...to explore the immensity of uncharted territory and encounter new cultures and tribes. The expedition was a turning point since it opened up vast areas of America’s West to settlement and provided valuable knowledge about the geography and biology of the region. It also laid the groundwork for westward expansion, which is also a tragic development since it hurt Native American...
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...involved in Lewis and Clark’s expedition, in which she was the only woman. Let’s get an insight of her life before the expedition: Sacajawea was born around 1788 into the Agaidika tribe of the Lemhi Shoshone in present day Idaho; as the daughter of the tribe’s chief. In the 1800s, when she was around twelve years old, she and other girls were kidnaped by a group of Hidatsa Indians who were enemies of the tribe. She was taken to the Hidatsa’s village in what today is North Dakota. After that she was sold to a French-Canadian fur trapper named Toussaint Charbonneau who turned her into his second wife. It was later, when Sacajawea was pregnant with their first son that the Corps of Discovery arrived near the village. Captains Lewis and Clark interviewed several trappers in search of someone who could guide them and be an interpreter. They hired Charbonneau as interpreter because Sacajawea spoke Shoshone and it would be useful. And Sacajawea became more than an interpreter. Sacajawea’s main purpose during the expedition was to interpret the language of any tribe they encountered, in order to keep things calm and avoid conflicts with the natives. Some tribes were more aggressive towards expedition parties when they were full of men, so just by seeing a woman (Sacajawea) and a child accompanying the group, tribes were more likely to act peacefully towards them. As Clark said in his journal “a woman with a party of men is a token of peace” stating how Sacajawea brought less conflicts and...
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...between the resident cultures. All this can been attested to the fact that America is an Immigration Country. The country constitutes people from different parts of the world. The process of people moving into the new world that is the Americas where the United State lies began centuries ago and has been an ongoing process to the current day. This paper examines the origins of their Native Americans. This paper also explores their journey into the Americas as the first Immigrants. Their settlement patterns and ways of life will also be examined. The paper also explores how the Native Americans in the Americas fared during the European conquest of the region that is currently identified as the America. Euro-Indian relations, conflicts and their aftermath is also a focus point of the paper, which culminates into the current state of affairs of the Native American community in the Americas. Origins of the Native Americans There are diverse sources of information on the origins and history of the Native Americans. They include oral history passed down through generations. This oral history is as diverse as the Indian Nations. Different tribes have different folklore to explain their origins. For instance, the Haida who reside in British Columbia say that man was shaken out of a clam shell by a raven. The Navajo of Arizona say they sprung out of the ground after which there was a time of great wandering and searching for a home. Almost all Indian nations have...
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...CONFERENCE COORDINATOR. The goal of these conferences is to glorify God, to foster community among Christian engineering educators, and to encourage and challenge each other in our work of kingdom building. Abraham Kuyper, one of the great thinkers within the Reformed tradition of Christianity, has said that there is not one square centimeter of the creation that is not claimed by Christ. As Christian engineering educators of whatever tradition, we seek to stake that claim in our discipline, exploring how our faith impacts our teaching, our profession, and the technological products we design. In this proceedings you will find seven papers that span several areas of interest: philosophical questions as well as practical matters, changing ABET requirements, and mission statements, to name a few. We hope you find these papers encouraging and enlighteningchallenging. May God be glorified...
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