Miami Captive

Author : Ian K. Steele
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780773589896

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Setting All the Captives Free by Ian K. Steele Pdf

Among the many upheavals in North America caused by the French and Indian War was a commonplace practice that affected the lives of thousands of men, women, and children: being taken captive by rival forces. Most previous studies of captivity in early America are content to generalize from a small selection of sources, often centuries apart. In Setting All the Captives Free, Ian Steele presents, from a mountain of data, the differences rather than generalities as well as how these differences show the variety of circumstances that affected captives’ experiences. The product of a herculean effort to identify and analyze the captives taken on the Allegheny frontier during the era of the French and Indian War, Setting All the Captives Free is the most complete study of this topic. Steele explores genuine, doctored, and fictitious accounts in an innovative challenge to many prevailing assumptions and arguments, revealing that Indians demonstrated humanity and compassion by continuing to take numerous captives when their opponents took none, by adopting and converting captives into kin during the war, and by returning captives even though doing so was a humiliating act that betrayed their societies' values. A fascinating and comprehensive work by an acclaimed scholar, Setting All the Captives Free takes the study of the French and Indian War in America to an exciting new level.

Author : Richard VanDerBeets
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : 0870498401

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Held Captive by Indians by Richard VanDerBeets Pdf

Among the early white settlers, accounts of Indian captivities and massacres became America's first literature of catharsis - a means by which a population that disapproved of fiction and play-acting could satisfy its appetite for stories about other people's misfortunes. This collection of unaltered captivity narratives, first published in 1973, remains an invaluable source of information for historians and ethnologists, providing a fascinating glimpse of a vanished era. For this edition, VanDerBeets has written a new preface discussing the proliferation of recent scholarship about captivity narratives, especially those written by women.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04
Category : Delegated legislation
ISBN : UCR:31210024841296

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Federal Register by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1334 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Law
ISBN : HARVARD:32044116494295

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Congressional Record by United States. Congress Pdf

The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)

Author : Sandra Pollard
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2019-01-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781439665992

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A Puget Sound Orca in Captivity by Sandra Pollard Pdf

On August 8, 1970, the Southern Resident orcas of Puget Sound were herded into Penn Cove on Whidbey Island by explosives, spotter planes and speedboats in a coordinated effort to capture seven young whales. Between 1964 and 1976, dozens of these now-endangered orcas were torn from their home and sent to marine parks around the globe. Just over a decade later, all but one had died. This lone survivor is Tokitae, also known as Lolita, and she's spent most of her life performing at the Miami Seaquarium. For twenty years, the Orca Network has called for her release, and now the indigenous Lummi Nation, People of the Sea, have joined the fight. Author Sandra Pollard chronicles the extraordinary effort to bring Tokitae home.

Author : Basil Bachelor
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781462050987

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The Mingwe Kyasuta by Basil Bachelor Pdf

For all of his life Kyasuta and his tribe held the strategic portages and trails through the wilderness of the Ohio country. But Kyasuta knew the days had come when he and his people would face a difficult struggle to maintain control over their long-held territories. As the leader of the Seneca Wolf Clan Kyasuta had stood watch over the Ohio River. He was a warrior, a war chief, and a diplomat during very critical times in our early history. Whether it was peace or war, Kyasuta's presence would be felt by the new white settlers in the old Northwest Territory. The Mingwe Kyasuta tells the story of the European settlers encroachment upon the land west of the Appalachian Mountains from Kyasuta's perspective. It gives insight into the Native American tribes who lived east of the Mississippi River during a time when the Ohio country was the west and when the Ohio River was the western jump off point into the New World.

Author : Nick Haddad
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04-13
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780691217178

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The Last Butterflies by Nick Haddad Pdf

A remarkable look at the rarest butterflies, how global changes threaten their existence, and how we can bring them back from near-extinction Most of us have heard of such popular butterflies as the Monarch or Painted Lady. But what about the Fender’s Blue? Or the St. Francis’ Satyr? Because of their extreme rarity, these butterflies are not well-known, yet they are remarkable species with important lessons to teach us. The Last Butterflies spotlights the rarest of these creatures—some numbering no more than what can be held in one hand. Drawing from his own first-hand experiences, Nick Haddad explores the challenges of tracking these vanishing butterflies, why they are disappearing, and why they are worth saving. He also provides startling insights into the effects of human activity and environmental change on the planet’s biodiversity. Weaving a vivid and personal narrative with ideas from ecology and conservation, Haddad illustrates the race against time to reverse the decline of six butterfly species. Many scientists mistakenly assume we fully understand butterflies’ natural histories. Yet, as with the Large Blue in England, we too often know too little and the conservation consequences are dire. Haddad argues that a hands-off approach is not effective and that in many instances, like for the Fender’s Blue and Bay Checkerspot, active and aggressive management is necessary. With deliberate conservation, rare butterflies can coexist with people, inhabit urban fringes, and, in the case of the St. Francis’ Satyr, even reside on bomb ranges and military land. Haddad shows that through the efforts to protect and restore butterflies, we might learn how to successfully confront conservation issues for all animals and plants. A moving account of extinction, recovery, and hope, The Last Butterflies demonstrates the great value of these beautiful insects to science, conservation, and people.

