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Sitting Bull And Geronimo: A Comparison Of Their Military And Religious Leadership, Gary Joseph Younger Nov 2011

Sitting Bull And Geronimo: A Comparison Of Their Military And Religious Leadership, Gary Joseph Younger

Master's Theses

In the history of the American West, hundreds of books have been written about Indian Leaders. Two of the most famous leaders are Sitting Bull and Geronimo. However, every history looks at them as individuals and never compares the military and religious aspects of the two men. Both Sitting Bull and Geronimo fought against the westward expansion of the United States to protect their people’s way of life. Each leaders’ religious views influenced their decisions. While Sitting Bull felt that Wakan Tanka chose him to lead his people, Geronimo believed that his Power wanted him to continue his quest for …


Waving The Bloody Newsprint: Partisan Coverage Of Populism In Ellis County, Kansas 1891-1896, Brian Gribben M.A. Jul 2011

Waving The Bloody Newsprint: Partisan Coverage Of Populism In Ellis County, Kansas 1891-1896, Brian Gribben M.A.

History Faculty Publications

As the nineteenth century drew to a close, a new pugilist in the arena of democracy threatened traditional dual-party politics in rural America. What began as an agrarian lobby soon combined with the remnants of single-issue parties from the recent past and manifested itself in the Populist, or People's Party (both supporters and critics would use the two terms interchangeably). During its brief existence, the People's Party captured the imagination of both the downtrodden and idealist and made considerable gains on the state and federal level before imploding like a political nova after the election of 1896. How then did …


Heber Doust Curtis And The Island Universe Theory, Hyrum Austin Somers May 2011

Heber Doust Curtis And The Island Universe Theory, Hyrum Austin Somers

Master's Theses

The beginning of the twentieth century was a time a great change and development within American astronomy. The period is rife with astronomers, both men and women, who advanced the discipline. However, few historians have looked at the lives of these astronomers. When an astronomer is chosen for closer study, they tend to be one who contributed to the astronomical discipline with a significant discovery. Unfortunately, those astronomers whose careers did not climax with discovery have a tendency to be forgotten by historians, even though their lives and research have affected our modern understanding. This thesis looks at one such …