Coast Salish Essays

  • Coast Salish Art Analysis

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    assumptions is that Coast Salish art was part of Northwest Coast development; therefore, it was often considered undeveloped and often forgotten in the art world. Coast Salish art was often compared to Northwest Coast art possibly due to Western perspectives of art. Consider how art is often critiqued. Western art often considers the style, the color, and the composition; basically what’s aesthetically pleasing about it. Coast Salish art is often seen as simple compared to Northwest Coast where Northwest

  • Chief Seattle

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    Blake Island lies south and a little east of Bainbridge Island and west and a little south of Seattle. Seattle was the son of Suquamish leader named Schweabe and a Duwamish woman named Scholitza. He became Chief of the Suquamish, Duwamish, and allied Salish speaking tribes by proving his leadership qualities in a war that pitted his and other saltwater tribes against those of the Green and White Rivers. (1) He was considered to be Duwamish since his mother was the daughter of a Duwamish chief and the

  • Culture: It Makes Us Who We Are

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    According to Webster’s Dictionary, culture is defined as tradition or a way of life. It is also a defining principle in how we live our life and the type of people we become. The Salish Indians of the Montana and Celie, the main character of the book The Color Purple, are two examples of cultures that made them who they are. Celie is a poor, black, woman growing up in Memphis, Tennessee in the mid-twentieth century. The men have constantly put her down, through beatings and rape, for being a woman

  • How do Groynes Prevent Longshore Drift

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    To determine how groynes prevent longshore drift. The issue: Longshore drift influences the deposition and erosion of sediments. Waves erode the coast and transport the eroded material along the coastline. Over a period of time, the material will be deposited on a beach or form a larger feature such as a spit. Groynes are structures built at equal intervals along the coastline. Their purpose is to restrict longshore drift, preventing coastal erosion. Figure 1 - Google Maps About the location:

  • A Comparison Of Trinidad And Tobago

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    When looking for a place to live most people choose somewhere that has a beach because it is Ideal. Somewhere in the southern fringe of the Caribbean Sea, approximately six miles off the northeastern coast of Venezuela there is the most perfect spot . The twin islands Trinidad and Tobago are acknowledged as the most prosperous and sophisticated island states of the Caribbean region. When you live in Trinidad and Tobago you will expect to find beautiful beaches, great food, and the biggest party

  • Descriptive Essay On Coastal Erosion

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    their short wavelength and high steep, they crash down onto the coast and drag out soil and rocks with powerful back washes. Destructive waves undermine cliffs, wash away land, kill vegetation and flood low lying land. Constructive waves are the opposite to destructive waves. With their strong swash, they enrich beaches and coastlines with freshly deposited material. (Geography: An Integrated Approach by David Waugh2000) Waves erode the coast through 4 different processes. These processes include hydraulic

  • Liberty Bell

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    the United States to be placed on exhibit at numerous World's Fairs. From 1885 to 1915, the Liberty Bell traveled by rail on seven separate trips to eight different World's Fair exhibitions visiting nearly 400 cities and towns on those trips coast to coast. At the time, the Liberty Bell's trips were widely publicized so that each town where the Liberty Bell train stopped was well prepared for their venerable guest. Each stop on the way to the host World's Fair exhibition lasted anywhere from

  • Ultimate Frisbee

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    Ultimate Frisbee, you should first know the history of the Frisbee. The Frisbie Pie Company sold their pies all over the East Coast, and it just happened that the pie tins were easy to throw around. At Yale, students began to make up games to play with the tins, and started to call them “Frisbees”. The name stuck and tossing the tins around became popular at many East Coast colleges. Several years later, an inventor decided to recreate the Frisbee tin. He wanted to make it out of plastic, which was

  • Peru

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    Tacoma Desert of Chile. The plain has few adequate harbors. Most of the desert is so dry that only10 of the 52 rivers draining the Andean slopes to the Pacific Ocean have sufficient volume to maintain the flow across the desert and reach the coast. However, the coast is the economic center of Peru. Most of the Nation’s leading commercial and export crops grow in the 40 oases of the region. The sierra, an upland region with towering mountain ranges of the Andes, lofty plateaus, and deep gorges and valleys

  • Japan

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    Japan Geographical Setting Japan is an island country in the North Pacific Ocean. It lies off the northeast coast of mainland Asia and faces Russia,Korea, and China. Four large islands and thousands of smaller ones make up Japan. The four major islands- Hokkaido,Honshu,Kyushu and Shikoku form a curve that extends for about 1,900 kilometres. Topography Japan is a land of great natural beauty. mountains and hills cover about 70% of the country. IN fact, Japanese islands consist of

