Constitutions Practice Assignment English III (2013) Sem 1 (S2605467) Ashley Heaton Points possible: 50 Date: ____________ Assignment Write a literary analysis essay of the U.S. Constitution. Focus on how the Constitution provides liberty for American citizens. Use quotations from the Constitution to support your points. If you choose‚ you can compare or contrast the U.S. Constitution with the Haudenosaunee Great Law of Peace (the Iroquois Constitution). Your essay should use a basic three-paragraph
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Native American Mascots: Keep Them for the Win or Throw Them in the Bin? When imaging a mascot‚ the first image to appear in my head is my high school mascot which is a tiger. In addition‚ I think of the attributes it represents‚ such as pride‚ honor‚ power‚ and determination; however‚ alongside these thoughts come the memories of the ridiculous mascot in the tiger costume messing around at pep rallies and of the stripes painted on the bodies of tailgaters who would go out and “roar” at the football
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the Virginia General Assembly stated‚ "All servants imported and brought into the Country ... who were not Christians in their native Country ... shall be accounted and be slaves. All Negro‚ mulatto and Indian slaves within this dominion ... shall be held to be real estate. If any slave resists his master ... correcting such slave‚
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Indian reservations across America are lands that are reserved for Native Americans. On the reservation‚ the Native children are taught an education and ways to interact with others. On most reservations the children are taught the Indian language‚ but are also taught how to speak English. They mainly keep most of the Native American techniques and heritage. In a way these lands set aside are best for the Native Americans since they were on this land first. In North America there were seven main
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decoration or tools while others use it to tell stories and record their history. In America‚ the Natives have been using art since they first came into existence‚ and their culture is reflected in every medium they used whether it be color or shape. As time changed and went on‚ the state of Oklahoma received most of the Natives‚ the events greatly affected the culture which affected the art. Native Americans in Oklahoma used art to maintain their culture and history through different mediums like clay
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Native American Mascots Imagine yourself at a sporting event. You are enjoying the last bite of your foot-long hot dog‚ anticipating the moment the half time show will begin. Out comes the shoe-less‚ plaid-shirt wearing‚ ripped and dirty blue jean sporting mascot. His name is “Billy Bob-- the wildest hillbilly in the boondocks.” He goes running around‚ chugging down his fake moonshine and spitting tobacco. Being a native of Appalachia‚ you find yourself upset‚ and state this to be extremely
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Native Americans live in their own world and own community‚ owning casinos‚ private housing and just recently an amusement park in the makings. With approximately 2.1 million Native Americans in the United States‚ 566 nationally recognized and 10 separate cultures‚ we make up roughly 0.6 percent of the American population today. The 10 different cultures are the Arctic‚ the Subarctic‚ the Northeast‚ the Southeast‚ the Plains‚ the Southwest‚ the Great basin‚ California‚ the Northwest Coast and the
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Did you know that one group of native Americans don’t use any type of boat for transportation. Many groups used kayaks canoes and boats but one group does not‚ and the Inuit‚ Haida‚ and Iroquois all hunt with bows and arrows but ‚the Inuit live in a more harsh climate‚ the Haida have a legend on how it came to be‚ and the Iroquois don’t use boats. First of all the Haida and I went and Iroquois are alike because they all use a bone arrow to hunt and they hunt a lot of the same things. It is shown
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Mendiola Ms. Herrera English III‚ period 6 13 September 2016 Native American Mythology As a whole‚ Native American Mythology has always been about two main subjects‚ the origin of a certain object‚ or the creation of the earth and its beings. In these three stories‚ The Earth on Turtle’s Back‚ When Grizzlies Walked Upright‚ and The Navajo Origin Legend‚ they all share similar ideas and backgrounds. The beliefs and attitudes that the natives had towards each other‚ animals‚ and the gods were unique
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In Cannon Ball‚ North Dakota there’s a land called Standing Rock Sioux reservation and that’s where the USACE wants to put a pipeline in. The Standing Rock Sioux reservation is a Native American sacred and burial ground. The Native Americans don’t want them putting the pipeline in because‚ it’ll contaminate their clean water and bother the people who were buried there. At first‚ the pipeline wasn’t a big deal and then the USACE wouldn’t cooperate and the THPO sued them which caused a very big problem
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