The Northwest Coastal Indians‚ Kwakiutl‚ lived in what is now Alaska along the Pacific Ocean down the coast to Northern California. The environment was very diverse and often extreme which included a rugged strip of land with small islands‚ deep inlets‚ inland rivers and lakes‚ deep fjords‚ and wide and narrow beaches. Mountains rise to the shore in many places. Spruce‚ cedar‚ and fir forests dominated the area supplying endless amounts of wood. All the people lived near the water and relied heavily
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article‚ “Columbus‚ the Indians‚ and Human Progress‚ Dr. Howard Zinn argues that there is another perspective to consider as to Christopher Columbus’ adventures. Dr. Howard Zinn’s position is that history books have omissions of slavery‚ death and innocent bloodshed that accompanied the adventures of Christopher Columbus. In the following statements Dr. Howard Zinn describes his perspective; “The writer began the history‚ five hundred years ago‚ of the European invasion of the Indian Settlement in the
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The Causes of the Indian Mutiny The Indian Mutiny (also known as the first war of independence) had many factors‚ forces and events which contributed to it’s cause‚ some of which include cultural‚ religious and the political forces and also the Einfield Riffle. The changes in culture that the British had made in India‚ created a lot of discontent and there was a lot of anti-British feelings that were growing amongst the landlords. Many people believed that the advent of the steamships were the
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The Funeral Oration of Pericles and The Melian Dialogue are two primary sources that present us the true nature of Athens. The evidence from the two primary sources states to us that Athens are a people that don’t look upon others and that they only care about themselves. Surviving and making sure that their people history stay alive is Athens main agenda and they will stop at nothing to make sure they reach their goal. Athenians true nature is survival. Doing the war against Sparta‚ they held
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PROJECT REPORT ON: [pic] “INDIAN RAILWAYS” [pic] TABLE OF CONTENTS | I |ACKNOWLEDGEMENT |2 | |1 |INTRODUCTION |4 | |2 |NINE ZONES OF INDIAN RAILWAYS |5
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------------------------------------------------- Kaveri River water dispute Kaveri river flows in South Karnataka and then to Tamil Nadu. The sharing of waters of the river Kaveri has been the source of a serious conflict between the Indian states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. The genesis of this conflict‚ rests in two controversial agreements—one signed in 1892 and another in 1924—between the erstwhile Madras Presidency and Princely State of Mysore. The 802 km Kaveri river [1] has 32‚000 sq km basin area in Karnataka
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class‚ how did Indians respond to the government’s agenda to solve “the Indian Problem”? Where did they cooperate—and why—and where did they resist—and why? The “Indian Problem” was the “burden” that the United States Government faced throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries. The Government considered the Indians to be a “problem” due to the fact that native tribes were halting the expansionist policy popular in the 1800’s. The main aspects targeted and defined as the “Indian Problem” by
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Case Study of river pollution Introduction River pollution has caused loss of lives and imbalances in the ecosystem. People‚ industries and natural causes contribute to the pollution of rivers. This makes the waters unsafe for both animal and human consumption. Conversely‚ what happens upstream may not be knowledge to those at the lower part of the river. In consequence‚ governments have come up with laws and regulations to curtain practices that may render the water harmless. Irrespective of
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“Barn Burning” by William Faulkner follows the life of Colonel Sartosis Snopes‚ Sarty‚ and his family. Sarty is a ten year boy who moves around a lot due to his dad’s violent habits. Sarty has to decide what his morals are and if his loyalty to his father is worth putting in front of those morals. Sarty’s father‚ Abner‚ burns down people’s barns if he has a conflict with them. The members of the Snopes Family all live in fear of Abner because of his rage and violence. Sarty goes through the
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2001 - 2010 - Indian scam Decade of worth `.73000000000000 India a.k.a Mother India - Land of over Democracy‚ has been denigrated by Greed‚ graft‚ politics‚ bribery & dirty money. As we are coming to an end of a scammed year (hopefully the last). It might be exasperating to many Indians that the worth of this decade’s scams has reached a new high of 73 Lakh crores. It’s hard to digest isn’t it? Here are the details (year wise): 2001 - UTI scam `. 4‚800 cr Dinesh Dalmia stock scam `.
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