Cultural Difference Essay
By: Dakota B
I the mid 1800’s, settlers from the United States began to move into Oregon territory. Upon arriving, they met members of many different Native American tribes. There were many cultural differences between the settlers and the Native Americans. The cultural differences led to many misunderstandings and hostilities. Some of the differences were religious; some had to do with the concept of wealth and land ownership. If both sides tried to understand the others view point better, things would have gone better for both sides.
One of the major differences between settlers and Native Americans is that Native Americans did not completely understand the concept of land ownership. The Native Americans felt like the land could not belong to any one. They felt the earth was for everyone to use, and that everyone should respect every ones territory. When the Government wanted some land they would set a price and offer it to the tribes. If the tribe accepted, the government expected the tribe to leave, but tribe leaders did not understand that this meant they could not come back. The tribes would have never agreed to completely abandon the land because the land held sacred burial and hunting grounds. When the tribes did return the settlers viewed this as an act of war, and many people on both sides died because of it.
In many ways the U.S government took advantage of the fact that the Native Americans did not understand the treaties completely. For example, the treaty would read, “We get this land and we will pay you X amount of dollars”. After that, they would kick them off the land and not pay them for many years, if at all. That also started many little wars between the Native Americans and the Settlers. Another communication problem was that the chiefs often thought they were only agreeing to discuss the treaty with their tribe. They did not realize they where committing to it by signing. Negotiations and treaties where done in the trade language of Chinook. Chinook does not have very many words, which made it hard to communicate properly.
Religious differences between the Native Americans and settlers were signifcant. The wars that happened killed many on both sides. That is when the U.S decided to make the reservations and combined a lot of the tribes together. Today they still live on reservations but they have more space to live on. Another was the Native American had a very different view of wealth than the settlers did. The last big thing was religion differences. Let us all take a look at this in depth.
Back in the time when Indians and settlers did not get along very much was because of many things but, one them was the settlers where steeling land in a way that the Natives Americans didn’t know it. By that I mean
Today we use us currency but back in the 1800’s it was different for both natives and settlers. The Native Americans view on wealth it was the more possessions you had the richer you where. For settlers it was like it is for us today the more money you had the better you are in life. We can see the different for us we as U.S. citizens feel that is you have a lot of money then you are famous. That is completely different for the Indians they had to earn the respect and had to have more things to be up higher in the tribe. If you had nothing then and now you are and where poor and nobody cared about you in any way shape or form. With the Indians no matter what everyone in the tribe still cared about you even if you had nothing. The settlers only cared about them self and no one else. The Indians really where loving, and happy with each other at all times.
Monday, November 24, 2008
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Being Sick stinks
I am sick today and the rest of the week as well. I am just going to cheach you up on me. I still like my job i am geting paid wich is alway nice. Sky might get a job at ace also and much more. I am writing a bunch of storys for school. We have a bunch of cats and we let a few in and this is some cute pictures of them. the first one is Fat LUie and he is cute. we have more but not many pics of so have fun i hope you enjoy.
SHOUT OUTS to........My dad, mt brother levi(miss you) and kelly L one of our new friends.
Monday, November 10, 2008
hey
an essay that is just the star of one i hope you like it
United States oil problem
By: Dakota Bridges
Many Americans realize that there is a oil problem, but they may not know what factors contribute to it. Today the U.S. economy is almost totally dependent upon foreign sources of oil and natural gas from them. One of the reasons the economy is in big trouble because of this oil problem. In addition, for decades, the U.S. has neglected a serious pursuit of alternative resources. Storms are another big reason for oil prices going up. When storms hit they sometimes destroy an oil rig in the middle of the ocean. These storms affect us immediately. Let’s explore these reasons in depth.
1. Today the U.S. economy is almost totally dependent upon foreign sources of oil and natural gas from them.
2. In addition, for decades, the U.S. has neglected a serious pursuit of alternative resources.
3. Storms are another big reason for oil prices going up.
United States oil problem
By: Dakota Bridges
Many Americans realize that there is a oil problem, but they may not know what factors contribute to it. Today the U.S. economy is almost totally dependent upon foreign sources of oil and natural gas from them. One of the reasons the economy is in big trouble because of this oil problem. In addition, for decades, the U.S. has neglected a serious pursuit of alternative resources. Storms are another big reason for oil prices going up. When storms hit they sometimes destroy an oil rig in the middle of the ocean. These storms affect us immediately. Let’s explore these reasons in depth.
1. Today the U.S. economy is almost totally dependent upon foreign sources of oil and natural gas from them.
2. In addition, for decades, the U.S. has neglected a serious pursuit of alternative resources.
3. Storms are another big reason for oil prices going up.
Monday, November 3, 2008
Sunday, November 2, 2008
here is a good eassy about smokeing
How bad smoking is…By: Dakota Bridges
Smoking is really bad for you and you know it. When you smoke it kills you earlier in your life. It gives you cancer. It has tar in it and nicotine in the cigarettes. Take time off your life and your loved ones. Why shouldn’t you smoke? There’s so many reasons let take a look.
