Main people One of the main people that sticks around till now is Ronald Cross, better known as Lasagna. He was known for his support at the Oka Crisis, he was one of the warriors masked during the confrontation. At the end of the crisis, he was also arrested along with others. During the arrest he was beaten by officers. Lasagna went to trial afterwards for forty charges including assault which landed him in prison for up to ten years.(cross, pg.217) Many people saw him as a criminal, however they do not understand that he was in a way an activist standing up for his rights and his people. He was seen in the media on daily basis and left a heroic view in some peoples mind while others still think he is a villain. His spirit was one thing that kept many people in that time from giving up. If he …show more content…
Since a lot of people looked up to him, a lot of the police targeted him. In a way they wanted revenge for what he was doing, the reason being why he may have got beat so much. That led him to bringing charges against the police, which landed him the win. “...trying to price that everything the media had been saying about him had been right” (cross, pg15) “...he had projected an image of being such a violent man.”(cross, pg.15) What was the outcome(resolution) Then end of the protest came in August at the Mercier Bridge blockade. However the mohawk people felt very betrayed because the Mercier Bridge was one of the only things they had to bargain for their land and as soon as everything was up and running the government stop any further negotiations. After the day in september when the mohawk people were hosed down with water; the mohawk people set all their guns and weapons on fire during a ceremonial burning of tobacco and returning to the reserve, when they were arrested. The Oka Crisis end up lasting for seventy eight days with gunfire
Since the land claim by the Mohawks had been rejected a few years prior, there was no government objection to the development.13 In March of 1990, members of the Mohawk society set up a protest in Oka with great anger over the expansion of the golf course.14 The Mohawk were especially upset that the expansion would occur on top of an ancestral burial ground. In addition, it would occur on land they thought they had been granted in the 1700 's. Furthermore, this is the land that was disputed in the 1961 law suit. Some members of the Mohawk community built a barricade as a form of protest, preventing construction crews from entering what they believed was their land. The barricades were also set up along major highways as well as the Mercier Bridge.15
Born to parents who had a strong dedication to their faith, Granville Oral Roberts was born near Ada, Oklahoma. His father preached the gospel and established Pentecostal Holiness Churches, and his mother prayed for the sick and led people to Christ. The family was poor, and his father was a farmer while he pastored a church. While Roberts was in his mother’s womb, she dedicated him to the Lord. He was born with a severe stutter, but she continually told him that he would be healed and speak to multitudes.
He is looked upon in a heroic way for fighting the justice system and showing courage, strength and ability to resist laws through making his own lifestyle, with separate beliefs, attitudes and values. He was a friend of the poor, kind to women and children, and an enemy of the rich. He was forced into crime by the harsh harassments of the authorities. He said to have died bravely against the more powerful forces of the law. He has grown to be an admired infamous figure for the way he stood up to authority and his larrikin ways.
The Oka Crisis was a 78 Day standoff between Mohawk people and the town of Oka, Quebec . The crisis was initially caused by Mohawk protests on July 11th, 1990, when the town was planning to expand a golf course further onto First Nations land. When the golf course was originally built, it was 9 holes long and was constructed on disputed land, but the town of Oka and their mayor now wanted to expand this golf course to 18 holes to earn more profit and please other members of the community. Therefore, they would be taking over more of the land where the Mohawks had settled. The town of Oka, as well as many other provincial & federal governments and municipalities had taken away land belonging to First Nations people in the past, and the dispute over land in this small Quebec town had been occurring since 1717.
The "Oka Crisis" often brings to mind the often published, somewhat famous image of the Mohawk warrior whose face is covered with a bandana, dressed head to toe in camouflage equipped with a large gun on his back, nose to nose with a military soldier. It is an image that is used to symbolize the sense of tension that existed far preceding the 78 day standoff. Not only was there tension between the Mohawk people and the
Ronald Gene Simmons Sr. was born July 15, 1940. He was originally from Chicago, Illinois, but moved to Little Rock, Arkansas with his mother and stepfather. His stepfather, William D. Griffen, was a civil engineer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Simmon’s biological father, William Simmons, died when he was only three years old. Ronald Gene Simmons Sr. eventually dropped out of school and joined the U.S. Navy. In 1963, he left the navy. Two years later, he joined the air force for twenty two years. Simmons retired in 1979 with the rank of master sergeant.
Throughout his childhood Logan (Tachnechdorus) attained advantageous values and social etiquette. One particular influential ally was a Quaker identified as James Logan who not only provided Tachnechdorus with his name but also educated him until he befriended the future war leader . However, it was after one unprovoked fatal incident involving other settlers that Logan, who once considered the white people as his allies, quickly changed his opinion of them. Hostility erupted within this once diplomatic, unbiased and compassionate man. Recognizing the conflict among the two cultures became the major cause of Logan to take vengeance.
going to jail, his charm of course always got him out of things. His girlfriend Mandy was also
James J Walker is a man that is put down in history as one of New York City’s mayors. Still James J Walker had a darker side to him that the public didn’t witness. James J Walker better known as Jimmy Walker was born June 19, 1881. A young boy that grew up in poverty, not being a great student, and dropped out of college later was graduated from New York Law School in 1904 and later went into politics and joined the State Senate. After many years in the Senate, Jimmy set his sights in on the 1926 elections for Mayor of New York.
Robert Davis was an African American man. He was not a “thug,” he was not a “drunk,” he was a retired school teacher from New Orleans who was in his sixties. He was brutally attacked by three police officers. He suffered a broken nose and other broken bones in his face. The incident was recorded and went viral. Davis was arrested but faced no charges. Three police officers were charged but only two went to trial. In the end, two of the police officers were fired — the third never made it to trial because he had committed suicide. Davis was compensated for the assault.
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After reading Contemporary Literary Theory: Its Necessity and Impossibility, I find that I agree with most of what Robert Young says in regards to literary theory. The main point that really struck home with me was when he talked about theorists lacking the ability to connect with a wide audience. He states, “Literary theorists seem to speak and argue with each other in a private language, making little effort to address a wider audience” (Young 165). I could not agree more with this assessment. When we first read about Jacques Derrida and his theory of deconstruction I questioned my intelligence. It may as well have been written in Greek. It has been a very long time since I have encountered something that left me with absolutely nothing after reading it. I tend to agree
Walking through the streets people either saw him as a hero or an enemy. Being a police officer was never the easiest job.
The Oka Crisis was a 78-day standoff (11 July–26 September 1990) between Mohawk protesters, police, and army. At the heart of the crisis was the proposed expansion of a golf course and development of condominiums on disputed land that included a Mohawk burial ground. Tensions were high, particularly after the death of Corporal Marcel Lemay, a police officer, and the situation was only resolved after the army was called in. While the golf course expansion was cancelled, and the land purchased by the federal government, it has not yet been transferred to the Kanesatake
Paul Rand is known as one of the most influential and finest American graphic designer of the twentieth century. He is known for his art work predominantly for design, graphic design and typography. Paul Rand was born in August 15, 1914 in Brooklyn, New York with the name Peretz Rosenbaum. Rand was known as “self- taught designer”, he learned about works of Cassandre and Moholy-Nagy from European magazines. His esteemed contribution to the design form is acknowledged by many critics and is amazingly extraordinary. However, corporate identity design was the area during his peak design career that gave him global recognition. He is looked upon as one of the genius who essentially established standards for the conception of logos for the