... low angle shot to a high angle shot of Victor on the second bridge throwing his fathers ashes into the raging river. The crane shot slowly keeps rising above Victors head, the sun is now directly behind Victor causing a brief shadow of his figure as the camera keeps rising above Victor. Then a quick cut in the scene to a reverse shot of Victors back from the other side of the bridge. A crane shot is then used ... to move from high above Victors back slowly down to the river below. Here the narration comes to an end as the camera glides above the water moving slower then before and ... s...

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... he abuses his power as president. In the late 1830's, the Indian tribes of the east were leaving one after the other. The first of the tribes to leave and head west were the Choctaw tribe. Right after the Choctaws headed west, the Chickasaws made the journey and were finally past the Mississippi river about three years later. By 1838 the Creeks and the Cherokees became the last tribes in the southeast to be forced off their land, ... or how Andrew Jackson even cared for and of the Indians. If he had to pick on side and write about it, I would guess he would favor the Indians, only becau...

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... not be able to win because he did not have the full support of the people. Americans and British officials met at Ghent, Belgium to discuss terms of peace on December 14, 1814. Thus, the Treaty of Ghent was established on Christmas Eve. The treaty returned US-British relations to the status they had had before the war: neither side gained or lost territory. It also declared a halt to all ... a British army landed at the mouth of the Mississippi River and was defeated near New Orleans by forces under Andrew Jackson. The three long-lasting years of the War of 1812 strengthened the United ...

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... the mother's side of the family. Each Cherokee town theoretically was autonomous, having no leaders, chiefs, or European parlance who ruled over all the towns. Conflict raised when Cherokees inevitably became swept up in European wars along with the new U.S. government pursuing a policy to attempt to "civilize" the Indians. Europeans wanted the removal of treaty signed land designated to the ... of the U.S. army deployed to the Southeast to collect the Cherokees land and remove them to lands west of the Mississippi river. Undoubtedly starting the first of thirteen Cherokee parties on thei...

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... reservations combined is 52.4 million acres (21 million hectares), or about 2.5 percent of all U.S. land. Most of the reserves are situated to the west of the Mississippi River (Brookeman, 2005). From 1970 to 1980, the number of Native Americans in the United States increased by 72 percent. At the moment, there are 1.4 million Native Americans (they account for 0.6 percent of the total population); it is assumed that it is much more than in ... regarding a side to join. The tribes of the League made their own decisions; some were on the side of the British, others supported the colonist...

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... on. However, the other Creek group, the Upper Creek, did not like the idea of expansion of the United States and the significant increase of white settlers in the native's lands. In the early encounter of the Upper Creek, many Creeks who did not side the war will be killed. Later, not only the Creeks, the Upper Creek warriors who were also known as the Red Sticks Warrior, started to attack the white settlers in the area. The British army armed ... that, he also won the last great battle of the War 1812, the Battle of New Orleans. This made Andrew Jackson a hero and smoothened his way to...

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... only his father's death that Malcolm was able to show face during the American and Mexican Revolution (Greybill 70), but his expulsion from West Point hindered his chances of receiving his dream of gaining a commission in the United States Army (Greybill 71). With nothing to lose Malcolm Clarke move upward to the Missouri River in 1841 and became a fur trader (Greybill 72). With his background ... of military knowledge, he gained social capital with many of the fur traders and trappers in the AFC with that he became one of the most powerful fur trappers in the area (Greybill 73). He then...

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... imperialism and harmful to many people. It shows in the Map of Disputed Texas Border (Document D) in which Mexico and Texas had major conflict in deciding whether the border was to be set by Rio Grande or Nueces River. This document clearly identifies where they had the problems and where either border would lie after the dispute but this caused major conflict in which there was ... several attacks on Mexico and Texas from each other which caused casualties thus harming many individuals. The author of the illustration points out the fact that simple border lines that could be ... - rac...

