No results matched every word — showing papers matching any of them.
... complicated area of human nature. The three authors, Iola Fuller, Amy Tan, and Toni Morrison examine the issue of identity and the consequences of following an artificial standard. In The Loon Feather, Iola Fuller discusses the life of an Native American girl and the decline of her people in population and culture. Fuller presents the reader with the main character, Oneta ... ...
... to a form of religion that was circulating in the region. Appalachia is world renown for their dedication to religion, whether it is simple praising or snake handling. The traditions of mountain religion display a wide variety of practices and beliefs. Some of the folk's beliefs were obviously queerer than other beliefs. Despite all the condescending, outside publications wrote about Appalachia, some ... according to the eyewitness report of Don Kimsey, an Atlanta correspondent" (Wigginton 373). The people of Appalachia are truly rich in culture, religion, values, and freedom. The foref...
... the geography of hope (153)." Wallace Stegner makes this statement at the end of "Coda", a letter included in his book The Sound of Mountain Water. In this letter Stegner asks David Pesonen, who was working on the Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission, to work to preserve what wilderness ... is a necessary part not just of the physical American landscape, but the emotional and social landscapes as well. Throughout The Sound of Mountain Water Stegner relates his experiences traveling in the western United States, and in the second part reflects upon the ties of the western writer ...
... the geography of hope (153)." Wallace Stegner makes this statement at the end of "Coda", a letter included in his book The Sound of Mountain Water. In this letter Stegner asks David Pesonen, who was working on the Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission, to work to preserve what wilderness ... is a necessary part not just of the physical American landscape, but the emotional and social landscapes as well. Throughout The Sound of Mountain Water Stegner relates his experiences traveling in the western United States, and in the second part reflects upon the ties of the western writer ...
... War. Groom's book recounts the thrilling, almost Hollywood-esque adventures and dangers that Kearny and his men encountered while venturing throughout the trail. Kearny's story also coincides along with famous mountain man Kit Carson; as well as Brigham Young and his Mormon followers fleeing religious persecution, and the tragic story of the Donner party; who were trapped in the snow of ... shaped our nation the way it is today. His writing creates a visual image for readers that make them feel as if they're right along side Kit Carson and other mountain men, taking place in the epic, h...
... by a grizzly bear that congratulates himself for being the strongest of all. About that time comes a man who kills the bear and climbs the mountain to proclaim his ultimate superiority. He ran so hard up the mountain that he died at the top. Before long the worm crawled out of his body. Laced with the convictions that the Indians were indeed, "savage ... ...
... a group of Shoshone Indians whose Chief was Sacagawea's brother. While they were there, they traded for horses and supplies, received an Indian guide and started their passage through the Bitterroot Mountain Range. Crossing the mountains in Idaho was the most difficult part of the journey up until that time. A lot of the horses were lost due to losing their footing and ... falling from the narrow mountain pass. Precious supplies and equipment were lost also. When winter set in, finding wild animals to kill for food, became harder and harder. The explorers were starving, until finally th...
... get together. In our readings we read about myths. Native American myths teach lessons to their people. Whether it be creation stories like those in "On the Way to Rainy Mountain-, or trickster stories like a few in the Erodes/Ortiz packet. "You know, everything had to begin, and this is how it was:- This sentence is the beginning of Rainy ... Mountain and solidifies the whole book in one sentence. This book tells the creation and evolution of the Kiowa's. Without these creation stories the Kiowa's would have no sense of culture ... ...
... also began appearing in both Mexico and Peru. Which region developed it first is a matter of archeological debate, but its early stages can be most clearly traced in Mexico. Its mountain terrain provided many different growing conditions, ranging from dry to wet and from hot to cool. Consequently, it possessed an enormous variety of edible wild-plant species from which incipient ... ditches farther upstream and leading the water to areas it had not reached before. Under government control, the Peruvians on the coast carried the irrigation systems back up into their mountain sources. The...
... River Gorge, which is located in Oregon, is considered by many people as the best place for windsurfing. Washington's largest city, Seattle, is known as a major Pacific port. Wyoming is a mountain state which is also known as the Equality State because in 1869 women there were granted with the right to vote. To sum up, the United States are a most interesting ... ...
... in order to save drowning Americans (72,79). A more tragic example occurred during the events of the Donner party rescue. Two Native American youths found the lost travelers in the mountain only to be murdered and eaten (66). The American emigrants would have never been able to complete their journeys without the vital aid provided by the Native Americans. The long ... ...
