American indian way of life
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American Indian way of life
The American Indian way of life has been a subject, which intrigues many due to the perception derived through the movies, sports, and literature. One of the most symbolic representation of the American Indian way is portrayed through mascots, which many perceive to be a communication mode, which is likely to represent a people in a certain manner, not truly representative of the community at large. There are many incidences where Native American culture is commercialized thus; sporting teams now utilize their cultural identity to as mascots or logos for sporting teams. The American Indian are a people whose culture which has existed in the United States form a long ago as when the American decided to isolate them and place them into camps. Some of the way of life still exists to date.
The main aim of this report is to highlight actual activities and event that occur in an Indian reservation to demystify the Americans Indian way of life away from the images and perceptions. This paper will begin by first examining the perception of the American Indian followed by the actual lives of those in the reservations.
According to Hart, roughly thirty-five college sporting teams which utilize American Indian iconology in their sports (14). It is believed, mascot are instrumental in educating to others in the community about the culture and history especially if they are affiliated to the American Indians. Thus, whether what is portrayed about the American Indian a true reflection of what occurs, like in the reserves today or just a historical account of what occurred in the previous year’s, emerges as a pertinent issue to reveal about an ancient culture. According to Hart American Indian such as chief illiniwek who was a mascot representative, taught many about the culture though some would this was not a true case of what happened (19). Such perceptions are the incidences, which create discrepancies in the mind of those who are faced with Native Americans and thus, wrongly interpret a culture they now little about.
Leavitt noted most of what is depicted of the Native American can is gathered from the images and films shown about them especially during the 18th to19th century (40-41). In most of the cases, the American Indian is portrayed as a people who dressed in features, rode horses, and lived in teepee huts (Chaney 44-50). The level of...