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the pressure put on them by the Puritans were generally members of the larger, autonomous tribes, such as the Narragansett, the Wa...

A bachelorette is considered a potential competitor for the attention of a husband" (Living in the Philippines, 2006). The relatio...

(variously called Teocipactli) and Xochiquetzal survived to repopulate the earth (Leon-Portilla). In the Toltec version of ...

effort in categorizing the tribes that populated the area and speculating as to their origin. He observed their subsistence patte...

inaccuracies which are depicted. The time bracketing the latter part of the nineteenth century and the first years of the t...

its westward expansion, the U.S. Biological Survey "declared the extermination of the wolf as the paramount objective of the gover...

that the Anglo Americans were superior to the Natives. They believed that they had the power, and the right, to take over land. Wi...

doing so, Boorstin puts this within the context of the historical era. For example, he explains that fifteenth century sailors sta...

the directions and how they connect with the directions on a compass, there is North which can, according to the author quoted thu...

culture as a living culture by placing the Native American in a kind of cultural "museum." Momaday wrote: "...[the Native Americ...

became the first whites to actually see the valley (Ahwahnee, 2007). The Screeches encountered Pah Utes (Paiutes) camping in Hetch...

of a "living earth" and this is basically the origin of the title of this chapter as Mander compares and contrasts mainstream cult...

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...

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

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...

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...

as it was a pattern for Asian men to leave their families at home while they came alone to America to work. They were also sim...

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

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...