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    Identity is a complicated and unclear concept that has no one definition. Nonetheless, identity plays a key role in the formation of our “true” selves. Identity is free formed, ever-changing and wildly different to diverse people. Making sense of oneself- who one is, was and may become, is the basic component of identity. When defining one 's identity there is no singular place to start. Identities are wide varieties of traits, characteristics, social roles and relationships that define who we are

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    Code Talkers During Ww2

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    WWII was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945 , it was the most widespread war and affected over 100 million people , with events like the holocaust killing millions. During the wars , american soldiers would communicate through code. The problem with the code was that it was easily deciphered by enemies. A man who soon would change the way war communication worked , named Philip Johnston pitched the idea , and would later spend two weeks in Los Angeles looking for bilingual Navajo speakers

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    Niccolo Machiavelli was born May 1469 in Florence. In 1498, Machiavelli was appointed second chancellor of Florentine republic. He was also elected secretary to the Ten of Wars. His first diplomatic mission was to Piombino. In July of 1499 Machiavelli had a mission to Caterina Sforza-Riario, Countess of Forli. When the 1500 came along, Machiavelli had multiple missions to France, Cesare Borgia, Pandolfo Petrucci, lord of Siena, papal conclave. In 1501, Machiavelli got married to Marietta Corsini

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    Unpredictable future The North Dakota oil pipeline, also known as the Bakken pipeline project, is a controversial underground pipeline development in the United States initiated in the year 2014. It is an access pipeline scheme approximated to run over 1,172 miles or 1886 km underground with 30-inch diameter pipeline from the Bakken oil field in North Dakota to Patoka in Illinois. The plan of the project is that the construction should be in a somewhat straight line from North Dakota, through South

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    explain or identify with students, they point to students’ culture as the culprit.” What TK argued in the interview resonates strongly with this. If only the classes were more inclusive to minority students, as Foley (1996) demonstrated with the Meskwaki children, maybe they would find more

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    One of the supposed "Five Civilized Tribes" of the southeastern United States, the Choctaw generally cultivated corn, beans and pumpkins while likewise chasing, angling and assembling wild edibles. Notwithstanding aligning themselves with the United States in the War of 1812, they were forced a while later into surrendering a huge number of sections of land of land to the administration. Following the entry of the Indian Removal Act in 1830, most individuals from the clan were then compelled to migrate

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    The North Dakota oil pipeline, also known as the Bakken pipeline project, is a controversial underground pipeline development in the United States initiated in the year 2014. It is an access pipeline scheme approximated to run over 1,172 miles or 1886 km underground with 30-inch diameter pipeline from the Bakken oil field in North Dakota to Patoka in Illinois. The plan of the project is that the construction should be in a somewhat straight line from North Dakota, through South Dakota, Iowa to Illinois

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    Loose lips might sink ships is a famous idiom from propaganda posters of World War II, warning Americans against carelessly sharing information that could put the safety of American soldiers at risk. Protecting military communications had become a problem during WWII because Japanese code breakers had become adept at breaking top secret American military codes and learning American battle plans. The compromised security resulted in massive losses of American lives. The military was desperate for

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    more instance of where environmentalism has gone against the big natural gas companies. The Dakota Access Pipeline is controversial due to its impact on the environment and has been protested heavily by Native American people such as the Sioux and Meskwaki people. Natural gas companies have been running constant television advertisement to sway people to support them however it is not working. Natural gas companies see the resistance, which despite the support of the current U.S. president, and continue

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    Dbq Indian Removal Act

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    “The most destructive law” to the American Indians which barely passed May 28, 1830 was known as the Indian Removal Act, and later was known as the Trail of Tears. In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson brought up to Congress that all American Indians “be encouraged to move voluntarily from their lands east of the Mississippi River.” For some time, many American Indians began their new venture and voluntarily started to move. President James Monroe also agreed with Thomas Jeffersons’ ideas and convinced

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