From his recollections, McCoy remembers the years after the Civil War, describing how there <em>weren't many differences between</em> his life as a freedman and a slave. Even though slavery was abolished, it is observable in the interview that there were few <em>guarantees to exercise liberty</em>, hence being uneducated, dependence on former slavemasters and disinterest on political issues were some of the aspects that led McCoy to conclude that changes weren't that visible.
If it were me, I would own up to it and turn myself in. I would feel horrible to ruin someone else’s life for something I did.
Wounded Knee was a symbolic site because of the Wounded Knee Massacre, which took place there in 1890. The massacre occurred on the Lakota Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. The massacre was the culmination of a more than 20 years of intense warfare between American and Native American forces. Efforts to stamp out Native American resistance, especially proponents of the Ghost Dance, a ceremonial dance originated by the Pauite prophet Wovoka which centralized figured prominently in this event. Determined to root out the practice, US army troops pursued 250 Lakota to Pine Ridge. After a disagreement and scuffle, the troops opened fire and killed more than 250 defenseless children, women and old people. AIM considered this site sacred ground and occupied it to dramatize the need to address the plight of Native American people.
"From 1892 to 1954, over twelve million immigrants entered the United States through the portal of Ellis Island, a small island in New York Harbor. Ellis Island is located in the upper bay just off the New Jersey coast, within the shadow of the Statue of Liberty."
Source: www.libertyellisfoundation.org/ellis-island<span>-history</span>
Examples of sustainable farming can include planting cover crops, rotating crops, and applying integrated pest management
