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Indian Tribes of the Northwest Coast: An Affluent Anomaly
The Northwestern Indian tribes differed from the tribes in the rest of North America. Rather than live in tepees, wigwams, or pits, these peoples took advantage of the abundance of natural resources they had and built large, comfortable houses of wooden planks. They also built, canoes, totem poles, and elaborate crafts. But perhaps the greatest anomaly of the Northwest Coast Indians is that they achieved such a level of wealth and technological and artistic advancement as hunter-gatherer societies.
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How Harry Truman Sold the Truman Doctrine and Changed American Foreign Policy
President Harry Truman transformed the scope of America’s foreign policy through superb salesmanship, laden with emotional appeals to the nation’s sense of moral responsibility and collective ego. His speech to Congress, in 1947, urging aid to Greece and Turkey, subtly but sweepingly, shifted American foreign policy to one of interventionism and launched the country into the Cold War.
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Why Do We Associate Turkey With Thanksgiving?
When we think of the modern American Thanksgiving, we often think of football. But nothing defines the holiday’s tradition like family gatherings around stuffed turkey. But what ties this meat so strongly to Thanksgiving?