  • Factors Influencing Coastal Processes

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    tides, winds and mass movement processes can change the form of the coasts within our lifetime. The three key questions I will focus on are: * What are the energy and sediment inputs into the coastal system? * What are the processes that erode coasts? * How is sediment transported and deposited? I will conclude by describing and explaining factors influencing coastal processes and how they make up the South Dorset coast. The littoral zone is a narrow zone between high and low water

  • Holland Case Study

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    prospering people with a rich Dutch culture and beautiful cities. Holland is constantly overflowing with innovative ideas and wondrous breakthroughs in agriculture, but for many years the Netherlands has faced a growing issue that is threatening the entire coast and mainland of their country. Global warming has contributed to a consistent increase of rising sea levels. Due to the issue that a majority of the mainland in Holland is well below sea level, the Dutch government has implemented necessary plans to

  • Coastal Erosion Essay

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    nations. The causes of coastal erosion are mostly dependent on various geomorphological factors and the effects can be severe or slight but all and all it still have implications on the development of any country. Thus there are need for protecting the coast with the use of both hard and soft engineering structures, such as vegetation, groynes and sea walls. Surveying and monitoring of coastal areas helps to gain better understanding of the physical processes involved as well as identifying susceptible

  • The Importance Of Coastal Resilience

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    The coast is defined as the place where the land and the sea meet. This includes the adjacent waters, as well as the shoreline and extends so far landward and seaward (Post & Lundin, 1996). The width of the coastal zone varies due to the seasonal changes and any adjustments, whether natural or manmade. While preventative measures must be put in place to mitigate these effects, procedures must also be put in place to ensure that the coastal zone can bounce back from the impact of these effects. Martinez

  • Masks

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    For hundreds of years masks have played an important role in the lives of the Native Americans of the Northwest Coast. They signify ancient traditions dating from antiquity to present day. The dramatic, colorful masks of the Northwest Coast are some of the most fascinating artifacts produced by Native Americans. Mask Making Although the different tribes throughout the Northwest Coast have different traditions and cultures, there are many techniques and styles which are common to the entire region

  • Coastal Erosion

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    could be to blame for the rise in erosion on the coasts of some areas. Groynes have been built out to sea in many areas of the British coastline. Their aim is to trap material and thus slow down the rate of long shore drift. However, these groynes in some areas are been blamed for the rise in erosion rates further down the coast. On the Holderness coastline in Humberside, erosion is taking place at a rate of about 2 meters per year. Along this coast there is a strong action of long shore drift

  • Balboa, a Spanish conqueror and explorer

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    Spanish conqueror and explorer. Vasco Nuñez de Balboa, a Spanish conqueror and explorer, was the first to see the coast of the Pacific Ocean. He saw the ocean in September of 1513, from the top of a mountain of what is now Panama. On September 29, 1523, Balboa claimed it and all its shores for Spain. His findings opened Spanish explorations and conquests along the western coast of South America began. The Spanish called the ocean the South Sea because it lay south of the isthmus of Panama

  • Adaptation of Heart of Darkness to the Movie, Apocalypse Now

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    similar to one Marlow takes, I had not been aware of the 'departures of adaptation' that were made to the story. In 1890 Conrad was given a captain's commission of a steamboat on the Congo, due to the influence of a female relative. He traveled down the coast and up the river, and hiked 200 miles overland to reach his boat, which was sunk. But from that point on the story is a departure. Conrad, rather than waiting and fixing the boat, enlisted on another steamboat and traveled up river, getting very sick

  • Rap war

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    major conflict between West Coast and East Coast rappers. East and West are fighting in a vicious battle that leaves hundreds of poor, helpless people dead in the street. There's no reason for this to be going on. Back in the early '90's, when rap was beginning to become popular, the East/West war wasn't quite there yet but it was slowly becoming more and more obvious that there was a conflict between rappers. Part of the reason that the war started was that West Coast rap dominated and nobody

  • The Beach: Sandy Shores and Surf Zones

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    The Sandy Beach The sandy beach and surf zones are two environments, which are usually found along the edges of the sea. The sandy shore environment is made up of sand and grains of rock and crushed shells while the surf zone environment is made up mainly of water. Although the sandy beach zone is said to be one of the most common environments along the shore, it is considered a very harsh and dynamic environment. Sandy beach shores usually have very harsh physical conditions. The constant