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Essays 151 - 180
A people that call themselves the Winnemen...
an invasion. This was not an unclaimed and unused continent. Indeed, indigenous peoples not only lived here but rightfully claim...
of the idea of adopting a Native baby than is her husband, who "grimaces briefly then smiles" (Alexie). The question arises, why w...
answered the magazines poll, who do not care. But, there are seemingly far more people who are greatly offended by such images....
ones who live in the woods" (Erdrich 87). June marries Maries son Gordie - one of her childhood tormentors - and enters, not surp...
while in other ways in a project such as this, it could spell disaster, and very nearly did. When peoples lives are at stake such...
Native American literature is interesting both in content and in the fact that it is a relatively recent phenomena. Native Americ...
who occupied the planet. However, this noble policy was short-lived when the settlers moved their way into Cherokee region, event...
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...
a "drum" that becomes like the pounding of the womans bloodstream, a life force that remains rhythmic no matter what happens. In...
has the lovely olive skin and dark thick glossy hair so apparent in her Kiowa people. Some of Pamelas in-laws, especially the old...
formed a Native American Heritage Commission to attempt to police the digs (Sacred Burial Grounds: The Controversy Continues, 1992...
survival of the species, but the females of many species look with disdain on the losers of battle between the males. These femal...
contact, for women typically remained at home when the men of tribe had contact with the Europeans who encroached ever closer into...
There the Choctaw would ally themselves with the French and would have extensive warfare with the Chickasaw. The Creeks on the ot...
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...
By that time the Indians were no longer valuable allies in the ongoing struggle for continental power, the importance of their con...
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...
developed, even barbaric (Ferro, 1997). This was true within the then US, there had been the perception of the Native Americans as...
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...
should be. Evelyn Thom, born in 1927, provides a view of the traditional jingle dress dance. "We went to the round dance...
of true equality. Interestingly, both slavery and our early relations with Native Americans had an integral connection to t...
"they opened up his [Native American] bowels. They tore the babes from their mothers breast and dashed their head against the roc...
statement elsewhere, but, to the best of my recollection, there was never any serious attempt to turn Native Americans into a work...
followers of John Calvin (Readers Companion to American History, 1991). The Puritans would begin their influx to the Americas in ...
programs exist with the purpose of offering health-care services to this population specifically. Many more improvements have b...