Orenda Essay

The artistic director of the Bangarra Dance Theatre, Stephen Page noted of the spiritual aboriginal dance of ochres, the following, “As substance ochre has intrigued us. Its significance and the myriad of purposes, both spiritual and physical has been the driving force behind this collaboration. The portrayal of each colour is by no means a literal interpretation, but the awareness of its spiritual significance has challenged our contemporary expressions.” This quote tells us that the traditional use of ochre within aboriginal culture is important and significant and the portrayal of each colour within the dance is not a literal interpretation but rather the portrayal of each colour does not uphold exact meaning but shows us contemporary

When Europeans encountered the Native Americans, the encounter was fraught with difficulties for both sides, for the Native Americans more so than the Europeans. Europeans conquered the Native Americans, forced them into labor, and spread diseases which the Native Americans had no resistance to. In addition to this the Europeans considered themselves superior to the Native Americans. Despite this, the Europeans and Native Americans, both had things the other wanted and so they often engaged in trade with each other. However, the Native Americans thought that, despite not having the luxuries the Europeans had, they were better off than the Europeans. This sentiment is exemplified in “Your People Live Only Upon Cod” by French priest Chrestian LeClerq who was traveling with the Micmac Indians. It is a documented response by an unknown Micmac leader to European, particularly French, claims of superiority. In analyzing this document, we will find that the cultures of the French and the Micmac were vastly different. We will also discover what the Micmac and the French thought of each other.

1. On the 21st of October 1995, Anna Wood took an ecstasy tablet at a dance party and died three days later. At such a young and thriving age, Anna Wood was just 15 years old with a loving family, many friends and a new job. On the night of the event that had taken place a series of risk behaviours were undertaken. Firstly by wanting to take an ecstasy tablet to get high as well as not having any knowledge on the actual drug. By having a broader knowledge on the drug she may have been still alive as she would’ve only had taken half due to knowing a whole tablet would be too much.

The “Amarna Letters” are a significant ancient source because of the insights they give into the political, social, and economical conditions of the time. They help modern day historians establish the history and chronology (both absolute and relative) of the Amarna period because of the range of correspondences discovered. We know that the “Amarna Letters” are a collection of around 350 cuneiform tablets that include communications between Egypt and the big powers of the region during the 18th Dynasty and the reign of Akhenten. From the tablets we read in class we saw examples of the political conditions “”. From this it’s clear that each ruler during the time held himself equal with others. They address each other peacefully as brother. We

One extreme change for the Indians was the arrival of Anglo-Europeans. Native peoples’ lives were changed at the blink of an eye while new ideas, practices and beliefs were shown to them. The arrival of the Europeans changed the way the Indians viewed their world and manipulated their resources. This new change could be viewed as positive as well as negative, for while some tribes entered into trade relations with the Anglos, others were used as slave labor and all were subject to disease brought on by the European newcomers. However, despite all the advantages and disadvantages, no other introduction changed the lives of the Indians more than firearms and horses. West outlines one of the most important evolutions for Native life and how it represented a new way to harness resources and gain power. In just a few chapters, we are able to see the great advancements the Indians made in hunting and trade due to these new technologies and how they allowed the Cheyennes to rise to a new purpose as the Called Out People.

The migration of European settlers and culture to North America is an often examined area. One aspect of this, however, is worthy of deeper analysis. The conquest of North America by Europeans and American settlers from the 16th to 19th centuries had a profound effect on the indigenous political landscape by defining a new relationship dynamic between natives and settlers, by upsetting existing native political, economic and military structures, and by establishing a paradigm where the indigenous peoples felt they had to resist the European and American incursions. The engaging and brilliant works of Andres Rensendez and Steve Inskeep, entitled respectively “A Land So Strange” and “Jacksonland”, provide excellent insights and aide to this analysis.

