Blackfoot

My Career At the age of seven years old I decided that I wanted to be a doctor. I didn’t know what kind of doctor; all I knew is that I wanted to be a doctor. Later on, I decided that I wanted to be a surgeon. I started watching YouTube videos of surgeries, Greys Anatomy, Stories of the ER, and anything that included the medical field. After watching these programs, I decided that I didn’t want to be the one cutting into a body, I didn’t want to be in charge of making life or death…

Thomas King the main character, who is the mother of a Blackfoot family living in Standoff, Alberta, will not directly identify her citizenship as Canadian or American at the borders One day, the mother decided that she and her son would go to visit the boy's sister, Laetitia, who had moved to Salt Lake City when she was seventeen years old. When the boy and his mother were asked their citizenship at the American border the mother answered “Blackfoot”. The guard told the mother that she had to…

His bravery allows him to survive the battle. “Colter threw himself prone, leveled his rifle, and picked off another painted enemy. His third shot killed the Blackfoot chiefs horse.”(45) Because of his bravery and confidence, Colter is able to defend himself and survive a dangerous situation. When Lisa orders Colter to make the journey yet again, Colter is captured by the Blackfeet. They converse among themselves…

and "The story of Scarface ". " An African folktale Chura and Marwe is a story about unconditional love and friendship that transcends what's on the surface , and underscores the importance of seeing the heart. "The Story of Scarface" is a Blackfoot Native American legend , that is about a disfigured boy that travels to meet the sun God. In hopes that the sun God will remove his scar, so that he can marry a princess of a tribe.…

Kayla Cloward of Blackfoot Idaho, passed away Saturday, October 28th due to injury sustained in an automobile accident at the age of Fourteen. Kayla was born March 17, 2003 to Kasey and Katherine Cloward. Kayla was a sister to Kayge Cloward, 19 and Kacyn Cloward, 13. Her Grandparents were Danny Cloward and Laurel Brummond. She was going down the freeway with a group of friends as a car jackknifed into the passenger side of their car. Although Kayla had her up’s and her down’s, her childhood was…

“Never let anyone define who you are or decide who you should become” (Mbiaka). This quote by Edmond Mbiaka implies that no one can change a person for the better. It is who that person chooses to be, makes them unique. In our daily life, people put titles on others by the way they walk, dress, and communicate. This can be taught in a positive and negative way. As children grow older, they learn judgment through their parents. Even though parents explain to their children the importance of…

have learned, but we all learn from our mistakes, I just want you to make good life decisions and be proud of you.” (Salazar, Mary. Personal interview.August 2012). At first I did not know what my sister was talking about. When I was a freshman at Blackfoot High School, my sister was pregnant at age sixteen. Being a teen mom at her age is one of the most exhausting stages in a person's life. I did not judge my sister decision, she did the right thing keeping her baby and achieving her goals by…

g at this definition we don't see the full broad scale and depth of the discrimination that happens with stigma; we can better understand the concept if it is broken up into different factors. People distinguish and label human differences all the time, but people pluck out specific ones for social salience. If stigma is to be achieved, then labeled persons are linked to undesirable characteristics or to unwarranted negative stereotypes. The third component is that labeled persons are viewed…

father was English. James was born into slavery and became free when he was an adult. During his younger years he was a blacksmith and later in life he went to work for the Rocky Mountain Fur Company. James married two different women, they were both Blackfoot Indian women, with no children. James loved being in the outdoors. He started trapping in 1824, in the Rocky Mountains. One day, while James was trapping, he was captured by Crow Indians. He stayed with the Indians for six years. The Crows…

Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, Sacagawea, me, and others were sent by Thomas Jefferson to explore the newly purchased Louisiana Territory. Our expedition into the Louisiana Territory was not only to explore but record information about the land and find the source of the Missouri-northwest passage- make peace with the Indians as well. This expedition started in 1804 and ended in 1806 which is two and a half or twenty eight months. The expedition was from St.Louis , Missouri to the Pacific…