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Only Worse Thing
425 wordsWe have just arrived here in the new world and I must say, things are so much different here. Some of the settlers have established small colonies but other then that the land here is wild and uncultivated. It's nothing like England. The voyage over here was the worst thing I have ever experienced in my life. Nearly half of our lord's people didn't even survive. The saddest part is that these people didn't even get proper burials. Instead they were dropped into the cold, harsh sea below. The con...
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Ejido Land Grants
2,217 wordsAfter the conquest the Spaniards, recognized the existence of indian communal lands. Encomienda (large land grants) were given to the conquistadors by the Spanish Crown. During the early encomienda period (1540-1650), encomenderos had complete control over everything within their land grant including the indians. The Crown was theoretically quite enlightened toward their indian citizens in New Spain. They attempted to establish laws which would limit indian exploitation by fixing the hours slave...
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Types Of Food
1,880 wordsFood Food is the connector to everything that surrounds our culture. Each celebration includes a huge feast. We believe food tastes better when it is shared with family, relatives, and many other people. In my grandfather Makivik's time, all types of food were cached on the land, ready for a celebration. Back then there were many ways to prepare the foods, including different types of sauces and dips. I know of three sauces that are very good: aa lu, mis iraq, and. A alu is made from choice part...
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Cather's Sympathies Lie Toward Alexandra
1,387 wordsCharacters versus Community Lisa Fails April 11, 2001 Literature 421 #762381 Characters versus Community In the novel O Pioneers! the author Willa Cather's vision of Alexandra Bergson is consistent in character treatment with other authors such as Nathaniel Hawthorne (Scarlet Letter), and Stephan Crane (Maggie: A Girl of the Streets). In each novel, all authors possess a central character that has an obvious tension between themselves and their community. Unlike the previous authors, Cather's sy...
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Land Into Our Idea Of Community
738 wordsLand Ethics in Our Communities While wading through the reserved reading in the library, I came across the article, 'The Land Ethic'; , which caught my eye, as well as sparked an interest deep within me. It revealed the idea that we, as humans, tend to be quite caught up in the idea of community; community between neighbors, co-workers, etc. seems to be something we strive for in our society. It seems that we have not integrated the land into our idea of community, and I feel that this is a seri...
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New Land
467 wordsThe New Land of New Ideas The 18th century Americans turned their backs on the old ideas of the Puritans. The Puritans believed in the population acting within the religious ways of the times. The 18th century population turned their lifestyles to a lifestyle of self interest. This lifestyle was dedicated to the goal of obtaining wealth and prestige among the community. DeCrevecouer writes: He is arrived on a new continent; a modern society offers itself to, different from what he had hitherto s...
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Sambia And Hutterite Groups Face Threats
1,524 wordsThreats are everywhere. Every community in the world faces some sort of threats from time to time. These threats can be large or small, can come from inside or outside of the colony, and can have devastating effects on the group as a whole or as individuals. Quite often, parallels can be drawn between societies that have nothing to everything in common. This is found when comparing two dramatically different groups in the Sambia and the Hutterites. When first comparing the Hutterites and Sambia,...
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Side Of Innu Community And Canadian Government
342 wordsUntil 30 years ago the Innu were nomadic hunters in the forests of eastern Canada. Today they live in communities with high rates of suicide, alcoholism, child abuse and family violence. Canada seems intent on destroying the Innu's land - their sole hope of survival - with a series of mega-projects, which it is pushing despite the fact that the Innu have never signed away their land. Between the 1950's and 1970's the Innu were settled in fixed communities, under pressure from the government and ...
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Leopold's Land Ethics
700 wordsA Sand County Almanac Leopold, Aldo Published in 1949 Oxford University Press, Inc. Would I recommend A Sand County Almanac to someone I know? Depending upon who it was, I would definitely recommend this book. I think I would suggest this book for someone who enjoys the outdoors. But someone who does not appreciate the outdoors, in my opinion, would not get as much out of the book. The reason I would recommend this book is because I thought it did a splendid job describing the tinniest things an...
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Change Of Date For Australia Day
477 wordsAustralia Day is a day set aside to commemorate the arrival of Captain Arthur Phillip and the First Fleet at Sydney Cove on the 26 January 1788. On the day of his arrival, Captain Arthur Phillip declared the area that became the colony of New South Wales to be a British possession. This landing started the first permanent European settlement on this island continent. Australia Day, January 26, is celebrated with a public holiday and celebrations in every State. The choice of the 26 January as th...
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