... America (1534--42), surveying the coast of Canada and the St Lawrence R, and providing the basis for later French claims in the area. Sieur de la Salle was a French explorer to the New World. He arrived in Canada in the mid-1600s and earned a reputation as a successful fur trader. Like many ... explorers of his day, La Salle hoped to find a water route to China and the Far East. He was a French explorer who became the first European to travel the length of ... bull; at Jamestown that the first arrival of Africans to Virginia was recorded, although they actually landed at Cape Comfort. Si...

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... communities served. They begin with an analysis of the role of police and police-community relations. A section on police and rebellion covers incidents from the colonial period to the 1992 LA riots. Finally, a section on marginalized police officers discusses the experiences of Native American, African American, and women police officers. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com ... communities served. They begin with an analysis of the role of police and police-community relations. A section on police and rebellion covers incidents from the colonial period to the 1992...

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... leaders, and they managed to survive. Both groups encountered Indians for the first time, and both had the same reaction. The authors of La Relacion and Of Plymought Plantation each describe their first encounters with Indians in unique and different ways. By examining the similarities and differences of the ... accounts, the reader is able to see a parallel relatioship between what society believes "first encounters" should be and what they actually are. In La Relacion, Cabeza de Vaca and his men set sail to explore the seas and landed on the Americas. When they encountered the inhabita...

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... the Northwestern United States, the traditional use of natural hallucinogenic plants for Native rituals extends far beyond a single tribe or region and includes more than one variety of plant. Weston La Barre, a James B. Duke Professor of Anthropology Emeritus in Duke University who researched peyote usage by Native Americans from the 1930's through the 1980's, covers the use of the peyote cactus ... States Southwest and further south into Mexico in his book entitled The Peyote Cult. The exact drug used in Alexie's story is not labeled but is probably from a similar substance. La Barre ...

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... harmful policies that have contributed to the detriment of American Indians. Locally, in a school district not too far from the university here in La Crosse, there is a case in point. In an article that was published in the La Crosse Tribune on Saturday, November 1, reporters Matt Johnson and Tim Hundt reported about a school play that is currently being protested in the Viroqua ... School District, in Viroqua, Wisconsin. The play that is being protested by members of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse's Native American Student Association, titled "Little Mary Sunshine- was scheduled...

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... out The Mackinaw Company (also referred to as the Michilimackinac Company (Pratt 249)), and proceeded to do business in the Straits of Mackinac area, most notably with a woman named Madam La Fromboise, who ran a good deal of the Mackinac business, and is seen as the first woman pioneer in the Michigan fur trading industry. Astor saw the state of Michigan as ... fishing industry that still thrives today. Astor started many minor fisheries such as those at Whitefish Point, Keweenaw Point and Grand Island. The center of the fishing industry was in La Pointe in the Apostle Islands; however,...

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... for the children and elderly. Not only is, "Indian gaming dramatically improving the lives of thousands of Arizona Indians,"" but also the benefits are extending to the non-Indian communities (La Sarte 1). "When [an Indian] person gets money [generated from a casino], he goes out and spends it at some business. The business owner then uses it to buy more things to ... state and the Native tribes (Norell 1). Also, a project is in development where tribes with casinos will be able to financially help those who do not. Not only that but David La Sarte predicted that as the tribes start new...

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Although the primary source only presents one point of view of a situation; the opposing sides belief is equally important. The dialogue "La Relacion" by Cabeza de Vaca; the experiences of William Bradford in "Of Plymouth Plantation" and the story of "Pocahontas", all express the importance of understanding both sides of a situation. According ... were clearly an act of their culture or retaliation. Furthermore, the primary source's bias description of an event will often lead to other misunderstandings of a situation. In Cabeza de Vaca's "La Relacion", Cabeza and his conquistadors already ...

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... showed the Native American's desire for peace. The Indian's would provide foodstuffs for the Virginians, but it wasn't enough to withstand the "starving time." After the arrival of Lord de la Warr, the peaceful relationship with the Native people quickly soured. He carried orders from England to declare war on all Indians in the Jamestown area. Lord de ... la Warr's soldiers raided villages, burned houses, and stole Indian belongings. The marriage between Pocahontas and John Rolfe ended the First Anglo-Powhatan War in 1614. In 1622, eight years after ... ...

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... area, they migrated south to the marshlands of Ontario and Minnesota. Eventually they moved further south. In the late 17th century, while living in southwestern Minnesota, they encountered the explorer La Salle and his men. These were the first white-skinned people the Cheyenne had seen. This meeting took place on February 24, 1860 at Ft. Creve Coeur. This forever changed ... ...

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... if they don't start to live they way their ancestors lived that they will lose their traditions and customs and their whole way of life. In part three "Che-kwa-la" it is about how the whole village is working together to build a new vicarage. "They were all alike, the old, tied by a common bond. "We are the only ones left ... ...

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... tow regiments of cavalry to be composed of colored men. This act was approved on July 28th, 1866. On September 21st, 1866, the 9th cavalry regiment was activated in Greenville, LA, along with the 10th cavalry regiment, which was activated at Fort Leavenworth, KS. Even though the African American soldiers clearly distinguished themselves as soldiers, they were by no means wanted ... ...

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... introduced to the King, presented at court, and serve as a successful advertisement for the Virginia Company. The curious English elite was extremely impressed by the Indian girl, whom they called la belle sauvage'. During her stay in England, Pocahontas was visited by John Smith, whom she believed had died. According to Smith's account, she seemed rather distressed at the sight of ... ...

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... , creating a distinctive culture all in its own. Relations between the early English settlers and the Indians were tense. The starving colonists took to raiding Indian food supplies. When Lord De La Warr arrived in 1610, he carried orders that amounted to declaration of war against the Indians in the Jamestown region. His troops raided Indian villages, burned houses, confiscated provisions, and ... ...

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... and no fighting". "The French offered to furnish us with instruments of every kind and sharp knives to take the skins of their enemies heads." (Axtell, 451) In 1879, Susette La Flesche, describe in the article as "a spirited daughter of a famous Omaha family", responded to a newspaper reporter statement of Indian barbarity during war. She countered with, "Don't you know that the ... ...

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... . The French government decided that Catholicism would be the official religion of the colonies and so they banned Protestants from the settlement. Other explorers began to move south. Sieur de La Salle took many settlers as for south as the Gulf of Mexico, all along the route claiming land for France. By the time he had completed his exploration, nearly the ... ...

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... this the British took over settlements owned by these nations. A British man by the name of Captain Samuel Argall names the bay and river after Sir Thomas West, Lord De La War, and the governor of Jamestown. From this time forth the Lenni Lenape is now known as the Delawares. The British, unlike the previous nations, wanted to set up permanent ... ...

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