Author : William Heath
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 521 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780806151489

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William Wells and the Struggle for the Old Northwest by William Heath Pdf

Born to Anglo-American parents on the Appalachian frontier, captured by the Miami Indians at the age of thirteen, and adopted into the tribe, William Wells (1770–1812) moved between two cultures all his life but was comfortable in neither. Vilified by some historians for his divided loyalties, he remains relatively unknown even though he is worthy of comparison with such famous frontiersmen as Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett. William Heath’s thoroughly researched book is the first biography of this man-in-the-middle. A servant of empire with deep sympathies for the people his country sought to dispossess, Wells married Chief Little Turtle’s daughter and distinguished himself as a Miami warrior, as an American spy, and as an Indian agent whose multilingual skills made him a valuable interpreter. Heath examines pioneer life in the Ohio Valley from both white and Indian perspectives, yielding rich insights into Wells’s career as well as broader events on the post-revolutionary American frontier, where Anglo-Americans pushing westward competed with the Indian nations of the Old Northwest for control of territory. Wells’s unusual career, Heath emphasizes, earned him a great deal of ill will. Because he warned the U.S. government against Tecumseh’s confederacy and the Tenskwatawa’s “religiously mad” followers, he was hated by those who supported the Shawnee leaders. Because he came to question treaties he had helped bring about, and cautioned the Indians about their harmful effects, he was distrusted by Americans. Wells is a complicated hero, and his conflicted position reflects the decline of coexistence and cooperation between two cultures.

Author : Chris J. Magoc,David Bernstein
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 2400 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2015-12-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9798216101437

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Imperialism and Expansionism in American History [4 volumes] by Chris J. Magoc,David Bernstein Pdf

This four-volume encyclopedia chronicles the historical roots of the United States' current military dominance, documenting its growth from continental expansionism to hemispheric hegemony to global empire. This groundbreaking four-volume encyclopedia offers sweeping coverage of a subject central to American history and of urgent importance today as the nation wrestles with a global imperial posture and the long-term viability of the largest military establishment in human history. The work features more than 650 entries encompassing the full scope of American expansionism and imperialism from the colonial era through the 21st-century "War on Terror." Readers will learn about U.S.-Native American conflicts; 19th-century land laws; early forays overseas, for example, the opening of Japan; and America's imperial conflicts in Cuba and the Philippines. U.S. interests in Latin America are explored, as are the often-forgotten ambitions that lay behind the nation's involvement in the World Wars. The work also offers extensive coverage of the Cold War and today's ongoing conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, Africa, and the Middle East as they relate to U.S. national interests. Notable individuals, including American statesmen, military commanders, influential public figures, and anti-imperialists are covered as well. The inclusion of cultural elements of American expansionism and imperialism—for example, Hollywood films and protest music—helps distinguish this set from other more limited works.

Author : Stewart Rafert
Publisher : Indiana Historical Society
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105018319330

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The Miami Indians of Indiana by Stewart Rafert Pdf

Now scattered in small communities in northern Indiana, the Eastern Miami Indians, once a well-known tribe, have lived in undeserved obscurity since the 1840s. In recent years they have become more visible as they have sought restoration of treaty rights and have revitalized their culture. The post-removal history of the Indiana Miami tribe is a rich texture of social, legal, and economic history, much enhanced by folklore and a rich series of photographic images. In The Miami Indians of Indiana: A Persistent People, 1654–1994, Rafert explores the history and culture of the Miami Indians.

Author : Captain Paul Watson,Tiffany Humphrey
Publisher : Groundswell Books
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-24
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781939053596

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Defending Orcas: No More Captivity by Captain Paul Watson,Tiffany Humphrey Pdf

This book provides an educational and sobering look at the conditions orcas face by being captured or born into captivity. Young people will learn how orcas (who are part of the same biological order as dolphins) thrive at sea and have highly evolved forms of communication that are unique to each orca family. The book delves into the history of capturing orcas for sale to marine parks, which then attempt to tame and train the orcas to provide entertainment to park visitors. Readers will find stories about individual orcas—some of them world famous—and discover how difficult it is for them to adapt to captivity.

Author : Wanda Boaz
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2007-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781434333131

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Miami Captive by Wanda Boaz Pdf

Author : Keith Coulbourn,Richard O'Barry
Publisher : Renaissance Books
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-06
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781250099839

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To Free a Dolphin by Keith Coulbourn,Richard O'Barry Pdf

In this memorable first book, Behind the Dolphin Smile, Richard O'Barry told the inspiring story of his personal transformation from world-famous dolphin trainer (Flipper was his pupil) to dolphin liberator. Now, in To Free a Dolphin, he passionately recounts the dramatic story of his heart-breaking campaign to release captive dolphins back into the wild. With wit and insight he chronicles the extreme opposition he has faced from bureaucrats, major players in the captive-dolphin industry, rival wildlife groups, and well-meaning sentimentalists. He introduces readers to famous show animals he has helped, including Bogie and Bacall of Key Largo. And, most fascinating, he describes his struggles to deprogram and rehabilitate dolphins emotionally scarred from years of captivity--struggles that become battles for the animals' souls.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2024-04-19
Category : Marine mammals
ISBN : STANFORD:36105007590016

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Administration of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 by Anonim Pdf

The responsibility of the Department ... is limited by the Act to ... polar bear, sea otter, and marine otter ... walrus, and ... manatees and dugong. Accordingly ... herewith is the report ... with regard to those animals.

Author : United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Marine mammals
ISBN : UOM:39015038871631

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Administration of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 by United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Pdf