One of the many races that migrated to the United States is the Vietnamese race. After the fall of Saigon, Vietnamese refugees have fled their homeland to seek for a better life. Now, 30 years later, they have become an industry of their own. According to the latest census, there are approximately 1.2 million Vietnamese Americans living in the United States. This makes Vietnamese Americans the fifth largest immigrant group in the United States , right after the Mexican, Filipino, Chinese, and Indian foreign-born (Lehman, 2000).
It is the right of a people to freely define ways in which to use land, resources and manpower for their common good. Above all, sovereignty is the right of people to exist without external exploitation or interference.” (2) However, many of these rights of sovereignty were discarded by legislation passed by the U.S. Congress. One of the first such acts was the Indian Trade and Intercourse Act of 1790. This act effectively extended federal criminal jurisdiction into Indian territory (Kickingbird et al. 18).
Aboriginal people are free-loaders who expect hand-outs. This is a big misconception that many have. What many people believe as “Hand-outs”, Indigenous people regard as Treaty Rights? Treaty Rights were founded many years ago to resolve the ongoing between settlers and Indigenous people. In present day Treaty Rights are: Tax Exemption, free education; health and medical services, land rights, land payments, annuities and special benefits.
Franklin Township Needs Assessment Elyse Kocylowskyi October 8, 2012 Franklin Township, NJ Franklin Township is the most populated municipality of Somerset County, containing 62,300 people, with a population density of 1,350 persons per square mile (Brandstetter, 2010). Franklin Township, to be hereafter called Franklin, not only has the largest population, it also has the fastest growing – with a rate 2.4 times higher than any other municipality, accounting for 43.9% of the total population growth in Somerset County between 2000 and 2010 (NJSDC, 2011). Money Magazine’s ranking of the ‘one-hundred best places to live’ in the US listed Franklin as the fifth best place to live in 2008, and the twenty-fifth best place to live for
“AbitibiBowater had said that its Grand Falls-Windsor Mill, which was built almost a century ago, had the highest labour costs of any of its operations. The news is a big blow to the community” . About 750 members of the community will become jobless, which will affect the living standards of the Grand Falls-Windsor Mill residents. This mill has provided many families with income and benefits; however, with the closing of the mill many families
Decision in Paradise Part One Phil MGT 350 January 23, 2012 Raquishela Stewart Kava is a significant island in the South Pacific. The population of Kava is mainly children under the age of 15. The children under the age of 15 years make up more than 50% of the population. Kava is populated with ethnic mix of indigenous tribes, Asian, African, French, Spanish, and since world war two, a significant amount of Americans. Half of the population of Kava are indigenous believers, and the rest are evenly divided between Christians, Buddhist, and Islamic.
history? What have been the common ancestral backgrounds of each of these groups? When did each become a significant or notable minority group? Some of the largest racial minorities in U.S. history would have to be German, Irish, Italian, and Polish Americans, all of these make up most Americans ethnic backgrounds. The American today is surrounded by remnants of cultures and practitioners of religions whose origins are foreign to this country.
Which they both trade thought the entire world. Even though the US and Canada share most resources they have some differences too. One of the main Canadian resources is that Canada has the second largest land area. Even though Canada has a greater land area than the US has more resources like natural gases and hydro electric power, all though the US is won of the smaller countries it uses up 25% of the worlds power. One of the US main resources other than manufacturing and commercial farming.
It is a very different atmosphere than some of the popular islands where tourism has saturated their beauty. My family is native hawaiian in origin and Molokai is the island that we call home. I have always loved the fact that tourism has not touched this island. The island is not much different than it was 50 years ago. The people of Molokai
A Comparison between Inuit and Assiniboine Do you know Frist Nations? Canada is the most multi-cultural and immigrants of country in the world, but less than 500 years ago, the only people living in Canada were Frist Nations people. There were many different groups, such as Inuit, Huron, Central Coast Salish, and Assiniboine. Although Inuit and Assiniboine are both First Nations in Canada, they have a lot of differences in terms of their food, social and political life, and present-day status. One obvious difference is food.