Nick Scrimenti A-3 12/1/11 The Last of the Mohicans Movie Review The film “The Last of the Mohicans” by Michael Mann is a very interesting and captivating film. The setting of this film is in colonial America during the French and Indian War. It tells the story of Nathaniel Hawkeye who is a colonist adopted by a Mohican family. Nathaniel helps the British Military through the forests during the war. The French are allied with the Hurons while the British are allied with the colonial militia
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Creation Story The selection "The Iroquois Creation Story" is very much similiar to the bibles version of how the Earth was created. In "The Iroquois story" there was a woman who gives birth to two boys and shorty after falls to her demise. She gave birth to a good and evil son. The good son is the creator of good and uses his parents remains to creat the sun‚ moon and stars. He also goes along to create insects and animals to inhibit and live in the different habitats he created such as rivers
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stories have not only differences‚ but also similarities. African and Iroquois cultures seem on the surface to have nothing in common‚ especially because they are from different parts of the world. However‚ they both share fundamental values. The myths “The Golden Chain” from Africa and “The World on the Turtle’s Back” from the Iroquois culture‚ are similar in the fact that they both value simplicity and a deity figure. Iroquois and African myths both include the presence of basic forms of nature
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The Mohawk Nation is a Native American tribe of the New York area. They were a sedentary tribe who practiced agriculture in the harsh northeast climate. The primary crops were corn‚ squash‚ and beans. The Mohawk were skilled trappers who took advantage of this skill when the Europeans arrived in their area. The tribes worked with other tribes to achieve better relations with other Native Americans and Europeans. This included a constitution and treaties with Americans and Canadians. The modern day
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“Brother‚ our seats were once large‚ and yours were very small; you have now become a great people‚ and we have scarcely a place left to spread our blankets; you have got our country‚ but are not satisfied you want to force your religion upon us.”(2). That was Sagoyewatha (aka Red Jacket) from when he defended the Native American religion in a speech. He was an excellent speaker and he played a prominent role in negotiations with the new United States federal government (1). He negotiated on behalf
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Michael Nguyen History Scott Howell Santiago Canyon College Due March 11th‚ 2013 Essay #6 Essay Question: Describe why someone could choose not to join the patriot movement in the colonies. What choices did blacks and Indians often make when faced with this crisis. The Crisis of the Revolution‚ 1779-1783. Americans expected to end this fight with Britain rather quickly but wasn’t the case. Loyalists were important key factors in the war for Britain due to the numbers and their willingness
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settlers that had joined the soldiers along the way talked of the Indians who lived in this area among the white settlers. Some men spoke against the converted Indians who lived at a Moravian Mission not far away. They were sure the Indians were sneaking out after dark and taking part in the raids happening. Drunken men got each other stirred up and agitated. The more they drank and talked the crazier they became. Some of them rode out to the Moravian mission with hatred in their hearts and liquor
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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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The Iroquois people are a very historically powerful tribe in the northeast Native American confederacy. The Iroquois tribe originally called their confederacy Kanonsionni‚ which means "people of the longhouse" but today they go by the name Haudenosaunee. The Iroquois are a tribe made up of six nations. Their creation story uses an unique perspective that is uncommon and not as well known. The creation myth of the Iroquois people was built off of the Native American culture‚ made more realistic with
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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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