Summary: In this text it’s pretty much introducing to all the topics and examples of the ways names are so important in our world today. He firstly describes how in past decades they always had a nickname like the 70s, 80s and 90s. But for the twenty first century years 2000 to 2009 has never received a nickname. He states how this is quite unfortunate and crazy because in the start of this 21st century we’ve had a lot accomplishment and devastating failures. Then in one of the same topics Patrick Olsen writes a text on “Does Your Pickup Truck Have a Nickname?” He states that people have a big love and enjoyment for inanimate things such as people who own trucks. He gives statistics and provides a survey…
War Dance, Sioux also has a historical context. George Catlin created this oil on canvas artwork in 1845-1848. George Catlin did not randomly imagine this artwork. He, most likely, first sketched this scene near For Pierre in 1832, and, eventually, he created this painting in his studio years later. Therefore, since his historical culture involved Native Americans during a time of warfare, George Catlin created War Dance, Sioux.…
The historical context for George Catlin's War Dance, Sioux. The author seems to view the Indians as an energetic, unified group, as they take turns jumping through the fire in their ritual dance. It was likely painted between 1845 and 1848, the historical events framing this painting are the Mexican- American War and the implementation of Manifest Destiny that displaced many Indians from their homeland. The impression is the Indians binding together for a cause.…
The Shawnees and Their Neighbors, 1795-1870 by Stephen Warren looks into the lives of Native Americans in the Old Northwest. This time was characterized by warfare and failed compromises between the Americans and Native Americans. Native Americans faced failure and removal much in part due to their inability to combine forces to fight against, or seek to gain rights from the American frontiersmen.…
In 1875 the Black Hills Gold Rush begun and white settlers crossed the hunting ground of the Sioux tribe. The natives were upset and gathered around. This affected the white settlers who were trying to moving the west. The government ordered the Natives American to go back to their reservations. The US army sent out military leader Lieutenant Colonel George Custer and 265 soldiers to go against the Indians. On June 25, 1876 the Custer’s Last Stand war broke through. The Sioux tribe led by Rain-in-the-Face, War Chief Crazy Horse and their medicine doctor Sitting Bull with 2,500 natives crushed and killed Custer and all of Custer’s 265 soldiers. This resulted in a nationwide revenge against the Sioux tribes. By 1876 in October, three thousand…
The Sioux Native Americans are a diverse tribe. There are three unions that make up seven different tribes that are distributed in the United States. The unions are the Dakota, or also known as the Santee, the Nakota, which makes up the Yankton and the Yanktonai tribes, and the final union is the Lakota, which makes up seven other tribes. The Santee Dakota can be found along the Minnesota River in what is now Minnesota. The Yankton Nakota migrated along the Missouri River in what is now southeastern South Dakota, and in southwestern Minnesota and northwestern Iowa. The Lakota settled the greatest west to the Black Hills region of what is now western South Dakota, eastern Wyoming, and eastern Montana (fofweb.com). We can still see many factors made…
Taming of the Shrew is a romantic comedy written by William Shakespeare in the 1500’s. It takes place in the city of Padua, presumably during the Italian Renaissance. The major conflict of the play is ‘taming’ a hot-headed woman named Katherine and to overcome the rule her father holds on his two daughters where the eldest marries first. The script brings up a lot of attention in the feminist theory. But, Shakespeare’s play reflects on the archetypes of characters, situations, and symbols. These connections are made in the play to make the audience familiar with the text and provide a deeper understanding.…
The United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians was a case that was decided in the Supreme Court in 1980, but really goes back to the events surrounding the Fort Laramine Treaty of 1868. The events that led up to the Sioux Nation pursuing legal action can pretty much be summarized as the United States government using their military power and governmental law as a means to wrongfully and/or immorally take away land that was promised to the Sioux Nation in the Fort Laramine Treaty of 1868. The treaty stated that the Great Sioux reservation, including the Black hills, would be “set apart for the absolute and undisturbed use and occupation" of the Sioux Nation (Sioux), and that no treaty for the cession of any part of the reservation would be valid…
The Natchez are Native American people who originally lived in the Natchez Bluffs area near the present-day city of Natchez, Mississippi. Archaeological evidence states that the Natchez people lived in the Natchez Bluffs region since as long ago as 700 A.D. The Natchez Indians were among the last American Indian groups to inhabit the area now known as southwestern Mississippi. Only after several disputes with the French were the Natchez dispersed.…
Many lives are ruled by a need to fit in and conform to the ideals of society. William Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew centers around the two sisters, Bianca and Katherine and their marriages. Kate, an unpleasant and undesirable woman, unwillingly marries Petruchio who attempts to tame her. Bianca is the ideal woman who is pursued by many men. The play was written in 1590 and set in Italy, when submission and obedience were expected of women while men took powerful positions. Societal expectations motivate men and women.…
In the play Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare, Shakespeare includes several appeals of pathos, ethos and logos. In the last passage of the book, Katharina speaks out to all of the characters with a speech. Katharina describes how she has changed into a person who looks to her husband as her lord, her care taker. The characters who listened to her speech seemed impressed on how she has finally changed her rude attitude and how she obeys her husband Pertruchio’s every word.…
The one difference about these two plays that are pretty obvious is that both of the play were made at different times like in the movie “10 things I hate about you” the characters are dating and not into anything to serious but in “The taming of the shrew” when all the characters met they, one fell in love right away, two they did sex and got married not to long before they met. In both the play and film, Kat and Kate make changes in…
“The Taming of the Shrew” by William Shakespeare, is a very notorious play that has been rewritten and turned into multiple Hollywood films. One very popular version of the famous play is the movie directed by Mr. Franco Zeffirelli. Although most think that this version is the most accurate representation of the original play, there are still many distinct differences.…
Crazy Horse is one on the most ambiguous yet legendary leaders in the American Indian history. The book Crazy Horse: A Lakota Life attempts to tell the story of one of the most feared by foes, and honored by allies American Indian leaders. Kingsley M. Bray draws from primary sources and other biographies to construct the tragic sequence of childhood conflict, deception, and misjudgments that shaped the leader’s adulthood affairs and eventually led to his demise. The book reveals a new biography not only in the warrior’s battles, but also the often time overlooked political and religious struggles he faced. It gives a new outlook on the man inside the legend.…
Frontier wars would of been seen or felt the impact by every Aboriginal that came into contact with Europeans. The definition of a frontier war is fighting that happens on the border of the furthest extent of inhabited areas. A good example of this would be the Bathurst Wars which eventually become the largest military campaign to take place in our own country. The impact of the frontier war can still be felt today such as the destruction of sacred sites such as burials.…