My essay topic is on the Nez Perce Indians who lived between the Missouri river and the pacific coast. Today they ranged from present day central Idaho, southeastern Washington state, and northeastern Oregon. That would be the western base of the Rockies to the falls of the Columbia river. The Nez Perce tribe actually travelled in seasons like the buffalo hunting in the great plains to salmon fishing at Celilo falls. The tribe’s hunters actually crossed, the difficult, Bitterroot Mountain to hunt
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Mellon drafted Joe Montana for a wealth management commercial, they just may have found an avenue to reach baby boomers seeking a way to ensure they are financially ready for retirement (BNY Mellon, 2014). While Joe Montana may not appeal to all generations, he is effective in reaching fellow baby boomers seeking financial stability for retirement because he is a well-known and respected football legend and if Joe Montana finds wealth management challenging then they may too. Joe Montana is well recognized
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weak and powerless. "...but our name was no joke. Mercer County came to aristocracy. I never consciously traded on the Hayden name, yet I knew it gave me a measure of respect that I didn't have to earn." (Watson p. 126) Throughout the story of Montana 1948 by Larry Watson the Hayden name is a symbol of power and control. David states the reasons that his family has control in the town. “Because my grandfather was wealthy and powerful, because my father enforced the law, because my uncle treated
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I believe that some dinosaurs definitely did take care of their young. One of the prime examples to suggest that dinosaurs took care of their young was the Maiasaura Peeblesorum. There are many pieces of evidence that suggest that these dinosaurs took care of their young. One of these examples is the fact that mothers would cover and stay close to their eggs until they were ready to hatch. This suggests that the mothers would protect their young before they were even born. Another piece of evidence
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Catherine Jones HST-143-D040/Professor Quirk The West January 21, 2016 Moving and settling on the Great Plains during the nineteenth century was no easy task. There were many hardships involved in the laborious task of the moving process and even more involved in building and maintaining a home. The fact that the settlers were moving to the Great Plains added even more difficulties to the task because of its climate and geography. One of the hardships that settlers faces was that there were
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Hennessey 1 David Hennessey Profesor Trump Writing 130 7 December 2015 Analysis of Racism in Montana 1948 Racism, a mental state that is derived from the divergence of groups, has impacted history through centuries, even in the contemporary world. Racism is a power that can decide the fate of a whole race, or the life of a person. In Montana 1948, Marie, an Indian girl, is a tragedy caused by racism of white people who show prejudice in different levels against Native Americans. Racism
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Conservation is the appropriate use of land controlled by humans to ensure the elimination of potential waste of natural resources. Preservation is leaving land and the natural resources it has maintaining its natural state; protecting it from any harmful human manipulation. I believe humans can harvest forest resources in an environmentally friendly way. Although not left in its natural state managed to do away with misuse and make the most of the natural resources for future generations to
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Robyn Russell 711 11/14/11 Expedition of Lewis& Clark When Lewis and Clark started their journey they wanted to find a way across this continent, for the purposes of comerence.In order to make a film claim of discovery to the Pacific Northwest and compete with the British for the control of the land and the fur trade. Jefferson had the men follow the rivers, map them, and collect scientific data. He also placed special importance on declaring U.S. sovereignty over the Native American
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The Nez Perce tribes (Plateau) and the Puyallup tribes (Coastal) are every similar in many aspects of their everyday life's like food, shelter, and clothing. They are also very different do to their environments and customs. Their food is some what the same, both tribe hunted deer and elk. They also fished for salmon as well as picked berries and nuts. But the difference between the two is the Puyallup tribes hunted more varieties of animals than the Nez Perce, such as raccoons, black bears
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The Hidatsa is part of the Three Affiliated Tribes of North Dakota – the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Sahnish. The tribes believe and trace their presence in North America from the beginning of time. The first known account of the Mandan is by a French trader named Sieur de la La Verendrye in the fall of 1738. The Hidatsa was known as the Minnetaree or GrosVentre. “Hidatsa” was formerly the name of the village occupied by these tribes. “The term “Hidatsa” became a corruption of the word “midah-hutsee-ahti”
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