games such as Death Race 1976 or Custer 's Revenge 1982. These two graphics limited games have introduced video game violence to the public and since then debate about morals and ethics of video games evolved over the years together with the game experience thanks to modern technologies

Unfortunately, at times throughout our history, that image can be smudged from an ethical standpoint due to some notable mishaps in our history. “It’s not how many times you get knocked down that counts, it’s how many times you get back up. - George A. Custer”. Hester Prin endured this saying every day after marked with the fateful letter “A” for adultery. Nathaniel Hawthorne, wrote,The Scarlet Letter, about a women that was marked by society and thus placed on the outside of general population, she was