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

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...

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

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

The Dutch relatively quickly fell out of the colonization picture when they vied with England for their holdings. The English, in...

that they escaped due to their bravery. Then they both go on to say that there will come a time when they will look back on these ...

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

age help to dispel myths and mistruths about the past that have erroneously been passed on as fact. Sometimes history is portraye...

who actually owned, or had access, to these railways had power in terms of transporting troops and supplies that would go directly...

khaki pants and dress shoes; he saves shorts and tennis shoes for the weekend. Dressing formally as he does gives a very definite ...

of measuring ones soul by the tape of a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity" (Du Bois ch. 1, para. 3). In other words,...

As such, the social, political, economical and religious activities experienced in everyday life represents the very essence of wh...

to diminish the pain of actual loss. 2. What seems to be the purpose of the speaker in the first three tercets...