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... of the discovery of the Kennewick Man is needed to see why facial reconstruction was used along with other techniques in order to find out where he was from. With a good interpretation archaeologists hope to put a place of origin to the "Ancient One" in order to solve the controversial mystery of the Kennewick Man. In 1996, two young boat enthusiasts went along the Columbia River in the state of Washington discovered a skull. As the rest of the ... be examined using DNA samples in order to pinpoint the type of man he really was. "If proven, this would revolutionize commonly accepted the...

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... side by side. It became U.S. government policy to remove Indians to the unsettled territory in the west. Many tribes in the East were bribed, coerced, or forced to move to reservations west of the Mississippi River, leading to incidents such as the Trail of Tears in the late 1830's. The Trail of Tears was the forced relocation of Native American tribes following the Indian Removal Act of 1830 passed by Andrew Jackson. This occurred as a result of the discovery of ... often cited the Great Law of Peace of the Iroquois Confederacy as the model for the U.S. Constitution, supported Indian R...

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... be inferior to their own white race. They worked diligently to make enemies of the two groups as well as make them hate one another. In some areas, Native Americans eventually began to absorb the white European culture. Benjamin Hawkins, who was the Superintendent of the tribes south of the Ohio River at the time, strongly and forcefully encouraged several southeastern tribes to adopt chattel slavery in ... led warring women to dress like traders in a unanimous effort to get captives before the male warriors. The Cherokee in particular thought of slavery as the result of weakness in war...

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... and Salmon rivers. As they passed through the Rocky Mountains this terrain proved not only to be the most beautiful but the roughest for the expedition to cross. The explorers then encountered the Nez Perce Indians, which help them through the Snake and Columbia rivers to reach the Pacific Ocean. At the south side of the Columbia River the expedition built a fort for the winter and named it after the Indian tribe Clatsop. This tribe was ... some guns and horses. There was a stand off and two Blackfeet died, one was stabbed and the other was shot. Fortunately Lewis and the men managed to...

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... . As Albert Boime says, "inevitably, the extermination of Native Americans is tied to the conquest of the wilderness and its transformation into an Edenic garden - The wild and dark area with the natives on the left contrasts with the right side of the painting, a light and open area occupied by the white Americans, which represents the "paradise regained - in which civilization inoffensively ... obstacle. The tracks divide the picture diagonally, with civilization on one side, and wilderness on the other. On the left, pioneers chop trees, erect houses and a school, while wagons are getti...

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... ask, was the relevance of the Lewis and Clark Expedition? Well, for one thing the expedition was the first written account of life and nature on the west side of the Mississippi River. The expedition also showed the route of the Missouri River and were it eventually ended up. Lewis and Clark both astonished and amazed the United States with their discoveries and recordings. If it wasn't for President Jefferson's vision of exploring the western frontier, then the United States ... other as a person instead of a certain race. Each person had their own skills and beliefs and therefore valu...

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... and Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee teaches it. Unlike a lot of American literature, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee teaches what is not taught in the average history book. This book forces us to face the dark side of our American history and how far the colonials went to fulfill their Christian manifest destiny. The white man in this book is portrayed as an indiscriminate murderer ... 1000. After Wahunsunacook's death, King Phillip is crowned. He spends all of his time making alliances with the other tribes and in 1675 attacks 52 settlements, destroying 12 of them, but being destroyed in t...

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... planter and militia leader. When he was 13 years old he joined the Continental Army as a courier. During The Revolution one of his older brothers died after the Battle of Stono Ferry, South Carolina in 1779. Two years after that, him and his other brother were captured by the British. While they were captives a British officer ordered them to clean ... nothing ever came of it. Mean while John Quincy Adams, son of the former President, helped broker a deal that would have the Americans give the Spanish 5 million dollars in compensation of private claims, while the Americans got all the t...

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... and rest for a few days, he and the other men kept on walk to reach the goals of the mission. Another problem was communication. There was a language barrier that separated some members of the mission to the leaders of the mission. Sacagawea who followed her husband on the mission was valuable to Lewis and Clark. She spoke the same language as the Shoshoni and was able to conduct trade with ... his party were traveling across the Great Falls of the Missouri River when all of a sudden there was a down pour that made the river very strong and powerful. They made it across safely but they l...

