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  • The Indian New Deal and the Effects it had on Federally Recognized Tribes

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    Hall, Gabriann
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    This paper covers the impact of Franklin D Roosevelt's, "Indian New Deal" and the effect it had on federally recognized Indian tribes. I have taken an in-depth look at specific areas of New Deal legislation including the Indian Reorganization Act, the Johnson O'Malley Act, and the Indian Arts and Crafts...
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    specific areas of New Deal legislation including the Indian Reorganization Act, the Johnson O'Malley Act

  • Claude McKay's Vision of Community in the African Diaspora : A Fresh Take on Home to Harlem and Banjo

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    De Jesus, Michael A. (Michael Anthony)
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    This research examines the literary and philosophical dimensions of the African American Harlem Renaissance, beginning with the historical milieu of the early twentieth century. A social movement that became known as Uplift and the so-called Cabaret Movement emerged as important, competing literary and social ideologies within the Renaissance. W.E.B. Du...
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    portrays black working and underclass life, famously provoked W. E. B. Du Bois to write in The Crisis

  • The Development of Astronomy in the United States Prior to 1900

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    Harburg, William A.
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    From the earliest English colonization to the present day, there has been interest in astronomy in this country. The purpose of this thesis is to show how the science of astronomy developed in America from the earliest observations by educated colonists using imported instruments and publishing in European journals, to...
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    History (University City, Mo.: Marston Press, 1970), p. 6. 5 John W. Streeter, "John Winthrop, Junior

  • Rodeo Cowgirls : An Ambivalent Arena

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    Oliver, Audra Leah
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    The term "cowboy" was closely bound to American image long before the 1990s. Rodeo claimed the image of the cowboy from the earliest contests to the latest and pledged itself to patriotism almost as early. This historical study was conducted viewing rodeo as a subculture and relating women's role in...
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    the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. One man, Colonel William T. Johnson, produced both rodeos. Unhappy with

  • Devil Dog Diplomacy and the abandonment of military tradition : United States Foreign Policy in Central America and the Caribbean, 1915-1934

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    Geissler, Eric L.
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    During the U.S. military interventions in Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti between 1915 and 1934, Washington equipped members of the its armed forces with civil and political powers that represented a radical departure from the North American military tradition. This abandonment of tradition decisively contributed to both the disappointments...
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    Flagg Bemis, The Latin American Policy of the United States: An Historical Interpretation (New York: W

  • Of dragons, palaces, and gods : a mormon perspective on C. S. Lewis

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    Garrett, Christopher Edward
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    During his lifetime C. S. Lewis chose to speak to Christians in plain and simple language that they could understand. Lewis taught and defended truths that he felt were discernible through reason. Morality, free will, and the divinity of Jesus Christ were fundamental to his core beliefs and teachings. His...
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    observer will notice apparent inconsistencies in Lewis's writings. For example, } Lewis, W. H. "The Lewis

  • British policies toward Palestine

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    Earl-Taylor, Michael A.
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    This study traces British government policies with regard to Palestine from the time the British Expeditionary Forces under General Allenby invested Jerusalem in December 1917 to the imposition of the Mandate with Britain as the Mandatory power, which came into effect on July 22, 1922. The first chapter provides an...
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    of co-field Chairman of the Departure t of History Dean of Gra ate School Date thesis presented

  • Rural Philomath Oregon 1850-1930 : geography and economy in oral history

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    Russell, John A.
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    Ranching and lumbering were two of the primary economic practices in a small rural study area south of Philomath Oregon (in Benton County), from first Euro-American settlement through 1930. Ranching was common but lumbering was restricted by geographical and market transportation problems until after 1900. Catalysts for change came in...
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    of T. 12/7, Benton Co. 125 LIST OF FIGURES (CONTINUED) Figure Page 20. 1938 Metsker cadastral

  • Peavy Arboretum : an archaeological and historical investigation of a Willamette Valley landscape

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    Hylton, Lindon B.
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    This thesis documents a period of ecological and cultural change on a Willamette Valley, Oregon landscape. In particular, this study examines the Peavy Arboretum area and the cultural changes that accompanied the transformation of the landscape from an oak savannah in the mid-nineteenth century to a dense Douglas-fir forest in...
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    Arboretum QUADRANGLE LOCATION U.S.G.S. Lewisberg Quadrangle _Township 10 S, Range 4 W, WM t Section 31

  • An analysis of two post-Mazama prehistoric flaked stone scatters in the upper Deschutes River basin of central Oregon

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    McFarland, Janine Ruth
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    During the summer of 1986, an archaeological testing project was completed at seven prehistoric campsites primarily located in the upper Deschutes River Basin of central Oregon. Testing was focused on two low-density "lithic scatters", an archaelogical site type which is especially abundant in this obsidian-rich region but which, to date,...
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    ; Walter Schloer, Ranger; and Arlie Holm, Cultural Resource Cordinator; on the Bend Ranger District