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Essays 391 - 420
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 ...
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...
notes, "Silko reveals that living in Laguna society as a mixed blood from a prominent family caused her a lot of pain. It meant b...
from Indian lands (Clark, 1999). The act has caused a great deal of controversy in the field of archaeology and has in many ways c...
Although the Supreme Court decision in Seminole versus Florida went against the tribe, its our contention that the decision was wr...
The non-Native culture epitomized in the fledgling U.S. was almost one-hundred percent different from Native American culture. Th...
contact, for women typically remained at home when the men of tribe had contact with the Europeans who encroached ever closer into...
survival of the species, but the females of many species look with disdain on the losers of battle between the males. These femal...
impetus of Oskinaways desire to learn of his own origins provides as catalyst that results in as series of interconnected tales th...
in well-baby exams for this group is establishing a rapport with the mother, a rapport that will gain her trust and her compliance...
involve the use of the four directions which some may say could be construed as a square but when ceremonies are being undertaken ...
society has assigned this group is not that by which they prefer to be identified. The Navajo prefer to refer to themselves as th...
saying that she has helped "to destroy" her Hopi culture? What does she mean by "breaking away" from her heritage? Looking closely...
to stand in the way of colonial development for some time. In short, they were quite united and yet separate and as such are consi...
the doctors that he felt like "white smoke" and that he had "no consciousness" (Silko 14). With this allusion, Tayo tried to conve...
Mato Tipila regularly as part of my religious observations, this is not only a political issue for me but also a personal issue. ...
2005). There were increased attacks and counterattacks, which increased as white settlers moved onto Sioux lands (Sioux wars, 200...
always well-received by those who consider the humorous aspect out of place. Welchs (2003) approach when he crafted his account w...
the historical record to present well-documented evidence that Native Americans did indeed have not only an opinion but an express...
among Indians has actually risen during ... the gaming boom" (Welker, 1997). There are more than 200 tribes with gaming establish...
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...
(Welch 391). In both of these instances, Welch uses descriptive language to set the tone for what Fools Crow is feeling and thinki...
reveals that "70% of Cuban Americans, 64% of Puerto Ricans, and 50% of Mexican Americans 25 years-of-age and over have graduated f...
Johnson (1999) specifically addresses the path of negotiations between the Kalapuya and the US government, recounting the Kalapuya...
a demand for their services. The Native Americans that own these casinos and work in them benefit economically and socially as th...
people from other cultures. Although we want to consider end-of-life issues for Native Americans, that is not one of the cultures...
with Tayos Indian heritage. Prior to describing Tayos chanted curse of the jungle rain, Silko relates a Pueblo myth about Reed Wom...
an exciting adventure yarn. The ships are blown away in a hurricane; horses are killed; and the Spanish miss Cuba and land in Flo...
Indeed, this collective culture has changed perhaps more so than any other culture in the world only within the last five hundred ...