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?Mountain Windsong - Trail of Tears?, 2006.
A description of Robert Connley's "Mountain Windsong - Trail of Tears".
883 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 0 sources, $ 31.95
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The paper discusses Connley's novel which, although fictitious, contains several historical elements and is set against the background of the negative events which occurred as a result of the removal of Cherokees from their original lands in North Carolina to Indian Territory. The paper explores how Connley succeeds in bringing a human touch to the tragic tale through the love story of Oconeechee and Waguli.
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"Many of the people died on their way to Oklahoma. In the book the lovers spend much of the novel searching for each other. A young Native American by the name of LeRoy engages in explaining their saga, related to him by his grandfather after he asks about the beautiful "windsong" he has heard on a North Carolina reservation occupied by descendants of the Cherokees who had escaped from relocation. It is the love song of Oconeechee and Whippoorwill, answered the grandfather, who makes use of the lovers story to teach chooj about his heritage. These are accurate and authentic; the narrative has within its context the use of historical documents and many words which are in the Cherokee language. As the tragic tale unfolds, the novel gains power and resonance and those who read this book cannot fail to be moved by Conley's insights into Cherokee history and culture. Even though the legendary lovers do not meet horrible ends, with the switches between grandfather and grandson, the legal documents drawn by the U.S. government, a song and the romantic story of two perhaps fictional Native Americans torn apart by the Trail of Tears, the novel draws to the people."
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Cherokee History: The Trail of Tears, 2002.
This paper discusses the background, detail and the aftermath of the foreceful eviction of the Cherokee tribe from its ancestoral lands in 1838, an event known as the "Trail of Tears."
2,075 words (approx. 8.3 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 65.95
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The paper introduces the Cherokee - one of the largest tribes of Native Americans in the United States. It shows how their survival is a tribute to their remarkable resistance since in the harsh winter of 1838 and 1839, the entire Cherokee tribe was threatened with extinction during an event that is known as ?The Trail of Tears.? The paper examines one of the darkest moments in American history, when the Federal troops under the orders of the United States government forcibly evicted the entire Cherokee tribe from their ancestral lands in Georgia to Oklahoma during a cruel 1000 mile forced journey. Out of a total of 16,000 Cherokee people, over 4000 men, women, and children died of hunger, disease, and exposure to the elements on the trail. The paper discusses how "The Trail of Tears" symbolizes the callousness with which the United States government treated the Native Americans due to greed and prejudice inherent in human nature. It covers the background, events and aftermath of the "Trail of Tears."
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"The Cherokee tribe bravely suffered their ordeal on the Trail of Tears setting to work in their new home. They built homes, schools and churches. They set up a government and named their capital ?Tahlequah? that is still the cultural center of the Cherokees and the source of documented evidence of their history. The Indians were on the way of recovery from their ordeal when another devastating event intervened: The American Civil War. The Cherokees aligned themselves with the Confederacy since the South had promised that when the war was over they would be permitted to form their own state. After having supported the British during the American War of Independence, the Cherokee had again chosen the wrong side. So when the North won the Civil War, the Indians, were duly penalized. Most of their lands guaranteed by previous treaties were taken from them and their sad plight continued."
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The Trail of Tears, 2002.
An overview of the events where the United States government forced the Cherokee on a "Trail of Tears" which ultimately led to the death of thousands and the downfall of this Native American tribe.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 6 sources, $ 71.95
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In 1838, the Cherokee nation was effectively removed, in its entirety, by the government of the Unites States of America. The forced removal was part of an effort to both neuter the Cherokee, one of the strongest native Nations and to grab all of the land upon which it had lived for, in various forms, thousands of years. The forced march was named, The Trail Of Tears, for a variety of reasons. It forced the natives from their ancestral home, it was a death march and it placed the Cherokee in an alien land, virtually devoid of anything which would allow them to continue living in their traditional manner. The Trail of Tears resulted in thousands of deaths, the separation of families and has been considered in hindsight as an attempt at genocide. The eviction and forced march, which came to be known as the Trail of Tears, took place during the fall and winter of 1838-39 and was badly mismanaged. Inadequate food supplies led to terrible suffering, especially after frigid weather arrived. About 4,000 Cherokees died on the one-hundred and sixteen-day journey, many because the escorting troops refused to slow or stop so that the ill and exhausted could recover. It is the purpose of this paper to examine the motivations for the forced exodus from the point of view of the U.S. government, the timeline of the march and the impact it had before, during and after on the Cherokee people. The point of this examination is to, hopefully, develop for the reader a clear understanding of one of the most tragic episodes in the enforcement of Indian Policy by the United States Government.
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The Trail of Tears, 2001.
This essay discusses the Cherokee Indians, and the Trail of Tears they trekked across to reach the Indian Reservations that the United States government placed them in.
