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past that contact to present day. By other definitions sovereignty was something that had been delegated in some way by the Unite...

This paper asks whether we have bastardized Native American language by appropriating it in sports and mass marketing. There are ...

This paper reveals one common factor in the way whites have perceived Native Americans through our interactions over time. Example...

This paper compares and contrasts the positives and negatives of nineteenth century boarding schools for Native Americans. There a...

This paper pertains to Ishi, the last member of the Yahi tribe, who journeyed out of the wild where he had lived alone for 35 year...

2005). There were increased attacks and counterattacks, which increased as white settlers moved onto Sioux lands (Sioux wars, 200...

means that while these organizations serve a public purpose of some sort, they also "meet the interests, needs and desires of the ...

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...

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

This author notes that, "The church fought against the social injustices that African Americans faced in America," which is clearl...

saying that she has helped "to destroy" her Hopi culture? What does she mean by "breaking away" from her heritage? Looking closely...

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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 ...

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...

they argue, man comes and chops, burns, uproots. Why should they care about the plight of man? This reflects the ongoing prob...

Lewis and Clark expedition would be on American soil right up to the point it crossed the Rocky Mountains (Fritz, 2001)....

the tribes in Illinois had already signed treated which essentially given their land to the state. In light of this he pushed and ...

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

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 ...