1. Lewis and Clark
According to Dee Alexander Brown, author of Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee, suggests that many of the early protests which took place in 1890 was due from early preaches of an Paiute shaman called Wovoka. ... They were always referred to as "wild and crazy," because their culture was "different" and "unwanted" near their formed communities. ...
Indians did not live in the idyllic harmony with nature that has been so rapturously portrayed by the more romantic environmentalists who question the direction of modern life and call for a new environmental ethic. ... The National Park Service Organic Act establishes the fundamental purpose of the agency, which is: "to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations." ...
Compare/Contrast Essay Thomas Jefferson/William Apess What do you think when you see someone who isn't like you? Are you quick to judge and think that you are better than them just because they are different? Well the early Americans thought that they were better than the American Indians, from religion, to race, to their whole lifestyle. In this paper are two views from the opposing sides, both arguing from their good thoughts to their bad. First is Thomas Jefferson's view as the early American coming into the Indians native land. ...