1,520 words (approx. 6.1 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 50.95
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This paper talks about the background of the Cherokee Indians, the Indian Removal Act, the removal forts they were put into, and the trail of tears they trudged on, and symbols that symbolize the trail of tears and the pain the Cherokee Indians endured. The author includes several maps in the paper.
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'In the 1800s, the Cherokee Indians were forced off their ancestral lands in Georgia and coerced to march the long, bitter journey to Oklahoma, where the government had decided they should live. This journey became known as the ?Trail of Tears? for the grief it caused the Cherokee. It was called ?Nunna dual Tsuny? by the tribe, which literally meant the ?Trail Where They Cried?. The Cherokee were a friendly tribe, but were stripped of justice as they were made to trudge hundreds of miles in bad weather; many were treated brutally, and many died either in concentration camps or on the trail itself."
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Trail of Tears, 2005.
Discusses a period in Cherokee history known as the "trail of tears"
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 47.95
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This paper discusses the history of the "trail of tears" in which Cherokees were removed from their native Appalachia and forced to relocate to the harsh plains of Oklahoma. The paper includes a discussion of the treaties broken by the U.S. government.
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"Trail of Tears", 2006.
A review of the book "Trail of Tears" depicting the eviction of Cherokee Indians from their homes.
2,974 words (approx. 11.9 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 87.95
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This paper discusses, in detail, the book entitled "Trail of Tears" and the events that it is based on. The book starts with a passage about the Cherokee Indians who trudged through the landscape of Georgia in the year 1838, during their travel from Georgia to Oklahoma. This was because they had, in fact been forced to vacate the homes that they had known for the past many years by the United States Government.
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"Thus it was that the more than 16,000 native Indian people who were removed from their territories in Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, and North Carolina and sent on to Indian Territory, today known as Oklahoma, reached the state and settled there, amidst large scale loss of lives and with almost no resources. (Military, Trail of Tears) One Cherokee says that according to Cherokee myth, when there is a curve in the rod, then it means that there will be a barn at the next turn, where one can seek shelter. However, for the Cherokees on their trail of tears, this did not happen, and they were forced to keep on walking and walking, until they either died or they reached their destination, finally. (Ellis, 2001)"
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The Trail of Tears, 2001.
This paper centers on the Trail of Tears, a perilous journey by the Cherokee people.
1,417 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 5 sources, $ 47.95
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This paper centers on the Trail of Tears, a perilous journey by the Cherokee people. The author discusses the round-up of Native Americans in Georgia and the subsequent abuse suffered by them. Explanations for the expulsion of the Cherokees from the South are given.
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"Herded like cattle, they left behind all of their belongings and the remnants of their past lives. Their land was given to their suppressors, and they were left with next to nothing. This is the story of the Cherokee removal, the Trail of Tears. 'Long time we travel on way to new land. People feel bad when they leave old nation. Womens cry and make sad wails. Children cry and many men cry, and all look sad like when friends die, but they say nothing and just put heads down and keep on go towards West. Many days pass and people die very much. We bury close by trail.' This quote by a full-blood Cherokee is the epitome of their journey."
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"Trail of Tears" and the Cherokee Nation, 2003.
Reviews the book, "Trail of Tears: The Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation", by John Ehle.
942 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 33.95
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This paper reviews John Ehle's book, "Trail of Tears", which provides a thorough review of the Cherokee people, starting from their first encounter with Europeans. The paper presents the book's argument that the Cherokee efforts to adopt and adapt to the cultural achievements of whites, while advancing their own culture, fundamentally shaped their history.
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"In Trail of Tears, John Ehle poignantly depicts the unique struggle of the Cherokee to defend against the onslaught of the advancing ?white storm.? As they initially realized the futility of violent resistance, the Cherokee enthusiastically devoted themselves to ensuring the societal advancements that would grant them peaceful and prosperous co-existence with the whites. Thanks to the visionary leadership of individuals such as Major Ridge, the tribe successfully fought off internal division, reactionary traditionalism, and white interference in order to forever disprove the fallacy that Indians were incapable of ?civilization.?"
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"Trail of Tears", 2002.
An overview of this forced removal march which led to the downfall of the Cherokee Native American Tribe.
2,150 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 10 sources, $ 80.95
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This paper examines the Trail of Tears, the forced relocation west of the Mississippi of the Cherokee Nation in the 1830s. It examines the Cherokee Nation, the development of the federal policy of 'removal' and its consequences
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Trail of Tears, 1997.
