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Characters in Hemingway's "Indian Camp"

who suffered a serious ax wound and is lying on the top bunk, above his laboring wife. When he heard this comment he "rolled over ...

Recommending a Sect of Buddhism

the people of your kingdom should adopt. The Vajrayana "mythologizes the doctrine of emptiness" (Conze, 2003, p. 178). Through t...

Negative Ramifications of the Canadian Indian Act

the federal government sought to eradicate the Native peoples. This fact is substantiated in the literature itself. L.F.S. Upton...

An American Genocide

Western expansion. This expansion was regarded by White Americans as Manifest Destiny, while Native Americans viewed it, and right...

The Sari as the Symbol of Regional Tradition and Women’s Status in Indian Culture

Said argued that this enabled the West to use this part of the world as "a benchmark" to measure its own progress while at the sam...

Regulation of Gambling and Casinos

started to arise in the 1970s and 1980s when under the Regan administration there was increased pressure for Indian communities no...

Alexie: “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian”

an infant and was given little chance of survival. And heres what Junior says of himself: "I was born with water on the brain. OK,...

Article Analysis and Response: Saskatchewan Indian Gaming

the history of SIGA and the casinos it built and manages, and future plans. SIGA has given First Nations people both revenue and j...

David Weber/Barbaros

A 3 page book review on David Weber's text Barbaros: Spaniards and Their Savages in the Age of Enlightenment. This comprehensive t...

Cultural Influences on Medical Care; Indian Hindus

is in charge of all domestic affairs. Younger newly wed couples will often live with one set of parents, even if they are going to...

Britain and America Up to the Revolution

a position of great economic need. They had borrowed a great deal from bankers, British as well as Dutch, in order to pay for the ...

O’Nell/Disciplined Hearts

Part three continues this analysis, focusing on narratives of experience. In creating these discussions of data and the issues the...

Mary Jemison and the Senecas

a living on their own. It offered very inexpensive land and freedom although it was a very harsh life and a life full of dangers (...

Exploring Textual Sources of “The Arabian Nights”

It appears to be based in part on Arabic, Persian and Indian folklore, and as a "unified collection, dates back at least one thous...

The Widening Gap Between the Rich and Poor in India

This 16 page paper examines some of the issues surrounding the gap between the rich and poor in India, including the growth of the...

Rich and Poor: the Growing Income Disparity in India

Development Bank (ADB) says the number of people in Asia living on less than $1 a day fell by 223 million between 1990 and 2002" (...

Chumash

to live off of what the land could provide. We would travel from one location to another in the past, but then we became skilled a...

Canadian Indian Act

(Okanagan Indian Band). While it can legitimately be argued that the concept of Indian status was originally intended to "separa...

Questions on Readings

long for Nandas friend to marry her son. Nandas article points out mating customs and attitudes are culturally based. While Nanda...

Comparative Analysis of Three Short Stories by Ernest Hemingway

having their baby. His act was accomplished so quietly, no one knew it had happened despite the fact he was lying on the bunk abov...

An Analysis of Louise Erdrich's Novel, Tracks

of their land. The episodic style employed by Erdrich might be difficult for readers to follow if they have not read Love Medicin...

Northeastern US's Lenni Lenape Indians

In three pages this report considers such topics as geography and conflicts over territory as they relate to the colonial history ...

Old West Forts as Centers of Trade

In twelve pages this paper examines how the forts of the Old West served as trade centers with references made to the historical t...

Short Essays on American History

Short essays are included in this three page paper with on page being a letter that is written to Winston Churchill by Indian lead...

Enconmienda

In ten pages this paper examines the Spanish enconmienda administrative systems of South and Central American in a consideration o...

Selfhood in Mean Spirit by Linda Hogan and The Color Purple by Alice Walker

are still fleeing nonetheless. From the moment Grace Blanket is murdered until the closing pages of the book, the Indians seem to...

Indian Culture and the River Sutra's Healing Powers

In four pages this Indian myth is revealed as being more fiction than based in fact. There are no other sources cited....

Chapter One of Genesis and the Rig Veda Indian Creation Myth

In four pages this paper compares the creation myths found in the first chapter of the Book of Genesis and 'In the Beginning' of t...

Eastern and Western Mythology and Women

in the house" (Kamat women.htm). It is as though the very essence of a woman as a human being is given no consideration beyond th...

Survival of Native Americans and the Importance of Memory

In five pages this paper examines the importance of memory to the Native American cultural experience in a consideration of memory...