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- 1171: New Worlds for All: Indians, Europeans, and the Remaking of Early America
- ... died of diseases or had their previous religious beliefs beaten out of them, a belief that had sustained them for countless generations. They exploited the Indians labor, stole their properties and sometimes even resorted to sexual abuse. Like any other culture when exposed to change some Indians accepted Christianity finding meaning and hope in their lives, along with a reason to belief in the afterlife, other Indians however rejected the Christian ...
- 1172: Jim Jones and The Peoples Temple
- ... mass suicide sent shockwaves throughout the world. It generated public support for anti-cult and counter-cult which still continues today. Some people believe that the cause of the suicide was the constant hounding and harassment from anti-cult groups, news reporters and the federal investigators. The facts of Jonestown will remain unknown some of the escapees say that mind-control methods were used to keep the temple going and it ...
- 1173: The Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute
- ... to sign the leases, which require fees paid to the Hopis, and would signify acknowledgement of Hopi control over their land. The situation has led to a bitter relationship between the Dineh who claim undue harassment and the Hopi who claim to only be carrying out their legal obligations set forth in P.L. 93-531 and S.1993. Tensions are again dominating the former JUA as the Dineh struggle to ...
- 1174: Assimilation of the Native Americans
- ... be European and they were not allowed to speak their language, let alone see or speak to their siblings, which was punishable if they were caught doing so. Many tragedies occurred in residential schools including sexual, physical, and mental abuse which has caused psychological harm to many of the children who attended residential schools . The potlatch wasnt the only tradition that the church eradicated. Wearing traditional regalia and dancing were ...
- 1175: The 60s: Decade of Challenge and Change
- ... the streets, where public protests raged. It was a decade of dynamic change for the nations youth, the new generation to whom JFK said, the torch has been passed. Long hair, mod dresses, drugs, sexual freedom, and anti- established ideas were everywhere. It was a decade of tragic death for people such as John Kennedy, Martin Luther King, and Robert Kennedy. It was an unforgettable , exciting era. Many things typify ...
- 1176: Reasons, Causes And Details Of Plantation Slavery
- ... spy on overseers and tattle on other slaves. Most house slaves lived in the same house as the master. The majority of house servants were women. Because of that they were open and vulnerable to sexual abuse. They were unsafe from masters and overseers, even their fellow slave men. Sometimes a willing relationship between a master and a slave evolved. Field hands met a much harsher fate. They were in charge ...
- 1177: The Anti-Vietnam Movement
- ... did the number of critics in Congress and the media. A ban on picketing the White House was recommended. Instead, President Johnson and later Nixon combated the picketers through a variety of legal and illegal harassment, including limiting their numbers in certain venues and demanding letter-perfect permits for every activity. (Gettleman, 67). The picketers were a constant battle, which the presidents could never claim total victory. By 1967, US military ...
- 1178: The Shooting Down of An Iranian Airliner by the USS Vincennes
- ... Montgomery at full speed. While on route, Captain Rodgers sends the Vincennes helicopter ahead to investigate. When the helicopter arrives on the scene, it reports five Iranian gunboats circling a German tanker in a common harassment tactic. By now the Vincennes has entered Omani waters, Oman has told the Vincennes and the gunboats to leave their waters and the gunboats were beginning to leave. Also at this time, the US area ...
- 1179: The Indians and Losing Their Homes
- ... writes, The Indians would not be forced to go West, but if they stayed they would have to abide by state laws, which destroyed their tribal and personal rights and made them subject to endless harassment and invasion by white settlers coveting their land 1. This version of a Catch-22, a situation where a higher power makes it impossible for one to succeed but does it legally, enraged most Indians ...
- 1180: Boston Massacre
- ... they were in a prison. Everywhere they turned they saw guards. These guards would frequently question and harass people just passing by. Parents were even getting worried for their daughters, because the soldiers would make sexual remarks towards them. Many red-coats were in search of different off-duty jobs, which meant they would be taking away jobs from the Boston laborers. Many times when the soldiers left their barracks and ...
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