Examining the background and rationale for and the devastating effects of 800-mile forced resettlement of Cherokees by government in 1838-1839.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 8 sources, $ 63.95
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"This paper is an examination of the Trail of Tears, an 800-mile journey that effectively destroyed the Cherokee Nation. The enforced resettlement occurred because white settlers coveted Cherokee lands and believed they had a superior claim. The nearly 4,000 deaths that resulted, perhaps as much as one-fourth of the entire population, stand as a remarkable, shameful illustration of inhumane treatment on a breathtaking scale. The Trail of Tears was a death march, a devastating chapter in the spectacularly successful campaign by European settlers to clear the New World not only of underbrush and other impediments to farming but also of the original inhabitants. Because they were members of an alien race, the Cherokee could not fit into the Europeans' plans, even when the Indians tried. They were doomed for annihilation simply because they were different and in the.."
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"Tears, Idle Tears", 2005.
Analysis of the poem, "Tears, Idle Tears", by Victorian poet laureate, Alfred Lord Tennyson.
1,330 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 44.95
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This paper analyzes Tennyson's choice of the word "idle" in the title of his poem, "Tears, Idle Tears" and its use throughout the poem and explains the multiple levels of meaning Tennyson has ascribed to the word.
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"The poem by the Victorian poet laureate Alfred Lord Tennyson entitled ?Tears, idle tears,? has the unfortunate status of having its become such a common phrase in modern parlance, that the reader finds him or herself bracing his or her ear for more and more clich?s as the poem progresses. In other words, one hears that tears are idle so often, one can easily forget, not only that Tennyson said, ?I know not what they mean,? but that the poem attempts to express the seriousness of futility of grief, or outward displays of affection by calling tears idle, in that they do no real work in the world. The use of ?idle? in multiple variances of meaning, from impractical and lazy, to idyllic, to idolizing is in fact quite profound and sophisticated, yielding a poem with a compact linguistic and stylistic structure."
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"Mountains Beyond Mountains", 2006.
A book report on Tracey Kidder's "Mountain Beyond Mountain", focusing on conditions in developing countries.
1,913 words (approx. 7.7 pages), 0 sources, $ 61.95
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This paper reviews Tracey Kidder's novel, "Mountains Beyond Mountains". The paper discusses questions posed in the book and in so doing, analyzes Kidder's views, as presented in the book. The essay draws heavily upon the Kidder work itself. It discusses, in detail, underlying conditions in developing countries and in Haiti in particular.
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"Much like a radio wave, life is a series of repeating peaks and troughs, a succession of failure and success. Tracey Kidder's, Mountains Beyond Mountains is an appropriate adaptation of the Haitian proverb, "-beyond mountains there are mountains." Much like the radio wave metaphor, this proverb elicits a multitude of interpretations, including, as Kidder explains in an interview, "sometimes it's used to express the idea that opportunities are inexhaustible, and sometimes as a way of saying that when you surmount one great obstacle you merely gain a clear view of the next one." In the context of the culture it comes from, this proverb is an important aspect of why Paul Farmer has dedicated his life to insurmountable challenges, only to affect change and lives, no matter what the magnitude."
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"A Story Wet as Tears", 2008.
A review and analysis of the poem "A Story Wet as Tears" by Marge Piercy.
1,051 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 36.95
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This paper analyzes Marge Piercy's poem, "A Story Wet as Tears", and explains that it depicts how marriage is not always what it seems. The paper then cites lines and examples from the poem to discuss the tone, figures of speech, and vivid imagery used in the poem. The paper suggests that Piercy's poem truly shows how, "though courtship turns frogs into princes, marriage turns them slowly back."
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"The first line of the poem, "Remember the princess who kissed the frog so he became a prince?" takes us back to our childhood, when we listened to fairytales, and the optimistic outlook we had on life. We thought that everything we do in the future would always have a happy ending. "At first they danced all weekend, toasted each other in the morning with coffee, with champagne at night and always with kisses." This line explains how in the beginning of courtship everything is done to light a romantic flame and keep it alight. The champagne and kisses seem to represent a cliche version of romance and love that a marriage cannot solely be based on. "
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ACL Tears and Repairs, 2002.
A look at ACL damage and its treatment including aftercare.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper presents a discussion about ACL tears and repairs. The information can be valuable in the decision making process and the author takes us on a tour of the knee, the injury site and the repair. After care therapy is also discussed.
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Web Site Comparison, 2006.
This paper compares the search results for two topics- Harriet Tubman and the Underground and the Underground Railroad vs. the Trail of Tears.
920 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 31.95
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This paper compares the search results for two topics--Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad vs. the Trail of Tears--on the History Matters web site and details why the results for the Tubman search are more useful, as well as critiquing the History Matters web site and providing suggestions to the webmaster.
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"I was able to find sources on both Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad as well as the Cherokee Trail of Tears on the History Matters website History Matters. This web site is essentially a repository for links to other web sites ..."
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