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Haudenosaunee
The Haudenosaunee Confederacy ( HOH-din-oh-SHOH-nee; lit.โ'people who are building the longhouse'), also known as the Iroquois ( IRR-ษ-kwoy, -โ kwah), are an Iroquoian-speaking confederacy of Native Americans and First Nations peoples in northeast North America.
Osage Nation
The Osage Nation ( OH-sayj) (Osage: ๐๐๐ป๐๐ป๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ค๐๐ฏ๐ฃโ, lit.โ'People of the Middle Waters') is a federally recognized Native American tribe in Oklahoma. They are an Indigenous people of the Great Plains historically from the Midwestern United States.
American Indian Movement
The American Indian Movement (AIM) is an American Indian grassroots movement founded in Minneapolis in July 1968.
Seminole
The Seminole are a Native American people who developed in Florida in the 18th century. Today, they live in Oklahoma and Florida, and comprise three federally recognized tribes: the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, the Seminole Tribe of Florida, and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, as well as independent groups.
Muscogee
The Muscogee (English: mษss-KOH-ghee), Mvskoke or Mvskokvlke (Mvskokvlke, pronounced [mษฬskรณหษกษฬlษกรฌ] in the Muscogee language), also known as Muscogee Creek or just Creek, are a group of related Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands in the United States.
Sodbuster
Sodbuster was a program created by Title 12 of the Food Security Act of 1985 designed to discourage the plowing up of erosion-prone grasslands for use as cropland.
Silver mining
Silver mining is the extraction of silver by mining. Silver is a precious metal and holds high economic value. Because silver is often found in intimate combination with other metals, its extraction requires the use of complex technologies. In 2008, approximately 25,900 metric tons of silver were consumed worldwide, most of which came from mining.
Anaconda Copper
The Anaconda Company, also known historically as the Anaconda Gold and Silver Mining Company (1881โ1891), Anaconda Mining Company (1891โ1895), Anaconda Copper Mining Company (1895โ1899), Amalgamated Copper Company (1899โ1915), and Anaconda Copper Company (1915โ1955), was an American mining company headquartered in Butte, Montana.
Shane (novel)
Shane is a western novel by Jack Schaefer published in 1949. It was initially published in 1946 in three parts in Argosy magazine, and originally titled Rider from Nowhere. The novel has been printed in seventy or more editions, and translated into over 30 languages, and was adapted into the 1953 film starring Alan Ladd.
Fraser Canyon Gold Rush
The Fraser Canyon Gold Rush (also Fraser Gold Rush and Fraser River Gold Rush) began in 1858 after gold was discovered on the Thompson River in British Columbia at its confluence with the Nicoamen River a few miles upstream from the Thompson's confluence with the Fraser River at present-day Lytton.
Cariboo Gold Rush
The Cariboo Gold Rush was a gold rush in the Colony of British Columbia, which later became the Canadian province of British Columbia. The first gold discovery was made at Hills Bar in 1858, followed by more strikes in 1859 on the Horsefly River, and on Keithley Creek and Antler Creek in 1860.
Cowboy poetry
Cowboy poetry is a form of poetry that grew from a tradition of cowboys telling stories.