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Northwest Coast by James G. Swain and Mark Twain's Roughing It are two novels which deal with the outdoors and the American west. ...

predominant mindset of manifest destiny that set the stage for the many abhorrent actions that were yet to unfold in Native/White ...

has been noted, the question of precisely when Native Americans arrived in the Americas is surrounded more by speculation than it ...

In five pages this historical text by Jill Lepore is analyzed in a consideration of how American identity was shaped by that long ...

come about. At the same time, the authors depiction of the Indians is less than kind and while that is true, one can say that her ...

historic plight of Hispanics and Native Americans in the Southwest. Even today, in fact, these cultures are too often penalized f...

languages are a significant cultural resource, a cultural resource which is too often overlooked by mainstream America. He emphas...

also being reflected in modern culture with the search for a spiritual connection with the earth, which is a value being adopted a...

they ultimately became part of the majority as their facial features and skin color were not obviously different. But, with the Na...

they eat twigs, plants, lichen and fungi, as well as fruit and nuts on plants (Desert USA, 2007). They generally live arou...

smallest nuance of kindness or understanding Kemble (1984) displayed was embellished into a lifesaving gesture speaks to the extra...

means, in turn, there "are no Prisons, no Officers to compel Obedience, or inflict Punishment. Hence they generally study Oratory,...

of racism on a daily basis. Understanding how race figures in society will be helpful for me as I continue my career path as a cor...

for the Native Americans and they did this without a thought to their natural human rights. American historical facts supports thi...

remained the same as the wealthy white merchants and elite maintained control of the economic monopoly. Neighborhoods were not onl...

life as a background that makes it possible to discuss the personal characteristics that enabled African Americans growing up in t...

culture is quite different from mainstream culture in many aspects, on a daily basis. In this region of the country, for ex...

Steward and Neil, p. 88). They continue: "... findings suggest that todays African American students are somewhat consistent in be...

was regulated by his kinship system (Hudson 184). The kinship system provided sets of neat categories, categories for enemies, fo...

that "all these houses have very large and very good rooms and also very pleasant gardens of various sorts of flowers both on the ...

salary is vastly different, $48,468 for the civilian and $26,967 for the military sergeant but the total package tells another st...

two major forces, the forces of practical and intellectual, may also be interpreted as the forces of reality and aspiration or of ...

focus on her self-respect: "I hastened to drive from my mind the hateful notion I had been conceiving respecting Grace Poole; it d...

In eight pages an imaginary symposium discusses the dichotomies of the individual versus society, passion versus reason and featur...

of the Native Americans, inasmuch as the settlers had no desire to include the indigenous people in their progressive plans. Rath...

English who had come to steal corn and the result was that the English colony waited until 1613 before their leaders were sufficie...

into contact with. The Choctaw Indian Nation has a history which predates the earliest Spanish explorers to America. Many of the...

beginning. A blending of cultures is almost immediate in that even a culture which rises from the ashes of a decolonized nation is...

It was also based on the Europeans ability to see Africans as a source for slave labor. Africans who were captured and shipped to ...

overview of varying aspects associated with leadership, concepts that include defining/assessing, transforming, developing and gen...