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Essays 271 - 300

Pottery of the Mimbres Indians of North America

In ten pages this essay considers this ancient Native American tribe's lovely pottery. There are 6 sources cited in the bibliogra...

Native Americans and Gambling

In five pages this paper presents the argument that on Native American reservations gambling should not be allowed with the detrim...

Creek and Cherokee Tribes and Traditional Southeastern Dance Decline

In six pages this paper examines the reasons why traditional Southeastern Native American dances like the stomp dance have decline...

Native American Culture and Totem Poles

might be suggested by valued animal faces. The most important aspect of totem poles utilized to demonstrate lineage is that the...

Pacific Ocean and Totem Poles

and a change in the way of life occurred for the Indians. As a result, the ocean became the center of their way of life (Garbarino...

Sacred Pipe of Native Americans, Ritual, and Repatriation

In ten pages this paper discusses the Sacred Pipe of Native American cultures particularly the Lakota Sioux in a consideration of ...

Art and the Reflection of Native American

In five pages the Pueblo is the primary emphasis of this consideration of how cultured is mirrored in the art of Native Americans....

Flood Stories Among the Toltec, Maya, and Navajo

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

“Major Problems in California History”

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

Benedicte Marie Wrensted’s Photographs of Native Americans

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

Native American Cultural Changes

In five pages the increased U.S. immigration and the changes upon the culture of native Americans are examined. One source is lis...

Central Kalahari Game Reserve Bushmen Relocation

In ten pages this report considers the relocation of the San Bushmen as a way of protecting this 'endangered species,' but the res...

Native Americans on Morality and Morbidity

In five pages this report discusses morbidity and morality as they affect Native Americans. Four sources are cited in the bibliog...

Racism, Native America, and Genocide

In two pages this paper considers how European colonists attempted to eradicate the Native American culture through practices of r...

Native American Society, Racism, and European Stereotypes and Misperceptions

In five pages the racism that has plagued Native American society for five centuries is examined within the context of European st...

Native American Society, Racism's Roots, and America's 'Discovery'

In three pages this paper traces the roots of racism in a consideration of Native American society and the 'discovery' of America ...

Native American Issues

In six pages issues of land, leadership, and health as they pertain to Native Americans throughout the course of history are discu...

Native Americans and Different East and West European Experiences

In five pages the Eastern Woodlands and the West cultures of Native Americans are examined in terms of the cultural experiences th...

Reintroduction of the Gray Wolf

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

1887's Dawes Act

In three pages this paper discusses the 1887 to 1934 U.S. General Allotment or Dawes Act and its impact upon Native Americans and ...

Marriage Traditions of Native Americans

under an imposed patriarchal structure" (Osburn 10). Arranged marriages and unions born out of convenience were not an unus...

The Film Smoke Signals, Native America, and Alcoholism

In eight pages the effects of alcoholism on Native Americans and the therapeutic impact of the film Smoke Signals are examined in ...

Essays on Ethnic Issues

In five pages the essays 'For the Indians No thanksgiving' by Michael Dorris and Ward Charchill's 'Crimes Against Humanity' are co...

Native American Past and Present Historical Issues

diseases such as smallpox, malaria, measles, cholera, tuberculosis, scarlet fever, whooping cough, mumps, influenza and typhoid fe...

Native American Identity Struggles in Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich and Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko

In seven pages these novels are compared in terms of how each features the Native American identity struggle with similarities and...

Native Americans and Suicide

In five pages this paper discusses Native American suicide rates and the reasons for their high incidences. Nine sources are cite...

Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson and Native American Responses to Whites

In five pages this paper considers the Native American responses to Anglos as depicted in the 1884 text in a discussion of whether...

Cultural Considerations of Native American Reservations' Casino Gambling

In a paper consisting of fourteen pages this issue is first presented in an overview and then a thesis that the Native American re...

Pueblo Culture and Gender Roles

In twelve pages the Native American Pueblo culture is discussed in an examination of its development of gender roles with the focu...

Time Perspectives of Native Americans

change to this gross lack of social responsibility; therefore, it is safe to assume that mankind will continue down the road of se...