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Hi,I am working on research for my History class, but now I am getting confused with the story.can you guys help me out to answer this question?Here is the question: ???The Grand Coulee Dam is often presented as a symbol of progress of ?man over nature.? Using examples from the readings regarding the fur trade, treaties/reservations, the homestead or Klondike era, compare and contrast the values and approaches of Europeans/Americans and Native Americans such as the Sin Aikst and other Columbia River native peoples.Thanks a bunch
oops sorry since I'm newbie here.so basically, I am working on research on The Grand Coulee Dam.and I am required to connect that idea to the fur trade, treaties/reservations, the homestead or Klondike era.And I need to compare and contrast the values and approaches of Europeans/Americans and Native Americans such as the Sin Aikst and other Columbia River native peoples.I am having hard time, and I did not find any good information to compare them.Is that sound better?thanks
Wow, if that is the kind of questions you get in a history class I would probably fail the class. The question itself is kind of flaky and written as though there is only one correct answer to what reads like an analysis question. This may not be a help but it sounds like the teacher is fishing for some kind of diatribe/discussion about how Europeans/white Americans hate the environment or see it as only a tool while native tribes revered and cherished the earth and sought to utilize it most efficiently while preserving their heritage. You probably dont want to reference anything about Plains indians running buffalo herds over cliffs or slash and burn agriculture and use of seine nets to catch Salmon in the Pacific northwest prior to colonization.That is probably about as much help as I can offer.
Take a look at this page of book results on the Grand Coulee Dam. There have been at least three books on the topic in the last 20 years, so you have some stuff to start with.Also, you might be able to find some interesting political/social information on the approaches of the Americans if you look to materials published in the 40s and 50s around the time the dam was built. See, for example, this article from Life Magazine:http://books.google.com/books?id=0UQEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA35&dq=Grand%20Coulee%20Dam&pg=PA35#v=onepage&q=Grand%20Coulee%20Dam&f=false
Thank u for all information.But how can I make any connections between non-native Americans and Native-Americans. I mean what are the differences?I am very confuzzled.
Thank u for all information.But how can I make any connections between non-native Americans and Native-Americans. I mean what are the differences?I am very confuzzled.
Maybe their aren't any connections. The differences should be obvious. Do some research and see if any Native Americans were hired in the building of the dam. Maybe this project provided some employment for them.As for the idea of the fur trade you mentioned in your initial post, that seems kind of strange to me to tie that to the dam.
