Red River Delta Essays

  • River Catchment Management

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    River catchment management has three aims which determine if the management plans are of good quality or not. These aims are to keep the river flowing, to maintain good water quality and to sustain biodiversity. In Mtunzini, the sources of the Amanzimnyama and Siyaya Rivers have been impacted on by plantations of Eucalyptus also known as Blue Gums and Sugar cane respectively. Before Confluence, both rivers travel through an area of rehabilitated dune forest which was part of Ian Garland’s catchment

  • The Red Convertible

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    The Red Convertible Vanished Brotherhood In the short story “The Red Convertible” you will find some important elements that are integral to the support and development of the theme brotherhood. First, you will see how the road trip gives a lesson in the story. Second, you will discover how the war affected the relationship of Lyman and Henry. Finally, you will understand the symbolism of the red convertible and the link it has between both brothers. One important element that has a powerful

  • Similarities Between The Red Convertible And Trifles

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    The story of “The Red Convertible” by Louise Erdrich, and the play “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell share many similar characteristics. Such as, the theme of death along with the symbolism of freedom. The bond between the characters Lyman and Henry, are the same bond that Mrs. Wright, Mrs. Hale, and Mrs. Peters had throughout the play. Even though Lyman and Henry were brothers, their close companionship was ultimately brought together by buy the convertible. The same goes for the women in the play of

  • Mississippi Delta Case Study

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    Mississippi Delta was whether it was shaped like a leaf or like a foot of a bird. However, these simple days are no longer; the famous delta faces a great amount of crucial controversy. In the summer of 2005, Hurricane Katrina and Rita caused the Mississippi Delta to suffer severely. When the monstrous storm hit, it demolished “nearly 2,000 square miles of deltaic wetlands,” meaning that even the defense against floods was destroyed. When the delta was devoid of protection, this lead to the river no longer

  • Pros and Cons of Funding the Construction of the Express Rail Link in Hong Kong

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    In January of 2010, the Legislative Council have eventually approved the funding for the construction of Guandzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link (XRL), which costs $66.9 billion. This astronomical cost raised a lot of discussions that whether the railway worthed it or not. The whole alignment of the XRL railway is about 140 kilometres with its intermediate stations in Humen, Longhua and Futian. Some have argued that the new railway could contribute to Hong Kong's short-term and long-term development

  • Analyzing the Vietnam Tourism Plan

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    resorts close to Hau River. Can Tho City have already attracted nearly 1.48 million tourists last year; 250000 were foreign visitors and gained VND 953 billion. Can Tho City also aiming to accomplish over 20 eco-tourism based parks, and extend the area of eco-tourism business to other cities located at the Mekong Delta zone, together collaborating with Kien Giang and An Giang provinces to form a tourism triangle and build service center at the mountain area, island and river (VietnamTourism, 2014)

  • Literary Analysis Of The Red Convertible

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    Lamartine did in hopes to fix his PTSD afflicted brother. "The Red Convertible" was written by Louise Erdrich in 1974 and published in 2009 along with several other short stories. Lyman, and Henry, are brothers. The story starts by telling us about how the two brothers acquired a red convertible. Henry ends up being drafted into the Vietnam War, and comes back home suffering from PTSD. One day the pair decided to take a drive to the Red River because Henry wanted to see the high water. Ultimately, the

  • Analysis Of Louise Erdrich's The Red Convertible

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    Analysis of Louise Erdrich’s, “The Red Convertible”. The Red Convertible by Louise Erdrich (Erdrich 134-140) is a story of lost youth and innocence told through the eyes of a brother powerless to help. The title itself invokes imagery of youth and freedom. In the beginning one might think that this story is about Lyman, the narrator, who tells this story in the first person point of view. However, as the story unfolds the reader is allowed to see that the focus is not truly Lyman (himself), but

  • Louis Riel: Hero or Villain?

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    controversial figures in Canadian history, and even to this day – more than a century after his execution – he continues to be remembered. Many believed him to be a villain; others saw him as a hero. So who was he really? Born in St. Boniface at the Red River Settlement of Canada (present-day Winnipeg, Manitoba) on October 22, 1844, Louis Riel hoped one day to follow his father’s footsteps and become a great Métis leader just like him. Eventually, Riel was seen as a hero to the French-speaking Métis.

