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Biography

Name: Black Hawk
Birth Date: 1767
Death Date: October 3, 1838
Place of Birth: Illinois, United States
Place of Death: Iowa, United States
Nationality: American
Ethnicity: Native American
Gender: Male
Occupations: war chief

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Biography of Black Hawk
663 words, approx. 2 pages
A Native American war chief, Black Hawk (1767-1838) led his people, the Sauk, in a noble fight to preserve their tribal lands in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Missouri. At the great Sauk village on the Rock River (near the present city of Rock Island,...


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Hawk, Black Summary
2,141 words, approx. 7 pages
Born c. 1767 Saukenuk, Virginia Colony (present-day Rock Island, Illinois) Died October 3, 1838 Iowaville, Iowa Native American resistance leader and...
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Black Hawk Information
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Black Hawk or Black Sparrow Hawk (Sauk Makataimeshekiakiak (Mahkate:wi-meši-ke:hke:hkwa), "be a large black hawk")(1767–October 3, 1838) was a leader and warrior of the Sauk Native American tribe in what is now the United States. While he had...


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Funeral honors those in Black Hawk crash
10/12/2007: 531 words, approx. 2 pages
After Lt. Col. David Canegata III died in a January helicopter crash in Iraq, his wife, Shenneth, buried him near their home in the U.S. Virgin Islands.On Friday, she was among several hundred mourners gathered at Arlington National Cemetery to remember Canegata and 11 other...
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Black Hawk downing points to hostile fire; `dirty' chlorine bomb strikes again
2/22/2007: 1,167 words, approx. 4 pages
Insurgents exploded a truck carrying chlorine gas canisters _ the second such "dirty" chemical attack in two days _ while a U.S. official said ground fire apparently forced the downing of a Black Hawk helicopter. All nine aboard the aircraft were rescued.Thunderous explosions reverberated through...
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Iraqi boy with rare birth defect gets new chance with Black Hawk shuttles to surgeries
10/20/2007: 575 words, approx. 2 pages
An Iraqi boy born with a rare congenital defect captured the hearts of a group of U.S. soldiers when they stumbled upon him in a farming village southeast of Baghdad.The 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment decided they must help. Six months and two intricate surgeries...
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AP: Helicopter flights in Iraq risky
2/15/2007: 781 words, approx. 3 pages
Barely a minute into flight, after a smooth liftoff from a landing zone outside Baghdad, our Black Hawk helicopter suddenly dropped like a rock _ briefly _ and so did my stomach.Our pilot was not evading a missile or dodging ground fire. He was ducking...
 


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Critical Essay by Timothy Sweet
9,545 words, approx. 32 pages
In the essay that follows, Sweet discusses the role of Native American masculine identity in the autobiography of Black Hawk, a Sauk warrior who was defeated by the U. S. army in 1832.


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