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    Maddie Eddy Mrs. Hyde Honors US History/ 6th hour Feb. 27‚ 2013/ Plains Indians Paper Decimation of the Plains Indians The Plains Indians were affected negatively when Americans came to the west and took the lands from the Indians. Not only did the Americans kill off the buffalo till they were almost extinct‚ but the Americans also tried to “Americanize” the Native Americans. Indians either died off or were sent to reservations‚ where the Indians were treated awful by the white police system and

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    Alex Lee Period 6 Chapter 26 The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution The Clash of Cultures on the Plains (1) • The Indians stood in the path of the advancing white pioneers. • An inevitable clash loomed • Migration and conflict were no strangers in the arid West • After the Civil War‚ the Great West was still relatively untamed‚ wild‚ full of Indians‚ bison‚ and wildlife‚ and sparsely populated by a few Mormons and Mexicans. • As the white settlers began populating the west‚ the Indians began

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    How did the Plains Indians solve the problems of living on the Plains? The first three lessons of this unit will lead up to an assessment which will look at your ability to select and combine information from different sources and to structure and organise this information in your work. You will be working in a group and individually to find out about the lives of the Plains Indians. The Great Plains were a hostile environment to live in and as a result the Plains Indians had to solve many

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    The Plains Indians lived in the area from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from Canada to Mexico. The most important tribes were the Sioux‚ Blackfoot‚ Cheyenne‚ Crow‚ Kiowa‚ and Comanche. The plains area was hotter than 100 degrees in the summer‚ and could drop to 40 degrees below zero with heavy snows in the winter. The region was so dry that when it rained it often flooded. The Great Plains was made up of grasslands‚ valleys‚ streams‚ and hills. There were very few

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    University of the Philippines Diliman College of Social Sciences and Philosophy Department of Geography Final Paper in Geography 155 THE GREAT CENTRAL PLAINS Mary Angelie A. Pasion PHYSICAL BACKGROUND OF THE GREAT CENTRAL PLAINS General Information and Physical Background The North American Plains include the area from the Canadian boreal forest in the north to central Texas in the south and from the Rocky Mountain in the west to the Missouri River and the eastern boundaries of the

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    Buffalo The Great Animal Of The Plains Buffalos or bison are one of the beasts that used to freely roam the Wild West. They are one of the strongest and most powerful animals in North America. Millions once roamed the United States‚ Canada‚ and Mexico. Today they’re far fewer and less common. Most buffaloes live in national parks and protected areas. What Do Buffaloes Look Like? Buffaloes are very large animals that sort of resemble a bull. They have a big hump on their back close to their shoulders

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    INTRODUCTION Rules for searches conducted in plain smell are complex and varied based on the circumstances and location of the search. Under the plain smell doctrine‚ an officer can use his sense of smell as probable cause to search if there is an articulable belief that the origination of the odor is an illegal substance‚ or if it indicates an exigent circumstance. Plain smell is a principle under the plain view rule‚ which basically states that evidence in plain view of an officer is not protected by

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    The Great Plains has many agricultural activities and has a high agricultural sector in North America despite the dry climate‚ poor soils‚ and low vegetation. Many settlers moved to the Great Plains when farming became the largest economic sector in the region during the 19th and 20th centuries. The Great Plains economy became dependent on its primary sector‚ which this dependency brought the Great Plains vulnerable to decisions of distinct financial institutions‚ governments‚ and transportation

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    did the culture of the Plains Indians‚ specially the Lakota Sioux‚ change in the late 19th century? In the Northern Plains the Lakota Sioux‚ were known as iconic horsemen. They were well-known out of all the Indian nations for their disagreements with U.S. military‚ photographs and paintings‚ and their famous leaders. They are known throughout U.S. history for the events that took place in the 18th century such as Battle of the Little Bighorn (Encyclopedia of the Great Plains; 2011). The Great Sioux

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    Walter Stevenson III E-hour AP English Mrs. Wilson 24 February‚ 2013 Connie Schultz: A Columnist That Makes it Plain From gun laws to false imprisonment‚ Connie Schultz of the Cleveland Plain Dealer will take one of the most controversial issues and mold it into a serious–yet humorous–argument. Schultz considers issues from a down to earth viewpoint; she can take other issues more personal‚ however. As Schultz builds her argument‚ she frequently includes: ethos‚ pathos‚ logos and statistics

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