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of measuring ones soul by the tape of a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity" (Du Bois ch. 1, para. 3). In other words,...

the conquest era continue to shape current realities. Limericks text shows that the history of the American West is rooted primari...

"this beautiful/and terrible thing," which human beings find as "needful a air" and as "usable as earth," will finally belong to b...

A people that call themselves the Winnemen...

ones who live in the woods" (Erdrich 87). June marries Maries son Gordie - one of her childhood tormentors - and enters, not surp...

water for a significant percentage of these people. The dissolution of the nuclear family is another problem that should be mor...

The concept of restorative justice is something that is intriguing people from all...

There the Choctaw would ally themselves with the French and would have extensive warfare with the Chickasaw. The Creeks on the ot...

(http://www.ilafl-cio.org/BKCB .HTM). The "Workplace Fairness Act," recently renamed the "Cesar Chavez Workplace Fairness Act" i...

formed a Native American Heritage Commission to attempt to police the digs (Sacred Burial Grounds: The Controversy Continues, 1992...

who occupied the planet. However, this noble policy was short-lived when the settlers moved their way into Cherokee region, event...

while in other ways in a project such as this, it could spell disaster, and very nearly did. When peoples lives are at stake such...

statement elsewhere, but, to the best of my recollection, there was never any serious attempt to turn Native Americans into a work...

programs exist with the purpose of offering health-care services to this population specifically. Many more improvements have b...

followers of John Calvin (Readers Companion to American History, 1991). The Puritans would begin their influx to the Americas in ...

a "drum" that becomes like the pounding of the womans bloodstream, a life force that remains rhythmic no matter what happens. In...

has the lovely olive skin and dark thick glossy hair so apparent in her Kiowa people. Some of Pamelas in-laws, especially the old...

native people for their own agendas toward cleaning up the earth. Those in the environmental movement dont seem to care about the ...

quite unique as well and has played a significant role in shaping various aspects of the culture. Three parallel belts of distinc...

however, which is present in all Native American Religions. That element is the integral tie between Native American spirituality...

the world tend to be heavily influenced by their methods of acquiring food, whether by hunting wild animals or by agriculture. Nat...

formula for success. Eugenes aristocratic name soon opens some doors for him. Madame Beausant is a member of high society and a ...

as being better than Native Americans in some way. The English and the American colonist neither understood Native culture nor did...

answered the magazines poll, who do not care. But, there are seemingly far more people who are greatly offended by such images....

an invasion. This was not an unclaimed and unused continent. Indeed, indigenous peoples not only lived here but rightfully claim...

of the idea of adopting a Native baby than is her husband, who "grimaces briefly then smiles" (Alexie). The question arises, why w...

past that contact to present day. By other definitions sovereignty was something that had been delegated in some way by the Unite...

a poem. It is a series of these paragraphs, each building on the previous one until the reader can form a picture of what has happ...

is helpful to look at the traditional roots of Native American and Latino cultures. Traditionally, the women of Native American c...

kept her alive and ultimately took her home to her family who then took it upon themselves to address the violence that Brave Wolf...