was filming‚ co-starring in the music video‚ writing some of the lyrics that were later added in and also finding information about the Dawes Act. Some of my ideas for this project was the type of clothing we would be wearing for the music video‚ what we should do in the music video and also some scenery shots in the music video were also my idea. The topic‚ Dawes Act‚ really interest us because our group wanted a topic that we could expand on and the information really fit into the melody of the
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The Dawes act was passed in 1871. It caused Indian tribes to work for the federal government. The act allotted that Indians would get 40-160 acres of land. In a 25 year trust period‚ if the Indians took care of the land‚ they got to sell it or put it up for lease. However if the didn’t take care of it‚ they still had to pay taxes. I would change the fact that the Indians could sell their land after 5 years‚ and they shouldn’t have to pay taxes. The Indians also shouldn’t have had to farm. The Indians
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Dealing with the Dawes Act‚ was important towards the Native Americans and life itself. The Dawes Act was a succeeding policy by breaking up reservations by granting land allotments to individual Native Americans. The President broke up reservation land that was held in common by the members of the tribe. Native Americans registering a tribal “roll” were granted allotments to be parceled out to individuals. The Dawes Act was purportedly to protect Indian property rights. To begin with‚ the purpose
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have interpreted. In the text‚ Speak‚ Melinda Sordino shows her bravery by facing her fears against Mr. Neck and Andy Evans. One example of Melinda’s bravery is when she defies Mr. Neck. This example is the conflict between Melinda against Mr. Neck which may be considered as man vs. man (woman). Melinda does not have any advantages against Mr. Neck but does have disadvantages such as not being able to speak. Melinda’s inability to speak gives an advantage to Mr. Neck so he changes the project’s
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stranger took it upon herself to throw water on my sister and force her out of the bathroom because my sister was dressed as a boy. When I was younger‚ I could not imagine why anyone would be so cruel to another human being and I could not find my voice to speak. When I was younger‚ my English class had a debate. One day when I was thirteen‚ my class had a debate on gay marriage. I sat there in class listening to a classmate scream out “It’s Adam and Eve‚ not Adam and Steve!” All I could
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sacrifices for adapting the Dawes Act in 1887. It allowed Native Americans to merge with Americans through U.S. citizenship. It also opened land for settlers to move West‚ but at the same time allotted Native Americans a selective amount of land. Native Americans were required to register with an English name on the Dawes Poll to be considered in the land distribution. The Act is perceived by some that it benefited the American people more than the Native Americans. The Dawes Act was intended to be
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Andrea Thomas Speak Essay In the movie Speak Melinda was raped by this guy by named Addy at a party‚ she was reluctant to talk to anyone about what happened because she was so traumatized‚ and everyone hated her for calling the cops. She was mad at herself for not being able to do anything about it. So she resorted to silence‚ so that she doesn’t have to bring back the horrible memories she was trying to forget even though all she had to do was speak. In fact‚ if Melinda had told the truth
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State University. Sandusky was recently imprisoned for these crimes. His victims‚ much like main character Melinda Sordino in the novel Speak‚ suffered in silence until they revealed their secret helping to finally express inner emotions. As I read this novel I compared scenarios and found the similarity between Sandusky’s victims and Melinda‚ they needed to speak in order to heal. Melinda begins to develop a coping mechanism that negatively affects her psychologically. She withdraws from her family
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lash out in response to this treatment. The gravity of
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Our parent’s morals and ethics whether right or wrong‚ will become ours because of belonging to the family unit. Life Cycle by Bruce Dawe‚ explores the life of a child brought into a Victorian family. The baby’s life is destined to revolve around football due to the family being football supporters and him being ‘laid in beribboned cots‚ having already begun a lifetime’s barracking’
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