Kateri Tekakwitha is the first Indian to be called venerable. She is the daughter of a Christian Algonkin woman and a pagan Mohawk. In addition, she is the first Native American to be seen as a sage.. She was born in 1656, in the Mohawk village of Ossernenon. She suffered a fatal attack of smallpox when she was 4 years old. It scarred her skin and a scar was left on her face. Therefore, She usually wears a blanket to cover her face. What's worse, her whole family were died during an outbreak. Then, she was adapted by her uncle who was a chief of a Monhawk clan. She worked so hard and she had patience, it made her become well known. But she refused to get married. When her foster parents asked her to marry with a man, she…
Ina Garten has become a household name for many. This professional chef was born on February 2, 1948, in New York City. In 1978, Ina Garten found herself working in the White House on nuclear energy policy. She remembers herself thinking, “There's got to be more to life than this!" She saw an ad for a small food store for sale in Long Island. She and her husband drove up to investigate and instantly made the owner an offer. Thinking she had days to think about her decision, she drove home. The next morning, the owner Two months later she began the job of owner of Barefoot Contessa, a small specialty food…
In 1788, the Shoshone chief's daughter, Sacagawea, was born. When Sacagawea was 12, in the year 1800, she had been captured by the Hidatsa Indians, a well known enemy. After she was captured, she was then sold to a French-Canadian trapper with the name Toussaint Charbonneau, who had been planning to make Sacagawea one of his many wives. Later, that same year, Sacagawea and Charbonneau have became officially married (A&E Television Networks.)…
“From door to door in forty-five minutes” was a common term heard around Treblinka, one of the most terrifying places on earth from July 1942 to November 1943. Forty-five minutes was the expected time to process and kill the prisoners coming off the trains from all parts of Poland. Treblinka, and many other camps, served as the final destination for many people, most notably the Jewish people. Stories of survival from Treblinka are rare, as there are only seventy known survivors, all but one, Samuel Willenberg, have since passed on. His story along with Kalman Taigman, are two of the most famous from Treblinka, but both have very different stories from one another. The residing Commandants of Treblinka took no mercy from their prisoners as…
In 1993 two minors had committed burglary, and murder. The minors names are Christopher Simmons age of 17, and Charles Benjamin age of 15. The victim was a neighbor of Christopher Simmons. Her name is Shirley Crook age of 46. Christopher Simmons and Charles Benjamin had tied up Shirley Crook to the chair and thrown her in the St. Louis Meramec river. Drowning her at the age of 46 .…
Born February 20, 1805, Angelina was youngest of 14 siblings, and daughter to a slaveholding judge whom fathered both white and African American children in Charleston, South Carolina. At an early age Angelina and her sister Sarah both developed a dislike for slavery because they felt that it was unrighteous of their father to have taken advantage of his working slaves . At the age of 12 Sarah broke the law by teaching an enslaved child how to read or write. After moving to Philadelphia in 1819, both sisters joined the Society of Friends, a Quaker foundation formed by George Fox around 1660. Angelina was engaged for a while but her fiancé died in an epidemic. Sister Sarah was also offered marriage but declined it due to her thinking she might lose the freedom she so much valued.…
The Mohawk religion, to begin with, was largely Animist and based on a primordial battle between evil and good. It was centered on the idea that creatures, places, and objects all tended to have some distinct spiritual essence. Many Mohawk still adhere to it. In the second quarter of the 17th century, French Jesuit missionaries converted many Mohawk to the Catholic faith. One prominent convert was Kateri Tekakwitha, who was the daughter of a chief’s daughter.…
Kip Kinkel, was born in Springfield Oregon on August 30, 1982, to Bill and Faith Kinkel, Kip had a sister Kristin, which was 6 years older than him. When Kip was 6 his parents who were both Spanish teachers wanted to study abroad for a year so the family moved to Spain. Kip had a difficult time because his teacher did not speak English, once the Kinkels moved back to the United States Kip was far behind in school and failed first grade. Kip’s family was very active, but kip was not so he struggled to fit in. In fourth grade Kip found out he had dyslexia, and his parents started studying with him many hours a night to help make him better in school, and even though he understood it was difficult for him to comprehend. Kip felt lost when his…
Doegyal worshippers say that Tulku Dakpa Gyaltsen was very learned and very famous. His fame spread so far and wide that there were many people, especially from Kham and Mongolia, coming to seek his blessing. He was a brilliant philosopher. He would often defeat the 5th Dalai Lama in philosophical debate, which consequently sparked jealousy in the hearts of the Dalai Lama´s personal staffs like Desi Sonam Choephal and others.…
Looking at the trials and tribulations of an average adolescent’s life, there are many times of stress, trouble, and hopefully growth. If there are compounding instances of setbacks and hardships, this could be very detrimental to the development of a young mind. There are never any definitive answers as to why any of these young individuals who commit terrible acts of violence did what they did. There are multiple instances throughout their upbringing that can give some insight as to what could have led to the execution of a horrendous violent outbreak.…
a job that no soldier wanted to do but the Japanese Americans did, just to prove how loyal they are.…
Everyone generally thinks Kim K has “zero talent” and that she has been given everything she owns and never grateful and never had to work for it, which is absolutely not true. Her father, the late Robert Kardashian, was OJ Simpson's attorney, and obviously he was pretty good at it. So Kim was bound to have a good business sense. He taught her all sorts of negotiation techniques and importance of work ethic at a very young age. It is said that Kim was forced to have a job in her teen years, from working at her father’s law firm to just normal teenager jobs. At just 16, Kardashian would purchase clothing via her fashion sense, and then sell it for a much higher price on Ebay. That’s where it all began.…
Katherine was born September 22, 1898, at Fort Smith, Arkansas, she was one eighth Cherokee Indian. Her mother’s name was Sophronia she was part Cherokee. Her father was Josiah Alexander, he farmed land near by in the indian territory while living with his family on this side of the river. Katherine's father died when she was almost sixteen (Jones, Ray).…
Many people thinks that being anak kost is an easy thing to do. For example when life alone far away from your parents is the one that make us suffering being anak kost, but there are always have a good moments to talk about. Instead of living alone, the first time you may feel happy because you think that you free from your parents and do whatever you want but from this time your journey begins. Many things will be happen and that isn’t always a good thing. Sometime its sad to remember but from that we can learn new experience. For instance when you didn’t have any money left but your stomach started to protest against you, the only one choice is instant noodle. Its bad actually to eat instant noodle but if in this case I think its okay.…
Käthe Kollwitz was born on 8th July 1867 in Kaliningrad, Russia. Her father, Karl Schmidt, studied law, but because of his political and social views he never worked as a lawyer. He was a stone mason and house builder. Her mother, Katharina, was the daughter of Julius Rupp, the leader of the Free Congregation. By religion and socialism lessons her grandfather strongly influenced her education. Her parents were encouraging their children in political and social life.…