The first fact we are going to look at is the one that it takes years off your life. More than 400,000 deaths in the U.S. each year are from smoking-related sickness. Here is just a few of them Allergies, Lung Cancer, Cataracts, Heart Disease, Infertility, Strokes, Bladder cancer, Gum disease, Kidney cancer, Gangrene, many upper respiratory disease and ulcers and many more. So think about that. Do you want any of these? I bet not. How would you feel if you died on one of you family members leaving them with no money, no job, and no one to help take care of your children? The life expectancy of a smoker is 8.3 years less when compared to non-smokers. That is broken down to 12-14 minutes per cigarette.
Now we are going to talk about what the certain cancers do to you. The first one is mouth cancer it makes it so you need to get part of you cheek removed and part of your butt in place of that. How does that sound. The next one is throat cancer that can make it so you have to have you voice box removed and so you have to use a vibrate thing to talk the rest of your. Next is lung cancer. Lung cancer is the 2nd most common cancer in the United States. Around 38,500 people are diagnosed in the US each year. Think about that you could be one of the 38,500 people in the US who get it. That is sad isn’t it? The last one I am going to talk about is Kidney cancer in adults; the most common type of kidney cancer is renal cell carcinoma, which begins in the cells that line the small tubes within your kidneys. Children are more likely to develop a kind of kidney cancer called Wilma' tumor. The American Cancer Society estimates that almost 51,000 people in the United States are diagnosed with kidney cancer each year. That is some sad thing to die from. Well you can prevent that if you stop smoking and don’t start.
The biggest thing is 2nd hand smoke. It kills you slow and kills the people around you even faster. The ratio is for every three you smoke it is like one for the person around you so if you smoke 27 a day then they have smoked 9 in that day. Each smoke you have is taking off 12-14 min and multiply that by the 27 you smoke and the nice that you gave to your spouse or child. The death rate each year of 2nd had smoked is 53,000. That is a lot. What about the chemicals. At least 50 of the 4000 chemicals found in second-hand smoke are known to cause cancer, including hydrogen cyanide, arsenic, and formaldehyde and sulpher dioxide. Think about that when you smoke.
I got all of this info off the internet. There were at least 75, 00 sites for each one. I personally have had no one die from smoking but I have friend who have. It was their mom, or their dad or even there grandparent. I hope you learned something from this paper. I hope you stop smoking. Thank you for listing and reading this.
Smoking is really bad for you and you know it. When you smoke it kills you earlier in your life. It gives you cancer. It has tar in it and nicotine in the cigarettes. Take time off your life and your loved ones. Why shouldn’t you smoke? There’s so many reasons let take a look.
The first fact we are going to look at is the one that it takes years off your life. More than 400,000 deaths in the U.S. each year are from smoking-related sickness. Here is just a few of them Allergies, Lung Cancer, Cataracts, Heart Disease, Infertility, Strokes, Bladder cancer, Gum disease, Kidney cancer, Gangrene, many upper respiratory disease and ulcers and many more. So think about that. Do you want any of these? I bet not. How would you feel if you died on one of you family members leaving them with no money, no job, and no one to help take care of your children? The life expectancy of a smoker is 8.3 years less when compared to non-smokers. That is broken down to 12-14 minutes per cigarette.
Now we are going to talk about what the certain cancers do to you. The first one is mouth cancer it makes it so you need to get part of you cheek removed and part of your butt in place of that. How does that sound. The next one is throat cancer that can make it so you have to have you voice box removed and so you have to use a vibrate thing to talk the rest of your. Next is lung cancer. Lung cancer is the 2nd most common cancer in the United States. Around 38,500 people are diagnosed in the US each year. Think about that you could be one of the 38,500 people in the US who get it. That is sad isn’t it? The last one I am going to talk about is Kidney cancer in adults; the most common type of kidney cancer is renal cell carcinoma, which begins in the cells that line the small tubes within your kidneys. Children are more likely to develop a kind of kidney cancer called Wilma' tumor. The American Cancer Society estimates that almost 51,000 people in the United States are diagnosed with kidney cancer each year. That is some sad thing to die from. Well you can prevent that if you stop smoking and don’t start.
The biggest thing is 2nd hand smoke. It kills you slow and kills the people around you even faster. The ratio is for every three you smoke it is like one for the person around you so if you smoke 27 a day then they have smoked 9 in that day. Each smoke you have is taking off 12-14 min and multiply that by the 27 you smoke and the nice that you gave to your spouse or child. The death rate each year of 2nd had smoked is 53,000. That is a lot. What about the chemicals. At least 50 of the 4000 chemicals found in second-hand smoke are known to cause cancer, including hydrogen cyanide, arsenic, and formaldehyde and sulpher dioxide. Think about that when you smoke.
I got all of this info off the internet. There were at least 75, 00 sites for each one. I personally have had no one die from smoking but I have friend who have. It was their mom, or their dad or even there grandparent. I hope you learned something from this paper. I hope you stop smoking. Thank you for listing and reading this.
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