  • Cleland Hamilton Summary

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    the descriptive narrative of his travels. Entitled The Prairie Province: Sketches of travel from Lake Ontario to Lake Winnipeg, and an account of the geographical position, climate, civil institutions, inhabitants, productions and resources of the Red River Valley; with a map of Manitoba and part of the North-West territory and the District of Kewatin, plan of Winnipeg, and of the Dawson route, view of Fort Garry, and other illustrations, Hamilton’s work promotes the settlement into Manitoba through

  • Who Was Louis Riel Insane

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    Macdonald began negotiating with the Hudson’s Bay Company for the transfer of Rupert’s Land, but had little consideration for the population at Red River and the Council of Assiniboia (Thomas, 1982). “With the transfer scheduled for December 1 in 1869, Canada unwisely sent surveyors beforehand to mark out the lots it would be distributing to new settlers” (Bumsted & Cosh, 1997). This action rose feelings

  • The Red River Settlement

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    The Red River Settlement The Red River Settlement was founded by the Fifth Earl of Selkirk, Thomas Douglas, In the year 1812. He called his settlement Aissinidoia. Aissinidoia was a close knit community whose economy was built around the Hudson Bay Company. The settlement was split into two major groupings: The French speaking and predominate Roman Catholic Metis and the English speaking and predominate Protestant “country born”. The Earl of Selkirk, Thomas Douglas, bought the Hudson Bay Company

  • Louis Riel: His Background, His Life, His History

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    their struggles, one Metis man stood up in defense of his people and land. This is a story of the life of Louis Riel, the man who changed it all. His background, his roots, his history. Louis Riel was born on October 22, 1884 in the area of the Red River Settlement, St. Boniface, Manitoba and was the first of eleven children born to Louis Riel and Julie Lagimodiere. Riel’s father, Louis Riel Sr., was born to Jean Baptiste Riel L’Irlande and Marguerite Boucher (Guilbeault, 2007). Louis Riel’s mother

  • Louis Riel

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    Patriote or Traitor? Louis Riel was born in 1844. He was captured and executed by Canadian authorities in November 16, 1885. He was a leader who gave up his life and time to fight for the right of the Metis, Indians and the western settlers. He was an well-educated young man fluent in both French and English. He was also selected as the Metis’s spokesman to negotiate with the Canadian government. During the 1869-70, he led the rebel when Canada purchases Manitoba from the Hudson’s bay company

  • An Essay On Louis Riel

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    Louis Riel played a big role in Canada and was fighting for the rights of Metis. He was captured and executed by Canadian authorities in November 16, 1885 in Regina. Louis Riel did not receive a fair trial due that he was fighting for the rights of the Metis and people. It was inappropriate to accuse Riel as a traitor. He tried to defend the traditional right of Metis and equal people and dedicated his life to help others like Metis, Native Indians and Western settlers. He gained a lot of respect

  • riel

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    web-site Canada in the Making claims that Riel’s rebellion tactics would work for one rebellion, but would horribly fail in the next one, which would lead the Metis down a bad path. Riel was a leader of two rebellions, the Red River Rebellion, and the North-West Rebellion. The red river rebellion occurred not too long after the creation of the Dominion of Canada. People from Ontario, wanted to push west, but the Metis rebelled with Riel as their leader, and stopped the government from entering the land

  • Brief Canadian History

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    1. As the government of Canada was taking its first steps as a united country after confederation it was eying a vast amount of land which is now part of the Canadian prairies and Manitoba. The Canadian government was interested in Rupert’s land because Canada wanted to expand from sea to sea (A Mari Usque Ad Mare) therefore accomplishing sir MacDonald vision for a bigger better Canada. One of the main reasons why Canada was eager to buy Rupert’s land was because good farmable land was scarce in

  • Louis Riel Research Paper

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    Canada. Louis Riel is widely know as one of the most controversial people in Canada’s historiography, leading the Metis peoples of Canada in their resistance against the Canadian government in the Canadian Northwest. Louis Riel was born in the Red River Settlement, which is now Winnipeg today, in 1884. He was one of eleven children in a well respected Metis family. He was a bright student with a promising future, that excelled academically. Soon after he finished school, he was sent to Montreal

  • Louis Riel: A Hero or a Traitor?

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    Was Louis Riel a hero or a traitor? Well, some individuals say that he was a hero, and others say that he was a traitor. Individually I believe that Louis Riel was a hero because he was the forefather of Manitoba, which is a province of Canada. The fact that he was a persuasive politician and spiritual leader made him a hero as well. Lastly, he stood up for Native rights. Others like the British had thought of him mostly as a traitor, because they were not able to understand that Louis Riel had just

  • Northwest Resistance Louis Riel: Saint Or Villain?

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    government of Canada. Riel was often associated with his determination and readiness to fight for the rights and just treatment of his people. Although that much is true, much is in question about his methods and state of mind during the events of the Red River and Northwest rebellions from 1869-1870 and 1885. The issues and controversies surrounding his morality is still in debate in Manitoba to this day with researchers and writers referring to him as either a saint or a villain. What is seldom mentioned