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

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

different arenas. However, there is a very serious lack of minorities and women at top levels. Introduction and Industry Analysi...

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

cultural influences. Looking at the background of both these countries there are similarities and differences which will help plac...

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

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

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...

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

both small and large disasters. The organization has 35,000 employees and half a million volunteers organized throughout 700 chapt...

serve to further complicate these problems. Many elderly Native Americans suffering with diabetes, for example, may have been att...

during the summer of 2006, hidden in the walls of Lenas grandmothers house" (Meland, 2007). The spirit of Ezol begins to come to L...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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