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Historical Indian Epic Mahabharata

Western thinking is presented in an interview with French author Jean-Claude Carriere who adapted the great epic for the stage. ...

Regulation of Gambling and Casinos

started to arise in the 1970s and 1980s when under the Regan administration there was increased pressure for Indian communities no...

Young Women Depicted as Objects in the Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway

woman who is significant, but rather how she makes the male character feel. This is particularly true of young women, who almost f...

Objectification of Women in 'Soldier's Home' and 'Indian Camp' by Ernest Hemingway

In six pages this research paper examines how Ernest Hemingway uses women as objects in his stories 'Soldier's Home' and 'Indian C...

Leo Simmons' Edited Text Sun Chief

a government boarding school he was pressured to cleanse himself of practically all elements of his traditional culture. He was f...

Critical Measures Undertaken by US Presidents Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson

"The Senate concurred with this decision and voted ratification on Oct. 20, 1803. The Spanish, who had never given up physical po...

Comparative Analysis of Technological Development in the West and East

In this paper consisting of 30 pages attempts at understanding the development of technology Eastern and Western cultures are disc...

History of the Chickasaw Indians

In fifteen pages this paper examines the Chickasaw Indians in an historical overview that includes religion, culture, and U.S. gov...

European Settlers and the Impact of Indian Culture

In six pages this paper discusses the colonial cultural impact of the Aztec and Mayan Indians. Fifteen sources are cited in the b...

Europeans' Destruction of the Taino Indians

Because of the early obliteration of the Taino Indian population that occupied Hispaniola when the Spaniards arrived and failure o...

Comparing and Contrasting the Islands of the Indian Ocean and the Caribbean

The writer analyzes the environment, society and culture of the islands in two areas, the Caribbean and the Indian Ocean. The pape...

United States' Continuing Investment in India

In six pages this paper discusses the Indian resource investment by the United States and what India must do in terms of infrastru...

Standing Buddha Statue Seen on a Trip to New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art VII

In about three pages reaction and analysis to this fifth century Indian statue are presented. There is the inclusion of a black a...

Analysis of The Guide by R.K. Narayan

attached to temple dancing that associated it with prostitution. Prior to his prison term, Raju was an actual guide, giving peop...

Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko and Reassimilation

In seven pages this paper examines Tayo's Indian community reassimilation in Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony. There are no other s...

N. Scott Momaday, Sherman Alexie and Alienation

In five pages Alexie's Indian Killer and Momaday's House Made of Dawn are analyzed so as to compare and contrast how alienation le...

Different Historical Periods and Philosophical Perspectives

In thirteen pages philosophy throughout history is the focus of this paper that assesses the views of Ancient Egypt, Hebrews, Indi...

Ramanuja and Sankara Compared

In five pages two Indian Vedanta philosophical doctrines are examined in a comparative analysis. Six sources are cited in the bib...

Hindu Gods Vishnu and Shiva in Art

In a paper consisting of five pages the symbolic significance of Vishnu and Shiva to Indian art is examined along with the artisti...

Art: European and Asian

particularly with the theme of human vanity and the transience of life." The student also notes that there is a sense of wealth se...

Britain and America Up to the Revolution

a position of great economic need. They had borrowed a great deal from bankers, British as well as Dutch, in order to pay for the ...

O’Nell/Disciplined Hearts

Part three continues this analysis, focusing on narratives of experience. In creating these discussions of data and the issues the...

Mary Jemison and the Senecas

a living on their own. It offered very inexpensive land and freedom although it was a very harsh life and a life full of dangers (...

Questions on Readings

long for Nandas friend to marry her son. Nandas article points out mating customs and attitudes are culturally based. While Nanda...

Canadian Indian Act

(Okanagan Indian Band). While it can legitimately be argued that the concept of Indian status was originally intended to "separa...

Chumash

to live off of what the land could provide. We would travel from one location to another in the past, but then we became skilled a...

Broken Promises: The Penns and the Lenni Lenape (Delaware) Indians

is believed to be around 1600. By the end of the seventeenth century, they had become accustomed to European guns, tools, cloth, ...

Article Analysis and Response: Saskatchewan Indian Gaming

the history of SIGA and the casinos it built and manages, and future plans. SIGA has given First Nations people both revenue and j...

Kamala Markandaya's Nectar in a Sieve

In six pages this paper discusses how the struggles of Indian women are reflected in this novel's female characterization. Eleven...

Negative Ramifications of the Canadian Indian Act

the federal government sought to eradicate the Native peoples. This fact is substantiated in the literature itself. L.F.S. Upton...