The Jesuits also faced difficulty in conversion during disease epidemics. During the years of 1634-1637 the Huron experienced various epidemics of small pox and the influenza that resulted a 20% population loss. Again in 1639 the Huron underwent another disease epidemic of smallpox, which ended with a 40 to 60% population loss. Due to the French presence coinciding with the disease epidemics, the Huron and Algonquian associated the disease with the French. The Huron noticed that many of the Jesuits did not get sick or if they did they recovered, and therefore interpreted this as the Jesuits trying to kill the Huron population. The correlation between the French presence and the diseases lead to the First Nations people to resent the Jesuits and not want to associate with them. Father Jerome Lalemant, one of Le Jeune’s colleagues, acknowledged that the Huron’s were accurate in their observations that the Huron who maintained the

In turn, the French protected the Indians and supplied them with guns, gunpowder, ammunition for hunting, and with provisions during harsh winters (Hough, xii). This European influence had radically changed the lives of the Great Lakes tribes. By the time of Pontiac’s boyhood, the stone and bone tools of his people had been replaced by steel axes, knives, and traps (Hough, viii).

Montaigne’s argument is centered around the European perception of Native Americans as barbarous people, which he refutes by listing the virtues of the native people, presenting them as the ideal ‘natural man’. When he says, “I am afraid our eyes are bigger than our bellies, and that we have more curiosity than capacity,” (1) he cautions Europeans in their tendency to minimize the value of the people they encounter and try to colonize.  He states about the New World: “I find that there is nothing barbarous and savage in this nation, by anything I can gather,” (3) and goes on to comment on their impressive health, writing: “as my witness informs me, ‘tis rare to hear of a sick person, and… they never saw any of the natives, either paralytic, blear-eyed, toothless or crooked with age.” (5) Montaigne explores the fact that Native Americans are happy despite

Shameeka Patterson was born May 15, 1980 at the St. John's Episcopal Hospital in Brooklyn, New York. She was born to Leelah Patterson and Andre Flyod they was both in Brooklyn , New York. Shameeka has four siblings one sibling from her mother side Ellatasia, three siblings from her father side Darius, Calamity, and LaPrinca. Shameeka is the oldest from all of her siblings. In 1984 she attended her first elementary school at P.S. 25 Eubie Blake school located in Brooklyn, New York that school was great for her she had did very well always had great grades and perfect attendance. In 1989 Shameeka and her sister Ellatasia both got taken away from their home because their mother had abandoned them with nothing to

1. Which accounting method best reflects the economic reality? Put another way, which accounting numbers – the GAAP or non-GAAP numbers best reflects economic reality? [10 points]

Gail Oremland put together a well-organized essay that differentiate between the types of professors. Beginning with her prewriting skills, Gail did an excellent job laying out her thoughts about the knowledgeable one, but she should have also completed a pattern of development for her other key points. This may explains why the knowledgeable one have more explanations and more words than any other type. My former teachers emphasized that you may want to give each key point the same amount of explanation. Moving on to the introduction, Gail did a great job starting the conversation out broad and then maneuvering to the main point of the essay. Gail thesis could have been a little more specific and she should have also listed her key points

Neith lived in the New Kingdom of Egypt with the ruler of Queen Hatshepsut. Neith is in the middle class of the society. She worked as an artisans, which she specialized in weaving; making cloth and garments for the kingdom and to the society. Neith lives with her husband, Maciej they live in a house made of mud and straws that is near the center of the village.

In the short story "Eveline" by James Joyce, the title character Eveline is fearful of making a

By doing so, he causes a quarrel for the Hurons on whether or not Crow is to be trusted or not. While Bird believes that it’s valuable to their tribe to keep Crow as a bate for future uses, Goslings does not. She gains the tension that there’s something suspicious of him and that they should abandon him. Through the thoughts of wanting to turn everybody Christian, it gives Crow the strength to stand up for himself in front of the Hurons. If Crow is able to Christianize everyone, it will provoke the clash of the Wendat and the French Jesuit and the suffrage of