Rapa Nui

Arawak people- Natives of the Bahamas Islands that Christopher Columbus came upon; they are known for their hospitality and their belief in sharing.

Belen Sisa lives in Gilbert, Arizona. She moved here from Argentina, South America 15 years ago, and is considered an “alien”. She says the term “alien” shouldn’t be used to describe immigrants because it makes her feel as if she is not human in the eyes of other people. A new bill is being talked about in Congress called, the Correcting Hurtful and Alienating Names in Government Expression Act. If members of Congress vote for it, it will then become a law. Almost three quarters of Americans support in changing the laws of immigration. Sisia hopes the bill encourages the government to use language which shows more respect. This article relates to class because it is mainly about the term “alien”. Alien is one of our vocab terms we are learning

Alva Noe builds an argument against the idea of cell-by-cell brain mapping in the passage “Making A Brain Map That We Can Use.” He uses rhetorical questions, imagery, and refutes the counter argument to build an argument against the idea of cell-by-cell brain mapping.

The Hopi Indians were from Northeastern Arizona. The tribe had a long and interesting history. The religion originates with Maasaw, who is the ancient caretaker of earth. The Northeastern tribe are one of the oldest living cultures in the world. The tribe worked hard to keep their cultural traditions alive while still allowing some connections, to the whites after contact with Europeans.

Hopi means good or peaceful. They were sedentary farmers live in small centered, which is stable villages. Their ancestors settled in northern Arizona, and the Hopi village of Oraibi is occupied settlements north of Mexico. They immortalized to this day due to their hard work. In specifically, they were farmers. The men worked as a unit from planting through the harvest. Someone married who planted the clan land allotted to his wife and her immediate family. They have a supernaturalism. For Kachina, they were attacked by Mexicans, and all the gods were killed. When a man wore the sacred apparel of a kachina, he became what he impersonated. They were present at Oraibi from the winter solstice until the summer solstice, after which they were

The language is spoken by about 5,000 people today. Today the Hopi are speaking English as well. The Hopi language is a complex and difficult language to learn and speak. The Hopi Indians lived in a very warm and dry climate. They lived in pueblos or adobe houses made of dried clay and stone.

Polynesian (Greek: ‘poly’ = many, ‘nēsoi’ = islands) is the predominant culture of the South Pacific region. Of many Polynesian cultures, the most famous is Hawaiian. Polynesian traditions evolved differently on other islands over the centuries, due to the isolation imposed by great distances between them.

Information suggests that the name Hopi is translated to mean peaceful person. Hopi's belong to a group of Southwestern people called the pueblo Indians. Hopi's lived in pueblos or adobe houses made of dried clay and stone. Oraibi,on the Third Mesa,was started in the year 1050,It may be the oldest village in North America that has been lived in continuously. The Hopi's were skilled artistans and intricately woven rugs. The pottery not only looked beautiful,but it was used in everyday life.

The Hopi tribe is the Westernmost of the Pueblo Indian tribes, the independent Hopi Nation is the only Pueblo tribe that speaks a Shoshonean language of the Uto-Aztecan linguistic family. “Hopi” is the shortened form of the original term Hopituh-Shi-nu-mu, which the term was used to mean peaceful people.

What do you look forward to, as you begin this educational experience and your personal search for purpose? What is your greatest fear? How can you overcome it? Write about one specific educational experience from your past where you addressed a fear and overcame it and how you succeeded in this process.

Sitatungas have a unique appearance. “This unusual animal has a slim face, slender neck and legs, and hindquarters that are higher than the forequarters, giving the sitatunga its peculiar hunched appearance.”(1) Sitatungas have a water resistant coat. (1) They have a slender face, long neck, and legs. (1)

Euskadi ta Askatasuna, better known as ETA, were a terrorist group that existed in the Basque region of Spain and in the southwestern part of France. Founded in 1959, it originated as a group that promoted the traditional Basque culture. What started as an organization that wanted to spread Basque pride, ended with a terrorist group that had a goal of getting independence for the Basque Country. While the ETA terrorist group was in action, they killed an estimated 857 people, 576 of which were located within the Basque region (Martin-Peña).

Leonard A. Crippa’s article, “The Inspiring Rapa Nui Nation’s Efforts to Rebuild Its Government and Regain Control of Its Territory,” examines the relationship between the autonomy-seeking Rapa Nui people and Chile, which governs the nation. Like many of the different regional groups that we have studied, the Rapa Nui are dependent upon their environment for shelter and food. While the resources of Rapa Nui are not directly threatened by the commodity trade, tourism and uncontrolled immigration threaten the livelihood of the people living on the Rapa Nui islands.

Kiribati is a collection of thirty-three small islands in the Pacific Ocean along the equator. The pronunciation for Kiribati is Kir-e-bass. The islands, isolated with only a twice-week flight out, are home for 103,000 people who are desperate to remain as citizens of Kiribati. The islands face environmental, health, economic and political challenges. Despite these challenges people want to stay there and not seek refuge elsewhere.

In "What is Poverty?" Theodore Dalrymple argues that the poverty in England is not economic, it is moral and spiritual. In the text "The City by the Sea" by Shiva Naipaul discusses the poverty in Bombay and its economic and moral connections. Theodore Dalrymple also argues that the poverty his situation in England is worse than poverty in Third World countries. I agree with Dalrymple's first thesis, but in Naipaul's essay the life conditions are more miserable than England. That's why if the economic conditions in the Third World are so bad, that will bring more moral poverty. Therefore I disagree with Dalrymple’s second thesis. If one must compare countries, it shouldn't be between England and Third World countries because