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... keeping with the "theory of the Bering Straits crossing" of Native American peopling in this Hemisphere, the findings of ancient remains in Washington State should be of no surprise, this would have been the path the Native Americans used when crossing the land bridge. In fact the Columbia River area contains some of the greatest variety and abundance of Indian artifacts in the United States. The reason the Kennewick Man's bones have attracted far more attention than other finds ... the Native Americans would feel threatened by what is happening as a result of the Kennewick Man issue? O...

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... southwest. He describes traveling to Havasu Canyon on horseback, rafting down the Colorado River through Glen Canyon and his subsequent visit to Lake Powell. He also reflects upon various other travels throughout the region and in "Coda" argues for increased wilderness preservation. Stegner's descriptions of the landscape mainly consist of passages dealing with the beauty and emptiness of the land. He also describes geologic features in-depth in "San Juan ... Submersus", while he cannot deny the beauty of the reservoir, Stegner realizes the price that has been paid in the name of progre...

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... southwest. He describes traveling to Havasu Canyon on horseback, rafting down the Colorado River through Glen Canyon and his subsequent visit to Lake Powell. He also reflects upon various other travels throughout the region and in "Coda" argues for increased wilderness preservation. Stegner's descriptions of the landscape mainly consist of passages dealing with the beauty and emptiness of the land. He also describes geologic features in-depth in "San Juan ... Submersus", while he cannot deny the beauty of the reservoir, Stegner realizes the price that has been paid in the name of progre...

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... Americans, many would try to resist being forcibly removed to other lands. Thousands of Native American's would die in either such resistances or through what is known as "The Trail of Tears." "The Trail of Tears," happened during Andrew Jackson's presidency with his Indian Removal Act, and during this removal of Native Americans to the west of the Mississippi River, as many as approximately 2,000 to 6,000 would die on ... way of life with America expanding, and many voiced their opinions through various ways. Britain stood to lose their claim to the Pacific Northwest, otherwise known a...

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... fighter began early. In the spring and early summer of 1780, after the disastrous surrender of Lincoln's army at Charleston, the British overran the whole of South Carolina. Young Jackson fought in the Battle of Hanging Rock at age 13. He was captured by British forces and asked by an officer to shine his boots; Jackson refused and was struck with the flat side of a saber. For years ... , his soldiers experienced his toughness and dubbed him "Old Hickory." At the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, Jackson's Tennessee and Kentucky militia killed over 800 Creek indians, shooting them down in a she...

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... all. Chief Pontiac went to the other Chief Indians along the Ohio River Valley and said that he wanted to start a rebellion. Soon after, things began to get violent, and the Indians burned all the British settlements within the country. King George III wanted to end this rebellion so he issued a proclamation, (The Proclamation of 1763) that said that the Indians were given all the land west of the Appalachian Mountains, but this ... land could not be sold or traded. The African Americans and the Native Americans fought for the same reasons. They wanted to better their lives, and they wan...

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... into the side of mesas. The buildings that the Anasazi lived in looked like large apartment buildings. These buildings had over 200 rooms, and more than 400 people lived there. The Anasazi built their buildings with stone. Rooms were sometimes built on top of other rooms as the family grew. The Anasazi were farmers. This gave the mesa a green appearance. For this reason, the community that the Anasazi ... and women from all over the area gathered along the riverbanks to trap the salmon. The first salmon caught was a special salmon. The Indians would put a wooden trap with small holes ac...

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... loved to fish and scour for shellfish. Now that I have done some research on the time periods, the painting for the Archaic Period exhibit makes sense. The Native Americans were lined up on the side of the bank of a river, and looked to be using different techniques of catching fish. If there was a little description saying what the Native Americans were doing, there would be less confusion on what took place during ... no means did not show the true drama and gore between the two. Towards the end of the Historic Period small pox and other diseases killed off tons of the Native American...

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