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    San Antonio Mission Essay

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    hold statues and the chapel was to be highly decorated. The lower-level niches displayed Saint Francis and Saint Dominic. Mud buildings such as storerooms‚ homes and workrooms were constructed for the Indians. To withstand the attacks from Apacheand Comanche raiders‚ the mission was build. In 1745‚ 100 mission Indians managed to drove away a band of 300 Apaches surrounding the presidio. Their actions saved the the mission and the town from destruction. In 1762‚ a turret around the three cannon was added

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    Chief Black Kettle

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    Chief Black Kettle Philicia Ingle MacQueen 4A How would you feel if people tried to take over your family and community? Just like most people wouldn’t like it‚ Black Kettle didn’t like it when they tried to take his families land either. He was a leader of the Cheyenne tribe after 1854 who led the efforts to resist American settlement in the west. He was a peace maker who accepted treaties to protect his people. After 1850‚ Cheyenne – Us relations were conducted under the treaty of Fort Laramie

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    Mary Rowlandson Captivity

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    of Mary Rowlandson it began in February of 1675 when the Indians outnumbered her town and she managed to escape but‚ afterwards she was captured and taken captive. On the other hand‚ for Maria Villalpando it started in the summer of 1760 when the Comanche group invaded her home and killed most of the men she was captured along with fifty seven women and children. Throughout their captivities they encounter different and similar experiences along with the treatment from their captors even though it

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    The Alamo Mission in San Antonio also known as Mission San Antonio de Valero is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in San Antonio‚ Texas. In 1716‚ Roman Catholic missions in East Texas was being established by the Spanish government. San Juan Bautista‚ Coahuila‚ the nearest Spanish Settlement was approximately over 400 miles away. It was then declared that San Antonio de Valero would be used as a new mission. Father Antonio de San Buenaventura y Olivares was in charge of the mission which was located

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    Five Civilized Tribes

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    Apache‚ Arapaho‚ Cahuilla‚ Cherokee‚ Cheyenne‚ Chickasaw‚ Choctaw‚ Comanche‚ Dakota‚ Gwich’in‚ Hopi‚ Iroquois‚ Kiowa‚ Kickapoo‚ Ktunaxa‚ Lakota‚ Lenape‚ Lumbee‚ Makah‚ Menominee‚ Mitchigamea‚ Mohawk‚ Mohegan‚ Navajo‚ Odawa‚ Ojibwe‚ Omaha‚ Paiute‚ Pawnee‚ Pennacook‚ Pima‚ Potawatomi‚ Sakonnet‚ Shawnee‚ Shoshone‚ Sioux‚ Spokane‚ Tohono‚ Tolowa‚ Yapui etc. These are just some amongst many of Native American tribes. But I am going to talk about just five tribes. These five tribes are known as Five “Civilized”

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    Augustine‚ 1565 Santa Fe‚ 1609 La Salle‚ 1684 mission & presidio system Nacogdoches mission‚ 1716 San Antonio de Valero‚ 1718 San Antonio de Bexar‚ 1718 La Bahia (later‚ Goliad)‚ 1721 Los Adaes‚ 1729 Canary Islanders (Los Isleños)‚ 1731  Comanche French and Indian War‚ 1763 New Regulations for Presidios‚ 1772 Age of Revolution Bernardo de Galvez 1790 population:     New Spain‚ 4‚800‚000 (including countable Indians)     United States‚ 3‚700‚000 (not including Indians)     Tejas

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    The 1867 Peace Commission was established to resolve and prevent any conflicts with Native American Tribes. The Peace Commission created reservations to protect Native American tribes and allow white settlers to claim former Native American territories and lay down railroad tracks. Treaties were created to bring peace by giving the Native Americans food‚ blankets‚ housing‚ and clothes. However‚ the 1867 Peace Commission failed to accomplish their goals. While Tribal Leaders agreed to move to the

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    Jazzelle Film Techniques

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    Description of Film Scene 1 The opening scene of this film shows Jerry a recently appointed sheriff‚ sitting at the town’s bar drinking whiskey. He is very sad due to the recent death of the former sheriff‚ Mark. Jerry is then informed that Jazzelle has been kidnapped. Jerry is told that Jazzelle’s horse was found by the river and he believes the Cherokee may have taken him. Scene 2 Jerry is in his office very disturbed about how to rescue Jazzelle. This is a key moment in the film as this is

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    had seen combat‚ who were captured‚ or wounded(NMAI). Some Native American tribes also had traditions that were intertwined with influences from Christianity. For example‚ the Native American Church was an important form of spirituality for many Comanches and other tribes(NMAI). Some of their traditions included eating various plants such as the Peyote‚ a spiritual plant that is sacred to the members of the church(NMAI). Through the use of these traditions‚ both old and new‚ many tribes were able

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    In March 1863 Connor was appointed Brigadier General‚ U.S. Volunteers‚ and appointed to command Utah Military District‚ with headquarters at Fort Douglas. He thereupon led the Powder River expedition to quell the Sioux and Comanche in 1865‚ an action which signalled commencement of the struggle for the Bozeman Trail which raged in the watershed of the Big Horry Mountains for the next 16 years between the frontier Army and the Indians‚ culminating in the shocking defeat of Custer

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