The home and children were hers. ... "Originally, the Cherokee Nation extended from the Ohio River south almost to present day Atlanta, Georgia, and from Virginia and the Carolinas west across Tennessee, Kentucky and Alabama, to the Illinois River"" (Thornton 289). ... Men working in the fields were arrested, women were dragged from their homes, and children were often separated from their parents. ...

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Sacagawea was an important member of the Shoshone tribe. She was born in eastern Idaho in what is now Salmon, Idaho. It is thought that her birth year was about 1790. When Sacagawea was around the age of 10, she was captured by a raiding band of Hidatsa and carried to their camp near the border o...

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This act allowed President Andrew Jackson to forcibly remove the eastern American Indian tribes to land west of the Mississippi River. ... The trudging on of women, children, men, and elders is present in each of the struggling groups. The absolute brutality of the situation is portrayed through imagination, we could not fathom the difficulty of walking thousands of miles carrying children, clothing, food, and the everyday necessities of life. ...

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Working on behalf of white settlers who wanted to grow cotton on the Indians' land, the federal government forced them to walk thousands of miles to a designated "Indian territory" across the Mississippi River. ... Native American children were sent away to boarding schools with the goal of socializing them and teaching them "white ways....

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Honduras Have you ever wanted to travel to a beautiful country far from where your at now? To visit a land full of many different customs and where culture is put into a whole new perspective. Well if this is what you have dreamed of take your Spanish class and fly or drive down to a friendly n...

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The excuse of Manifest Destiny was used when the Indians were being removed from the Mississippi River area. ... This was a place made by the white Americans, west of the Mississippi River for the Indians to live. ... He stated that the land was not as fertile as the land further west, and states specifically that, "It is much better sometimes to do what does not please us just now, if we think it will be best for our children" (Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee 370). ...

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Their parents were stirct and they wanted their children to study the Bible. ... Industries The fertile land and water from the rivers helped the settlers of the Middle Colonies. ... Farmers used the Delaware and the Hudson rivers to move their cash crops to markets in Philadelphia and New York City. ...

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Two of the Williams' children John Jr. and Jerusha are murdered during the invasion. ... Williams, is killed on the journey after falling face first in a river. ... John eventually finds out about his remaining children that had been captive. ... It is interesting however to analyze the differences in raising children by Indian and Colonist parents. Puritans raised their children in a forceful manner, teaching them scriptures and values at a very early age. ...

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Then he continues the novel with the lives of some his children and grandchildren (Graybill "Clarke Family Tree"). ... With nothing to lose Malcolm Clarke move upward to the Missouri River in 1841 and became a fur trader (Greybill 72). ... (He had four children that we will soon read about later in the book.) ... Greybill wrote a successful novel overall and as for the reader (myself), I believe Greybill helped uncover many questions about the Clarke family by including the stories of Malcolm Clarke, his children, grandchildren and even his great grandchildren. ... For example, a...

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Over this period of time, pioneers from all across the "Old World" decided to embark on a journey to the "New Country", a land of unending farmland, furs, and rivers in the newly acquired California and Oregon Territories (Schlissel, 19). ... The majority of women making the journey were married, about 70%, and the rest were either unmarried or were children. ...

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There are many cliches about having the best of both worlds but what exactly does that mean. Some people are born into different worlds and many times they are not truly accepted into either. In the historical biography, Halfbreed, David Halaas and Andrew Masich tell the story of George Bent. Georg...

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") This second battle was the most severe one because almost all of the defenders on the United States were killed including women, children, as well as the white settlers. ... Fortunately, there were not many women or children killed because of the retreat before the battle. ... Jackson deceived Indian's sovereignty by doing this and made the Indians moved out to the west of Mississippi River....

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Native American Religious Beliefs Through out history, historians have had the ability to pass on the knowledge of the past because of written documents and other forms of evidence that acknowledge the existence of past civilizations and cultures. When there are no written documents, whether lost or...

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Indian Removal was Jackson's policy for making room for white settlers between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River. ... They definitely feared large government, and powerful government, and went so far as to say that compulsory education was an infringement on the parent's independent right to educate their children. ...

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After the battle, Jackson marched on to a dozen defenseless Indian villages, killing women and children and burning everything in his path. ... In 1834 the Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) was created as a permanent homeland for the Native Americans who lived east of the Mississippi River. ...

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