Yakama Essays

  • Yakama Tribe Research Paper

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    of the Yakama Nation and Klamath Tribes Quinn Buchwald AP United States Government, 1st Period Ms. Peck December 17, 2013 The Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation is a sovereign Native American tribal entity in Washington State. The tribe's reservation is located in southern Washington State and is east of the Cascade Mountains. The reservation is 2,185.94 square miles and has a population of over 30,000. The tribe itself has almost 11,000 enrolled members. The Yakama Tribe

  • Yakima vs. Pioneers

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    the spectacle during the Yakima war from refugee woman. There are many more symbols and significant’s that is connected to the Yakima war. This group of Indians is a group that has many different spellings of their names such as Yakima, Yakama, and Yahakama. Yakama was the original spelling of the name. The Yakima’s spoke Penutian. The main Chief of the great Yakima was called Kamikin. The Yakima’s are known as the Saint Joseph, Roman Catholics. The war between the Yakima Indians and the U.S. military

  • Yakama Rising Book Report

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    soul limits one to grow and continue with their lives. It is similar to therapy and I appreciate this because self-health is important and several do not believe it is a health care. One who focuses on their thoughts and fixes them can grow. The Yakama Rising is an excellent book to using in Native American Experience. It ties in native culture in several aspects that must be brought up. The in-held class discussions are well formed that create this area of true understanding of decolonizing. It

  • Professional Nursing Role Analysis

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    patients. Within the Professional Nursing Role course, we have learned that our roles are much more. Our cohort will be working with many different populations and providing medicine. However, my personal obligation that I have is service to the Yakama Nation people and those other tribes and bands residing in my reservation. I am always open to understanding different culture and beliefs,

  • Box Of Treasures Summary

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    necessities needed to sustain the weather. There were dances for growing up, gift giving, celebrating the dead, and daily activities of the Yup'ik peoples everyday life. Yakama performs religious ceremonial dances to thank "the creator" for food abundance and "the fancy shawl dance" depicted girls as butterflies, as described by the Yakama people. Oyne ceremonies of dance were practiced between January and February of a year to celebrate family members who had passed away. Even though Oyne dances are no

  • Death Of Celilo Falls by Katrine Barber

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    The purpose of this essay is to examine and analyze Katrine Barber's book, "Death of Celilo Falls". In this book, Barber successfully seeks to tell the story of a momentous event in the history of the West, the building of the Dalles Dam in 1957. Celilo Falls was part of a nine-mile area of the Long Narrows on the Columbia River. Despite the fact that the Celilo Village still survives to this day in the state of Oregon (it is the state's oldest continuously inhabited town), the assembly of The Dalles

  • Essay On Native American Boarding Schools

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    Ulysses S Grant’s 1869 “Peace Policy”, continued well into the twentieth century. Boarding schools were part of Euro-America’s drive to solve the “Indian Problem” and end Native control of the lands. The first of these schools was established on the Yakama Indian Reservation (now just east of the Cascade Mountains in Southern Washington). Such institutions, run by government workers and church missionaries, while well-intentioned, had set a goal to assimilate Native children and families

  • Reform Judaism: A Monotheistic Religion

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    where the Rabbi and the Cantor stood. There was a small little table in the center that held 2 candles and 2 loafs of special bread called challah. There were less than 20 people at the service. Everyone was dressed pretty casually. All the men wore Yakamas on their

  • Native Americans Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

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    There has been a lot of controversy regarding human remains and the field of archaeology for some time. The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) protect the Native American’s rights over their human remains and cultural items. Proposed by the Morris Udall, former Congress Member for Arizona second District, NAGPRA was passed by the Congress in November 1990. The congress’ intention was to facilitate the repatriation of the Native Americans skeleton and cultural remains

  • Delegation In Nursing Essay

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    Traditionally, in the Yakama Nation culture and unspoken beliefs enrolled members are to spend extra time in preparing and giving back to obtain a balanced life. Elders explain that if time is not taken to refill the spiritual being by providing self-care and private time it

  • A Remarkable Woman Of The Early West

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    Margaret Ann Martin was born in Greenfield, Nelson County, Virginia on January 20th, 1834. Her parents were Hudson Martin and Nancy Thorpe. Hudson Marton was born in Virginia in 1765. At the close of the Revolutionary War, Giddeon Martin, his after moved to Kentucky. Giddeon Martin had fought for seven years in the Revolution under General George Washington. Hudsont Martin and Nancy Thorpe were married March 22nd, 1824. The following children were born to this union John, their only son, and

  • Northwest Salmon: The Threats Of The Northwest Salmon

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    Pinkish in color, with spots on their eight fins and back, thin long body with an average weight of 23 kg and length up to 76 cm, and a distinct back fin called the adipose fin. They are saltwater fish which spawns in fresh water, travelling over 20,000 kilometers in the ocean with speeds of up to 50 km per hour. They can jump more than four meters to climb waterfalls and any obstacles they encounter in the water. The Northwest Salmon is one miraculous fish. However, Northwest Salmon are now on the

  • Essay On Decolonization

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    The definition of decolonization differs from person to person, from nation to nation, and from past experience to past experience. In my opinion decolonization is a thought out active resistance of colonial forces with a goal of eventually obtaining indigenous liberation. Colonialism has brought forth many problems with it. As more time passes the problems keep getting worse. Problems such as crimes being committed on Natives and loss of tradition. Over the years many treaties and laws have been

  • Kennewick Man and the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA)

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    the Interior and National Park Service, a federal agency involved with NAGPRA, had determined they were Native American and affiliated with one of the claimant tribes so they were to be handed over to an alliance of five tribes and bands (Umatilla, Yakama, Nez Perce, Wanapum and Colville) through NAGPRA (“United States”). The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) is the primary federal law governing the righ... ... middle of paper ... ...oman and Kennewick Man." American

  • Thomas L. Friedman's The World Is Flat

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    Children are the Future There’s times where you just sometimes lose motivation for learning, am I right? We don’t realize how much our globalized world is changing and how this might affect us. According to, The World Is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman our world has changed and it’s becoming flat. We are all competing for jobs and those jobs that were able to get without further education are now being sent to other countries. But why do we sometimes just lose interest of getting educated? Could it be