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Essay Instructions: Iroquois Indians.
Discuss their religion, current education issues affecting the group, including cultural learning styles, high school and college graduation rates, achievement gaps.

Essay Instructions: I need to write an essay (max. 700 words) about little known native american and their impact on history. I got the Iriquois Native Americans. They had a union among several tribes and made a constitution. http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/IroCons.html

Their union was inspiration to fight of independence from the British. Banjamin Franklin wrote a letter about it: Benjamin Franklin on the Iroquois League, in a letter to James Parker, 1751

I need to have primary and secondary sources. The letter and the constitution should be fine as primary ones. Also different sources (books, websites, etc).

Their women had many rights and had influence on the feminist movement.

Can you please write an up to 700 word essay about how these Native Indian impacted history?
This is the rubric:
Significance
? How significant is the topic in terms of its overall impact on history?
? The topic must be about a fact related to person(s) of Native American descent.

Little Known/Originality
? The topic should not be common knowledge.
? The topic can be about a little known aspect of a commonly known topic.
? The topic should not have been the subject of a recent documentary, newspaper or magazine article in the mainstream media.

Research
? Sources cited include multiple sources.
? Sources cited include primary and secondary sources.
? Sources cited uses more than one type of format (e.g. not just websites).
? Sources cited and citations are in proper MLA format.

Writing
? Essay adheres to word limit (700 words maximum).
? Essay is engaging to read.
? Essay uses proper spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and grammar.

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Essay Instructions: Critical Thinking Paper: Kinship Organizations



Kinship systems in Foraging and Horticultural based societies provide support for people in all stages of their life. Address the following in a two- to three-page paper:

Identify and describe the kinship system of one of the cultures listed below. These cultures are found in Chapters 3 and 4 of your text.
San
Australian Aborigines
Btsisi
Inuit of the Artic
Iroquois
Yanomamo
Briefly describe the culture and identify three specific examples of how the kinship system of the chosen culture impacts the way this culture behaves (i.e. thinks, acts, lives).
Compare this to your own society. Does kinship impact these same behaviors in your own life? Why or why not?

Essay Instructions: Discuss the diplomatic role of the Iroquois Confederacy in the 18th century. What commodity was at the root of the Six Nations' diplomatic role in colonial America - what was so important for the French and the English colonists to obtain? Why was the conclusion of the French and Indian Was such a political blow for the Confederacy? Describe Ben Franklin's appraisal of the Confederacy in 1754 and its significance for the fate of the British colonies. How did the League's existence and efficient operation influence Franklin's vision for inter-colonial cooperation?
Define the Covenant Chain; explain why the British were successful in revitalizing this "treaty" or agreement, despite undercutting the six Nations avowed stance of neutrality? Why were the Haudenosaunee, especially Joseph Brant and the Mohawks, so reluctant to support the patriots in the Revolutionary War? Comment upon Washington's directive to General Sullivan regarding the Confederacy; why was this "scorched earth" policy unleashed against the Native inhabitants in the heart of their domain? Discuss the role of Oneida Nation in the war and comment on the position of the nation in the aftermath of the struggle. Was their any strategy that might have helped the League avoid entanglement with the Europeans' warfare?