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    Polly Cooper was an Oneida Indian who traveled with some of her people to help George Washington’s continental army. The Oneida Nation belongs to the Iriquois confederacy which also have called themselves Haudenosaunee in times past. Her involvement impacted the soldiers because she cared for them greatly, almost like a mother would. Had Polly Cooper not become involved with this endeavor, the Revolutionary War may have still been won by Americans and George Washington, but perhaps not as many soldiers

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    supporting the Americans. The Iroquois confederacy also known as Five Nations, was an alliance of five, later six, American Indian tribes—the Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca, and Tuscarora. The Revolution caused a civil war amongst them. Mohawks supported the British, and most Cayugas, Onondagas, and Senecas joined forces with them. Whilst Oneidas and Tuscaroras ended up siding with the Americans. In 1783, following the terms of the Treaty of Paris, Without consulting with their Indian allies first

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    surrendered to New York land speculators in a series of treaties following the Revolutionary War. Despite this, most Seneca, Tuscarora, and Onondaga avoided removal during the 1830s and have remained in New York. There are also sizeable groups of Mohawk, Oneida, Cayuga, and Caughnawaga still in the

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    employee turnover, thus improving client care and experiences. This would improve the quality of client services and their overall satisfaction. Another benefit would be increased staff retention. In order for this change to be feasible there would need to be a willingness of behalf of the board, CEO, and management team to operate with transparency and keep stakeholders informed about the future plans of the organization. Organizational Assessment and Data The data collected regarding the barriers

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    consider when they come to New York is about its’ early history, its disasters, and its’ historical events. In New York the first people living there were the native americans. There were two tribes the Iroquois and the Oneida. First, the Iroquois were a group of tribes the Mohawk, Oneida, Cayuga, and the Seneca. Later, the Tuscarora joined the group of the 5. They had different names depending on what kind of people they were. The French called them the Iroquois, the name they have today. These group

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    Have you ever tried something you didn’t want to do? When I was 4, I started playing baseball for oneida. On the way there a deer run in front of us before my game. That was at 5:30. when I started playing baseball I was 4 and then I was on the cardinals team and I was playing for Oneida. Then when I was up to bat I was ready to bat so then when I got up to bat I hit the ball to the fence and I made it to 3erd bass then Like when someone else was up to bat. When I was playing baseball for 2015

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    means that there are two different houses that everything has to go through. In the Iroquois system of government they have two sets of Confederate Lords: Mohawk and Seneca Lords; Oneida and Cayuga Lords. Any questions will first be passed through the Mohawk and Seneca Lords, and then it will be discussed by the Oneida and Cayuga

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    disorders in adolescents.” Journal of Adolescent Health, vol. 33, no. 6, 2003, pp. 496-503, http://www.jahonline.org/article/S1054- 139X%2803%2900326-4/fulltext. Accessed 23 Feb. 2018 “Oneida Community (1848-1880): A Utopian Community” VCU Libraries, https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/religious/the-oneida-community-1848-1880-a- utopian-community/. Accessed 23 Feb. 2018. Popp, Jaqueline, “SOC 210: Chapter 1: Sociology and the Real World.” Jan. 2018. Sociology 210, Wake Technical Community

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    ideas from their government and implemented the ideas in their own government. Many historians believe that without Hiawatha, the U.S. would not be the way it is today. In the 16th century, five Native American tribes, the Onondaga, Mohawk, Seneca, Oneida, and Cayuga tribes in Upstate New York were integrated together by a man named Hiawatha. He named the unification Haudenosaunee, which translates into “They are building a longhouse”.

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    Comparing the Iroquois Constitution and U.S. Constitution      The Constitutions of both the Iroquois and the United States have similarities and differences between them. The Iroquois constitution came earlier in history than the U.S one did. Some of the same ideas that were in the Iroquois’ constitution were carried over to some of the ideas that we use in our government today. In this paper I will compare and contrast these ideas as they relate with one another. Ideas like Vito Power, When

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