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How Has The Mountaineer Shaped And Evolved The Appalachia Region?

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Bonus Opportunity After watching the “Appalachian Journey”, by Alan Lomax I conducted a question that could possibly be considered for an exam question. The question I propose is how has the mountaineer shaped and evolved the Appalachia region over time since the mountaineer over took the land from the Native Americans? In addition to this question, I will explain the relationship between the mountaineers and change by going in to detail of how the mountaineer shaped and evolved the Appalachia region. According the “Appalachian Journey” video the mountaineer has transformed the Appalachia region in several ways whether that’s storytelling, playing instruments, or by dancing. The mountaineer learned all these attributes from different cultures. …show more content…

What makes storytelling unique how it shaped the Appalachia region. How it shaped the Appalachia region is quite interesting yes, they were fake stories, but they gave mountaineers a since of pride. That pride is basically what kept the mountaineer culture going that is why these stories are important to the Appalachia region. I remember from the video the story of John Henry and how he was the strongest railroad driver you ever did see. Well I heard that story as I was growing up. That story is so well known and it all started from mountaineers that is crazy to think because it was passed down from generation to generation. That’s how the mountaineers have shaped the Appalachia region by influencing others. Now, that we have covered storytelling. Another attribute that the mountaineers used to shape and change the land were string instruments. This was important because it was adopted from other culture influences within the Appalachia region such as the Native Americans and the Europeans. These string instruments were played for many years throughout the Appalachia region. It eventually evolved the mountaineer culture and now these instruments can be seen throughout the whole Appalachia region such as competitions, churches, and other

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