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

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...

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

In seven pages this paper examines Silko's novel from a historical context in an analysis of what Ceremony reveals about the latte...

(variously called Teocipactli) and Xochiquetzal survived to repopulate the earth (Leon-Portilla). In the Toltec version of ...

effort in categorizing the tribes that populated the area and speculating as to their origin. He observed their subsistence patte...

inaccuracies which are depicted. The time bracketing the latter part of the nineteenth century and the first years of the t...

its westward expansion, the U.S. Biological Survey "declared the extermination of the wolf as the paramount objective of the gover...

the pressure put on them by the Puritans were generally members of the larger, autonomous tribes, such as the Narragansett, the Wa...

culture as a living culture by placing the Native American in a kind of cultural "museum." Momaday wrote: "...[the Native Americ...

the directions and how they connect with the directions on a compass, there is North which can, according to the author quoted thu...

became the first whites to actually see the valley (Ahwahnee, 2007). The Screeches encountered Pah Utes (Paiutes) camping in Hetch...

of a "living earth" and this is basically the origin of the title of this chapter as Mander compares and contrasts mainstream cult...

the doctors that he felt like "white smoke" and that he had "no consciousness" (Silko 14). With this allusion, Tayo tried to conve...

The Dutch relatively quickly fell out of the colonization picture when they vied with England for their holdings. The English, in...

2005). There were increased attacks and counterattacks, which increased as white settlers moved onto Sioux lands (Sioux wars, 200...

Mato Tipila regularly as part of my religious observations, this is not only a political issue for me but also a personal issue. ...

Europeans and to observe that, while their culture has changed in some respects, they remain a distinctive cultural group even tod...

begins, it can be stated, with a desire for land, goods, resources, and strategic military operations. In a struggle of strong ver...

not a detriment. Consider, for example, the Mississippi Choctaw. At least one anthropologists has termed the Mississippi Choctaw...

discussed in more detail below, it represents a phenomenal improvement in the way the parental and familial rights of Native Ameri...

this perspective the pow wow evolved in accordance with trade needs. Native peoples and those Europeans that had invaded their la...

child is becoming more socially aware and has a greater intellectual capacity, but still has problems regarding bereavement. This...

the states obligation to act justly and equally toward all citizens" (ACRI, 2002). Those Bedouins who chose to bypass the milita...

thus arrived in a good harbor and brought safe to land, they fell upon their knees and blessed the God of heaven, who had brought ...

was not construed as legitimate. Today, that is far from the case. History is a valid and viable subject and one that is taught fr...

stage of human development takes place from the moment of birth to about 1, perhaps all the way to 2, years of age. It is called t...

The American Diabetes Association (2003) reports that individuals with diabetes are twice as likely to suffer from heart disease a...

came to yearn to sail to that land. He dubbed his plan to accomplish that goal the Enterprise of the Indies. He sought financial...

contact, for women typically remained at home when the men of tribe had contact with the Europeans who encroached ever closer into...