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Mato Tipila regularly as part of my religious observations, this is not only a political issue for me but also a personal issue. ...

the doctors that he felt like "white smoke" and that he had "no consciousness" (Silko 14). With this allusion, Tayo tried to conve...

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...

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

(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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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

should be. Evelyn Thom, born in 1927, provides a view of the traditional jingle dress dance. "We went to the round dance...

among Indians has actually risen during ... the gaming boom" (Welker, 1997). There are more than 200 tribes with gaming establish...

of true equality. Interestingly, both slavery and our early relations with Native Americans had an integral connection to t...

out of the selection" (Mikiro). They have never really been presented in film, showing how Natives were actually treated. One o...

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

such as European law. They were at an added disadvantage in that up until the arrival of the Europeans to this continent, Native ...

been painted by historians was simply untrue. Clearly, the Europeans took the land that belonged to the Indians. While few dispute...

The American Diabetes Association (2003) reports that individuals with diabetes are twice as likely to suffer from heart disease a...

There the Choctaw would ally themselves with the French and would have extensive warfare with the Chickasaw. The Creeks on the ot...

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...

stage of human development takes place from the moment of birth to about 1, perhaps all the way to 2, years of age. It is called t...