Artifacts can tell stories. Unlike history recorded or told by human‚ artifacts are capable of revealing the most objective and neutral version of the stories. Behind the sword belonged to Thomas’ Legion‚ there is a history of Native American‚ especially the position of eastern band of Cherokee‚ during the Civil War period. The sword is a Model 1840 Cavalry Saber (M1840) in dark color‚ which used to owned by Colonel Love in Thomas’ Legion. This artifact is 44 inch long with a weight of 2.5 pounds
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story with the notes and rhythms. If the people are in distress‚ the music will be sad and sorrowful‚ but if the people just won a big war‚ it will be joyous and happy. An example of music reflecting a culture is the Native Americans. Music was a major factor in the Native American culture. The music that the tribe played at night was a reflection of what was happening during that period in their lives. If there was a sickness going around the camp‚ killing people‚ the music would be very dismal
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sought out new resources and trade routes. The two countries that were notorious in exploration during the Renaissance were Portugal and Spain. The Portuguese and Spanish were rivals in exploration. They were always competing with each other over who was better. Spanish exploration was more effective than Portuguese exploration because the Spanish went to land unexplored‚ colonised and made more voyages than the Portuguese. Trade was a necessity for early kingdoms after the Middle Ages. People‚ especially
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The term indian originated from christopher columbus.He thought he reached the east indies when he landed in america and therefore calling them the indians/Native americans. The similarities and differences are many but i don’t think they are all so interesting.But the similarities are that the native americans and the stories are about something tragic happening in their lives and they can be life lessons. In these stories of the ¨buffalo and the corn‚¨ ¨The coyote and the fox‚¨ ¨and the first
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with the Wind” or “Dukes of Hazzard County‚” both of which reinforce the negatively stigmatized‚ stereotypical Southern accent (Lippi-Green 218). Southern American English (SAE) is in fact the most widely recognized regional dialect in America‚ but unfortunately‚ it also almost always carries with it the most negative associations of any American
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Newport’s men when trading with our people were untrusting though as they believed every step they took was a trap and pointed their rifles as if we were a threat. Not only did my father dislike this but so did I for the English had nothing to fear and the lack of trust was hurtful. The English then made a deal with father‚ a son for a son. Newport would send us one of his own and father would do the same. The young boy we received was named Thomas Savage and I was smart enough to know that Thomas was not
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of Native Americans an act of genocide? Native Americans once lived in peace‚ but then European colonists such as Christopher Columbus began to invade their land. At first‚ the Natives and them treated each other with respect‚ but soon after‚ Columbus turned on the Natives ’ and used their generosity to his advantage. Aside from brutal acts of abuse‚ murder‚ and thief‚ they also brought diseases such as small pox and measles which slowly began to wipe out their population. Millions of Natives suffered
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history. In colonized regions the issue of colonial and native language became the subject of discussion between critics. In relation Chinua Achebe "The African writer and the English Language" and Ngugi Wa Thiong’o "The Language of the African Literature" essays; I will discuss what do these two writers have in common and in what way they are different. As we all know; Colonizing power is trying to control their colonies by cutting out their native languages and replace them with their own‚ so the colonizers
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the largest ethnic groups‚ French and English Canadians. Both groups have attempted to gain the upper hand in battles over politics‚ language‚ religion‚ and culture. It is unfortunate that this bitter battle between Canadians is still taking place today. It is worth noting that the French make up 24% of Canada’s population‚ about 6.5 million‚ 6.2 million are living in Quebec. The three main historical events that have pushed relationships between French and English Canadians to the breaking point
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