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the Europeans who had invaded Native American lands. The English to whom we most often attribute the negativities of history in r...

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...

This 7 page paper compares Alexie's 1993 book with the Chris Eyre 1998 book that was inspired by the film and its representation o...

always well-received by those who consider the humorous aspect out of place. Welchs (2003) approach when he crafted his account w...

believed that the Puritans were more organized, unified, visionary and disciplined certainly had not done a great deal of study of...

members of particular racial and ethnic groups which are often compared in relation to the majority or dominant group within the p...

away to make room for the whites" If this were the case then why was...

one can take from this article is a one-sided story told from the point of view of the Native Americans. However, this...

non-Native culture, Zitkala was forced to leave her home and family at the young age of twelve. She was sent to a Quaker missiona...

(Welch 391). In both of these instances, Welch uses descriptive language to set the tone for what Fools Crow is feeling and thinki...

people from other cultures. Although we want to consider end-of-life issues for Native Americans, that is not one of the cultures...

involve the use of the four directions which some may say could be construed as a square but when ceremonies are being undertaken ...

in well-baby exams for this group is establishing a rapport with the mother, a rapport that will gain her trust and her compliance...

society has assigned this group is not that by which they prefer to be identified. The Navajo prefer to refer to themselves as th...

reveals that "70% of Cuban Americans, 64% of Puerto Ricans, and 50% of Mexican Americans 25 years-of-age and over have graduated f...

impetus of Oskinaways desire to learn of his own origins provides as catalyst that results in as series of interconnected tales th...

By that time the Indians were no longer valuable allies in the ongoing struggle for continental power, the importance of their con...

should be. Evelyn Thom, born in 1927, provides a view of the traditional jingle dress dance. "We went to the round dance...

out of the selection" (Mikiro). They have never really been presented in film, showing how Natives were actually treated. One o...

among Indians has actually risen during ... the gaming boom" (Welker, 1997). There are more than 200 tribes with gaming establish...

Indeed, this collective culture has changed perhaps more so than any other culture in the world only within the last five hundred ...

the Native Americans undoubtedly traveled extensively in prehistoric times. Their reasons for this travel and their consequent ar...

with Tayos Indian heritage. Prior to describing Tayos chanted curse of the jungle rain, Silko relates a Pueblo myth about Reed Wom...

a demand for their services. The Native Americans that own these casinos and work in them benefit economically and socially as th...

he says, that our protagonist was assigned by his parents. The name in itself is an ironic reflection of the impact of the white ...

Johnson (1999) specifically addresses the path of negotiations between the Kalapuya and the US government, recounting the Kalapuya...

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 ...

intentionally changed, actions which were all believed justified under the predominant mindset of "manifest destiny". The rel...

now" (Whitman, 2005). Clearly, this illustrates his belief that heaven and hell are right here on earth, which was a very controv...

"they opened up his [Native American] bowels. They tore the babes from their mothers breast and dashed their head against the roc...