Iroquois Indians and Lacrosse Lacrosse is a sport played worldwide and is centerpiece of the Iroquois Indian culture. This sport involves using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse (aka lacrosse stick) and because this is a contact sport‚ it requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh that is designed to catch and hold the lacrosse ball. The object of the game is to score by shooting the call into the opponent’s goal. The stick can be used to
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Iroquois The next group of people I chose to research on was the Iroquois. The Iroquois are part of the woodland Indians and are also known to be one of the most recognized in that group. For thousands of years‚ they have lived near the lower Great Lakes in Ohio‚ Pennsylvania‚ New York and also further north into Canada. The Iroquoians were very smart and learned how to use the forests around them as a source of what they needed. They also grew corn‚ beans and squash on fields which then became
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of the Frontier (?) Frederick Jackson Turner described the frontier as “a return to primitive conditions on a continually advancing frontier line” (Turner 530). Turner separates the process of civilization into four phases: “the trader’s frontier‚ the rancher’s frontier‚ or the miner’s frontier‚ and the farmer’s frontier” (Turner 536). After all four stages are completed and there are no more or too few places to settle - the major movement of people is done with - Turner says the frontier is closed
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The early American Christian attitude of limited tolerance for other religions is still apparent today with the issue of NFL players not standing for the National Anthem. Football is so meaningful to American culture‚ that it has become a segment of many people’s religion‚ so when an athlete decides to sit during the National Anthem‚ fans view it as a slight to their religion and their country at the same time. Football fans are a part of one large community where people come from all different
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Early American literature consisted mainly of diaries‚ journals‚ short stories‚ and Indian creation stories. Since some of the language used was of older English and other languages‚ early American literature was difficult to read.<br><br>The first story I read was Spanish Explorers in the New World. This story was a journal of Cabeza de Vaca’s travels and discoveries in the New World. After having a shipwreck‚ he and his fellow sailors were made slaves of the Indians. They walked barefoot‚ bleeding
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American Literature begins in the early 1600’s with the written works of the new settlers coming from Europe to the New Land of America. Although the Indians lived in America before the first Europeans arrived; their literature was somewhat neglected due to it being transmitted orally with no written works. The American writings of the early seventeenth century possess no great artistic value; they are mainly valuable as a study in origins and understanding America’s early experience. During its
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has gone to another stage where gods and myths are misguided with many individuals claiming to be free thinkers disapproving religions and their beliefs. These readings reveal how Christianity has shaped the early American settlements the way they were in early civilization. Early American settlements were started off with a combination of both well-off and less fortunate people. This structure was the main factor that kept the society realistic and stable. It was no way possible to have total
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Early American Civilizations Early American civilizations were composed of four different groups of people. These four groups were composed of the Mayas‚ Aztecs‚ Incas‚ and the North Americans. These groups were the same in many ways‚ but had some differences that would distinguish their group from the others. These civilizations ruled the Americas for long period of time. These civilizations were the same in almost every way‚ but they had their differences to show that they were a totally
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Despite countless numbers of stories told about how women were disrespected and unappreciated‚ although that might be true in some cases‚ it isn’t for the Iroquois. The Iroquois women were very well respected and honored and loved in their society. They had skills and wisdom that were valued in their communities and always were given a lot of power in decision making in what goes on in their society. Females had the right to vote for which men they want to see in “The Great Council”‚ which is a
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In Hurtado’s Intimate Frontiers‚ the author argues that‚ by the late 1800s‚ an Anglo-American presence in California had dominated the region‚ and Anglos in that territory had risen to the top of the social hierarchy. There were many draws to California for the migrating Anglos‚ and numerous reasons for braving the often dangerous journey‚ just as the means of establishing an “Anglo hegemony” were numerous as well. Hurtado analyzes the period through the lens of gender-relations and sex‚ and through
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