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Metacom of the Wampanoag: Changing Perceptions Over Time

predominant mindset of manifest destiny that set the stage for the many abhorrent actions that were yet to unfold in Native/White ...

Are Americans Selfish?

part of a type of culture that invest heavily in thinking first about themselves and their own survival before thinking about thei...

Jay Gatsby and the American Dream

move comfortably in the social circle of people like the Buchanans. Fitzgerald shows us all the trappings of wealth: the gorgeous...

Foreign Policies of Presidents Lyndon Johnson and Ronald Reagan: Fighting Communism at the Expense of Freedom

us against them mentality that usually enabled the President to secure public support for any military action presented as promoti...

Japanese and American Comic Books

Another difference between the two is the character development found in the Japanese comics (2001). The worlds that are created f...

The Evolution of the Americas

has been noted, the question of precisely when Native Americans arrived in the Americas is surrounded more by speculation than it ...

The Power of Persuasion: No Magic Bullet for the Continuing Problems in Darfur

that this earlier time in history bears little comparison to contemporary times in regard to what it takes to inspire individuals ...

The Boston Tea Party

legislative body; an executive branch; and a judicial branch of government. Britain came to that change later than did the US, ho...

Reflection on Counseling Ethics

is eventually taken. Afterward, I reflect on how my choice turned out and, if I could do it over again, the factors that I might c...

The Accuracy of American History Books

faced. Foner explains that by the time the Savannah Colloquy would come around, slavery was already an institution3. He explains t...

African Americans in Early America

(Laughter Genealogy, 2008). Another region, Pennsylvania, saw an African American history that was essentially one of slav...

The European Perception of and Impact to Native Americans

the Native Americans had with the lands in which they made their homes. Their lifeways, indeed even their spirituality, had evolv...

Social Security Versus The American Dream

public transportation or carpooling with friends. To fill up the tank of this older model, low mileage car costs $75. Moreover, ...

Healthcare Problems in America and the Proposed Solution of 2008 Presidential Candidates Barack Obama and John McCain

very different plans to prospective voters. Obamas healthcare plan focuses on expanding coverage to Americans that are presently ...

White Values versus Values of Native Americans

include any consideration of an alternate opinion to their worldview. They fully expected the Native Americans to accept that it w...

The Mass Media and the African American CultureAfrican American Culture in the Media: Ebonics and Advertising

People identify, after all, with people that are similar to them. Ebonics has the potential, therefore, to serve as a common link...

American Colonists, England, France, and Spain and Their Treatment of Native Americans

beginning. A blending of cultures is almost immediate in that even a culture which rises from the ashes of a decolonized nation is...

The Sovereignty and Goodness of God by Mary Rowlandson

come about. At the same time, the authors depiction of the Indians is less than kind and while that is true, one can say that her ...

European American Values and Native American Values

example, that shaped the tribal communities and their emphasis on sharing resources as a primary value (Larson). The land was far ...

The North American Indian Struggle for Unity, 1745-1815

additional examples could be presented as well. The most interesting of Dowds examples concern the leadership strategies of the t...

A Book Review of Dan Rather's 'The American Dream'

dedication, and vision. Rather bases his story on over thirty key interviews that he held over the years, interviews that...

The Legacy of Billie Holiday

music, which she may have initially embraced as a kind of personal salvation.3 While male lovers would betray her, seductive jazz...

Possible Scenarios for Settlement in Colonial America

settled the Chesapeake the reasons were not so simple or peaceful. One author provides us the following in relationship to the rea...

The Sociology and Social Work Perspectives of Black American Pioneers

a greater effect on African Americans than practically any other book published up until that time. William H. Ferris writes in 1...

American Women, Blacks, and Discrimination

of discrimination, the following thesis will be investigated: Numerous factors affect the level of discrimination...

1786's Fort Finney Treaty

take place at the fort (2005). The Shawnees did not accept the land which was set aside by the Fort McIntosh agreement ("Treaty...

3 Questions on International Tax Issues

magnet for US corporations as they do not have to physically move to the island to gain the advantages. Bermuda has much lower tax...

Resistance of African American Slaves and Native Americans

English who had come to steal corn and the result was that the English colony waited until 1613 before their leaders were sufficie...

Overview of African American and Native American Ideologies and Globalization

took a vicious Civil War to legally end the "peculiar institution," although the South continued to pass such things as the Jim Cr...

Fortune's 2 of the '100 Best Companies to Work For

diversity), and pride/camaraderie (philanthropy, celebrations)" (Levering and Moskowitz, 2005; p. 97). If news that could affect ...