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…, and they didn’t just survived they thrived! The Ottawa were great traders, in fact they traded all over northern Michigan. A surprising fact I read in the section was of the fleecing of the Indians out of their lands by the Mason County government. In the past…

…versa, although in some cases they have been found in the same religion.. One example are the plains indians. A plains indiand shaman is a ritual practitionar whose status is accquired through personal communication of a supernatural being where a priest does…

…presidential term. Jackson’s idea of a limited government shared the beliefs of many Americans, who feared the power of the federal government. Jackson had two major events occur during his presidency. One being the Indian Crisis, two being the National Bank…

…by Paul Rozen and April Fallon to see how the populations views their body and how they should look, Steven Blair took the time to re think fitness in his study on David Alexander and finally the Pima Indians of Arizona and our collective metabolism. Paul…

…What is Lacrosse? Summary: Lacrosse is the oldest sport in North America, and dates back to the 1400’s. Lacrosse did not become well know until the 1600’s. The first person to acknowledge the game of lacrosse was Jean de Brebeuf. He saw Indians…

…The Europeans who "discovered" North America, it has been said, were those men who believed least in its existence: merchants and adventurers looking for a northwest ocean passage to the Far East. The continent - inhabited by Inuits and Amer-Indians…

…continues to provoke controversy among many historians. They see in him reflections of both the best and worst tendencies for the nation. Jackson was a bad tempered Indian fighter who won his way into office because he took over Florida for the United States…

…Americans. He helped the English to destroy some Indian tribes and used trickery to obtain undeserved favors from many people in his own tribe. While Squanto was essential to the survival of the English in their American colonies, he betrayed his Native…

…James Francis Thorpe accomplished without argument what no other athlete in history has. The Sac and Fox Indian won gold medals in the pentathlon and decathlon in the 1912 Olympic games in Sweden and played both professional football and professional…

…Biographical Sketch Samuel Selvon, author of novels, plays, film, television, and radio, was born in 1923 in South Trinidad to an Indian father and an Indian/Scottish mother. He grew up in Trinidad's multi-racial society and graduated from San…