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    The Birds Nest

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    This research paper considered the Birds Nest aquifer’s potential capacity to receive injected produced water from oil and gas production and the possibility of fluid migration. The migration of fluids refers to the produced water from oil and gas that can pose a threat for contamination in the area studied. This aquifer is located in the Uintah Basin of the Colorado Plateau. The Birds Nest is also located in the Green River formation. “The Green River Formation of Wyoming, Colorado and Utah contains

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    Environmental Protection Agency Region 8 in Denver, Colorado. My current position is Physical Scientist (Environmental) for the Underground Injection Control (UIC) unit. My areas of focus in the UIC team are Class V Wells and Class II Permitting on Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation in Utah. I write and review Class II underground injection permits. I help facilities in authorizing Class V wells that are not

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    “We are all born originals - why is it so many of us die copies?” This quote by Edward Young is an anecdote I often ponder. More and more, I find myself trying to form to society ideals, and notice my unique personality being shoved under the rug, but each time I think about this phrase, I become my true self a little more. The National Honor Society is a program for not only exceptional students, but also extraordinary people. I, Zoë, am a unique individual and my inimitable assets are a perfect

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    Project In English Submitted by: Tham Allen A. Cartagenas III – St. James Submitted to: Sir Jerico Irinco Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee By Dee Brown Table of Contents 1. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: Introduction 2. Dee Brown Biography 3. One−Page Summary 4. Summary and Analysis 5. Quizzes 6. Characters Introduction Dee Brown's Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee was first published in the United States in 1970. This landmark book—which incorporated a number of eyewitness accounts

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    Project In English Submitted by: Tham Allen A. Cartagenas III – St. James Submitted to: Sir Jerico Irinco Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee By Dee Brown Table of Contents 1. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: Introduction 2. Dee Brown Biography 3. One−Page Summary 4. Summary and Analysis 5. Quizzes 6. Characters Introduction Dee Brown's Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee was first published in the United States in 1970. This landmark book—which incorporated a number of eyewitness

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    claim land was in fact the Utes. This tribe was the establishment of Native American culture and has existed in Colorado for centuries prior to other Native American tribes. Tens and thousands of square miles including present day Durango, Silverton, Ouray, Telluride, Montrose, and Grand Junction were taken from the Native Americans by the governments hands. The Utes held on to their land for twenty-one years after the 1859 gold rush, while other tribes were not so lucky, such as the Cheyenne’s, Arapahos

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    thousands of intact archaeological, cultural and ritual sites. The monument is said to be managed by just the Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management but five Native American tribes: the Hopi, Ute Mountain Ute, Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, Pueblo of Zuni, and the Navajo Nation also manage the area because of their historical ties to the land (Mens Journal). The Grand Staircase-Escalante monument is important because many historical discoveries have been made there. It is

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    Kelsey Hernandez Dr. Matthew Bailey HIS 106 Section 16 02/16/2015 WASP Stings Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is written by Dee Brown and depicts the life of many American Indians in the late 1800s. There is very little recognition of the real impact of Native Americans hardships that happened because of government policies being implemented upon them and the feeling of WASP (White Anglo-Saxton Protestant) superiority. The two different ways of life were causing many battles, massacres, and injuries

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    Colorado’s Water Shortage; a Localized Problem with a National Salience The Issue at Hand The State of Colorado has suffered from a water shortage in recent years; a difficult situation which is easily visible when viewing the quickly shortening length of the Colorado River. Lake Mead, for example, is roughly 130 feet lower than it once was, marked by the stained rock which towers above the current water level. “The river has become a perfect symbol of what happens when we ask too much of a limited

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    Native Americans branch out among over 500 different tribes with about 5 million identified racially mixed and unmixed native americans, or about 1.7% of the U.S. population. Each tribe differs from each other in their own way especially in beliefs and language and also through location. The Native American tribes, excluding modern day Mexico, are commonly split up into ten different areas: the Arctic, the Subarctic, the Northeast, the Southeast, the Plains, the Southwest, the Great Basin, California

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