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Marriage Traditions of Native Americans

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

Identity of Native Americans, Religion and Politics

but it also led to a form of identity crisis for the descendants of these tribes. Part ancient heritage and part colonial industr...

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...

Culture and the Mortuary Practices of Native Americans

In thirty pages this paper discusses the cultural importance of Native American mortuary practices and burial rituals. Sixteen so...

Sacred Native American Sun Dance Ritualistic Ceremony

In five pages this paper examines the sacred ritualistic ceremony of the Sun Dance in an overview that includes the vision of Sitt...

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...

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 ...

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...

Art of Native America

In five pages the art of Native America is examined in an overview that includes the Pacific Northwest Indian art and pottery, wea...

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....

Canada and Native Americans

In about fifteen pages this paper examines Canada's First Nation or Native Americans regarding human services and issues of social...

Native American Education Problems

In seven pages this paper discusses U.S. education of Native Americans and the problems associated with it. Eight sources are cit...

European Land Abuse and Land Ethics of Native Americans

In eighteen pages this paper contrasts the environmental approaches of these two very distinct cultures as the ethical perspective...

Christopher Columbus's Views of Native Americans

In three pages this paper examines Columbus's perspectives of Native Americans and the indigenous genocide that resulted from his ...

Social Structure and Religion of Native Americans

In five pages this paper examines the social structure of Native Americans and how it influences their spirituality and religious ...

Migration of Native Americans Causes and Consequences

In five pages Native American causes and consequences of Native Americans in preColumbian history are examined in this overview. ...

Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Colonization and Effects on Native Americans

In four pages this paper contrasts sixteenth and seventeenth colonization of Portugal and Spain as opposed to Holland, England, an...

U.S. History, Native Americans, and Immigrants

In eight pages this paper examines American history with an emphasis upon the significant role of immigrants, struggles of the Nat...

Historical Views on Native Americans

In twelve pages this paper examines the policies and views of such individuals as Frederick W. Turner, Captain John Smith, and And...

General George Custer and How He was Viewed by Native Americans

In eight pages this paper examines how Custer was perceived by Native Americans with an analysis of the battle of Little Big Horn....

Native American Plight in The Long Death by Ralph Andrist

In eight pages this paper discusses how the U.S. military defeated the Native Americans during the nineteenth century within the c...

Comparison of Second World War Jewish Genocide and Extermination of Native Americans

In five pages this paper defines genocide and then examines it in a comparison of practices against Native Americans and Jews with...

Alcoholism, Poverty, and Native Americans

Wing (1996) notes that research findings have indicated the fact that within the Native American culture, the reality of alcoholis...

Festive and Ceremonial Attire of Native Americans

In nine pages this paper examines the clothing styles of Native Americans in a consideration of cultural influence and the primary...

Documentary 'The West' by Ken Burns and Stephen Ives

This paper examines how information on the history of the West was presented in this PBS documentary series in five pages. There ...

Ecological World View as a Cultural Artifact: Native American Subcultures vs. Mainstream White Americans

cultural artifacts. Many have contended since the original "discovery" of this country that Native American spirituality is...

Removal of Children from the Parental Home: A Comparison of Policies for Seriously Violent Juveniles vs Nineteenth Century Native American Children

environment and an individuals propensity to engage in criminal activity. Juveniles often follow in the footsteps of their parent...