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    Native American have suffered due to White Settlers. White Settles moved out west and then there was conflict with White settler and Native Americans. When the White Settlers moved westward‚ they started killing Buffalo and Native Americans had to depended on buffalo for food‚ clothing‚ and shelter. The movement started with farmers who drove the Cotton Kingdom toward the west. More individuals started to move out west alongside the Cotton Kingdom with expectations of discovering gold in California

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    interspersed with unobtrusive titling presenting the location’s name and the date of the genocidal event: Murambi‚ Rwanda (April 16-22‚ 1994); Choeung Ek‚ Cambodia (April 17‚ 1975--January 7‚ 1979); Treblinka‚ Poland (July 23‚ 1942--October 19‚ 1943); and Wounded Knee‚ USA (December 29‚ 1890). The soundtrack is an evocative mix of traditional singing in Rwandan‚ Khmer‚ Yiddish‚ and Lakota. The music is matched to the imagery of its country of origin‚ though it too blends seamlessly from one site to the next

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    Fort Hood Shooting The Fort Hood massacre‚ like all things‚ has a before‚ a during‚ and an after. Before the shooting‚ people were going about their day as if nothing were new. During the shooting‚ people became the people they were meant to become. After the shooting‚ people felt the pain of loss; they thanked God‚ and they moved on. “I just thank God he missed me” (CNN). “Unit at Fort Hood deploying a month after shootings” (Fox). The morning before the shooting took place‚ everyone woke up

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    ) What was the Impact of Western Expansion upon the Native Americans? Sand Creek Massacre Treatment of Chinese workers on the Railroad What was the Impact of the Railroad on the West What hardships did farmers face? What was the Grange and what did they want? Where did the traditions of the Cowboy come from? The 2nd Treaty of Ft. Laramie and why it was broken Battle of Little Big Horn Wounded Knee Massacre Dawes Severalty Act - What did it do and what was the reasoning behind it? How

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    them‚ through their resources. They eventually lead to the endangerment of the buffalo. They depleted many other of their resources‚ which caused the Native Americans and pioneers to attack one another. Battles such as Little Bighorn and the Wounded Knee massacre are just two known ones. The pioneers ended up killing off many of the natives‚ which was known as the French and Indian war‚ and although many Native Americans still survived those attacks‚ to this day most of them are force to live on reservations

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    Westward Expansion Dbq

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    westward expansion disrupted native american lives after the civil war due to expansionist invading their lands and taking their freedom‚ while simultaneously destroying their culture and population. the issue of land was one of the largest controversies pertaining to westward expansion. In an era characterized by rapid population growth and economic depression‚ the pull to move west was strong in the white settlers hoping for a better life. The Homestead Act further encouraged settlers to migrate

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    Bioshock Infinite is a 2013 first-person shooter developed by Irrational Games‚ under the creative direction of Ken Levine‚ and published by 2K Games. It is the third and presumably final game in the dystopian Bioshock series‚ since the downsizing and rebranding of Irrational Games (now Ghost Story Games) following Bioshock Infinite. The main story is set in 1912 and begins with the playable character‚ Booker DeWitt‚ being rowed to a lighthouse off the coast of Maine by two unknown characters‚ a

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    1. Sitting Bull- Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux holy man who led his people as a tribal chief during years of resistance to United States government policies 2. George A. Custer- United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the Indian Wars. 3. Chief Joseph- Leader of Nez Perce. Fled with his tribe to Canada instead of reservations. 4. Geronimo- Apache leader who fought U.S. soldiers to keep his land 5. Helen Hunt Jackson- a writer. Author of the 1881 book

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    Native American Removal

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    Native American removal is something that is considered a dark period in Untied States History. Many natives spilled their blood on their land that was taken from them by our American Government‚ many people then saw it as there right to expand westward (Manifest Destiny) if we didn’t take over the land‚ the United States would most definitely be different. The first major move of the United States government was setting up The Bureau of Indian Affairs. With this as well the US army established

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    Black Elk Speak Analysis

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    Response Paper on Black Elk Speaks BB Nicholas Black Elk‚ Lakota visionary and healer communicates his painful conclusion to John G. Neihardt at the end of his interviews in the following way: “[…]The nation’s hoop is broken and scattered. There is no center any longer‚ and the sacred tree is dead”(207). After he narrates the unspeakable tragedy of his nation‚ the concluding lines mark the tragic end of a personal life and that of a national

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