... of Harley. Tayo takes center stage in the kiva (the traditional ceremonial room) and tells his story of his ceremony "Remember these stars and the spotted cattle; I've seen a mountain and I've seen a woman" (p152). There are many similarities and differences between Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony and Barbara Kingsolver's Animal Dreams. Both texts deal with characters who for various ... ...
... Indian was the fault of the Indians themselves instead of their carelessness or government ignorance. There is another important version of Smallpox Blankets which claimed that "Jim Beckwourth, a Black mountain man adopted by the Crow tribe of the upper Missouri River had procured an infected blanket and sold it to the Blackfeet, the enemies of his adopted people"(Mayor ... ...
... Nations considered sacred. Potential mineral resource developments around the Montezuma Canyon (southeastern Utah, San Juan Basin) were threatening archeological sites, petroglyphs, and ancient Pueblo and Navajo sites and artifacts. A sacred mountain containing multiple shrines and archeological dwellings for the San Carlos Apache Tribe and the Pueblo of Zuni were being threatened by copper mining companies using block mining within the Oak ... ...
... was the daughter of a French Ojibwe mother and German American father. Erdrich was raised in Wahpeton, North Dakota, where her Chippewa grandfather was the tribal chair of the nearby Turtle Mountain Reservation, and her parents worked at the Bureau of Indian Falls Boarding School. Her family introduced her to William Shakespeare's plays and encouraged her and her sisters to write their ... ...
... .html ---Native American art: faces of the spirit world., and that is what the flags stood for. We read about the Thunderbird, the sky god in The Way to Rainy Mountain by Scott Momaday. This passage sums it up well. "The sky above is the realm of the powerful Thunderbird, whose eyes shoot out bolts of lightning and whose beating wings ... ...
... the estimated population was 5,968,000. "Physical Landscape and Location" Except for two coastal strips, Honduras is a plateau, consisting of broad, fertile plains broken by deep valleys, and traversed by mountain ranges in a northwestern to southwestern direction. Most of the country's rivers drain to the Atlantic Ocean. Forests cover about 31% of the land. "Culture and Customs" The Native American and ... ...
... meet Mrs. Medicine. She was looked upon as an admirable icon worthy to perform such a prestigious ceremony. We learn that the names she gives to Adam and his father, "Wood Mountain," and "Eagle Wing," were given to them as a depiction of what was in their future and the strength they will need to face it, (62). We also learn that Native ... ...
... Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is a wonderful and interesting learning tool. Brown has written many books about the life of the American Indian, including Creek Mary's Blood and Killdeer Mountain, but Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is clearly his greatest work. Brown made sure to include songs, quotes, and portraits sprinkled throughout the book. These are very important as ... ...
... stronger resentment that would be branded into generations to come. Present day Native Americans still possess respect for the land and resentment towards the white man. The Way to Rainy Mountain by Scott Momaday shows immense respect for the land and life conveyed in other Native American speeches. Using his grandmother as his topic, he depicts his respect for the environment ... ...
... of people. Endrich gives the unique perspective of mixed blood on her views of the Native American cultural identity. Her father is German and her mother is of the Turtle Mountain band of the Chippewa Indians, hailing from the Great Plains. Endrich attended Dartmouth University, and is a masterful storyteller. Some of her other works include That's What She Said: Contemporary poetry ... ...
... companies hired full-time hunters who fed entire logging camps, taking ten or fifteen deer each week and fifty wild turkeys in one month. The loggers shot the bears and mountain lions for sport. And it was then the Laguna people understood that the land had been taken, because they couldn't stop these white people from coming to destroy the animals ... ...
... economies emerging. The economies were determined by their geography. The New England region had very few rivers and harbors. There were mainly small subsistent farms because of the cold climate, mountain rages, and general lack of large areas of fertile land. Since the land and geography did not allow for large farms, the colonists developed a manufacturing center. Ship building and lumbering ... ...
... Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is a wonderful and interesting learning tool. Brown has written many books about the life of the American Indian, including Creek Mary's Blood and Killdeer Mountain, but Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is clearly his greatest work. Brown made sure to include songs, quotes, and portraits sprinkled throughout the book. These are very important as ... ...
... Killer is perceptive, well-crafted, and suspenseful; unfortunately, it does not offer much hope for the establishment of a peaceful, multicultural society. According to a New York Times book review, The Rocky Mountain News said that Alexie's "general depiction of most whites in this book is revolting -- crude, bigoted, pompous, cowardly caricatures. " According to the author, it was the most controversial of his ... ...
