"I went because Uncle Willy was the finest man I ever knew, because even women couldn't beat him, because in spite of them he wound up his life getting fun out of being alive, and he dies doing the thing that was most fun because I was there to help him," is how the boy describes his admiration for Uncle Willy. ... The two younger siblings even seem to be oblivious to the fact that she is human stating things like, "I aint a nigger, am I?" ... The younger kids complain and cry, "I"m telling" while the older boy just watches. ... She was forced to live alone with her father until he...

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• Grade Level: High School

While attempting to fight with native weapons against a heavily armed American society many to most native's that fought, had died in attempt to save their land. ... The Indians were forced to move a place where they didn't want to and were told to leave or die. ... Between the Missouri River and California there lay plains, mountains, and desert ready for development. ... I ranked them number three on my list because I feel that they did favor more then women and slaves, but favored differently in different areas. I believe if they would have stuck together then they would have a...

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• Grade Level: High School

Native American Voices The book of Genesis V.S. The Cherokee creation myth. In the book of Genesis there was a God that created the earth and heaven. On the other hand, in the Cherokee creation myth in the beginning there is only water and a beetle accidentally created earth. In the Cherokee creation myth the animals created the mountains, valleys, etc. ...

• Word Count: 3640
• Approx Pages: 15
• Grade Level: High School