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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...

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

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. ...

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...

impetus of Oskinaways desire to learn of his own origins provides as catalyst that results in as series of interconnected tales th...

society has assigned this group is not that by which they prefer to be identified. The Navajo prefer to refer to themselves as th...

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...

saying that she has helped "to destroy" her Hopi culture? What does she mean by "breaking away" from her heritage? Looking closely...

This paper examines art like a diversity of art to discern its impact on our culture. World War II's Rosie the Riveter is explore...

This essay looks at the battle of the Little Bighorn, which is famous as the location of Custer's defeat by Native Americans, and ...

This 5 page paper discusses how mainstream white culture has treated Native Americans as inferiors throughout much of our country'...

This paper asks whether we have bastardized Native American language by appropriating it in sports and mass marketing. There are ...

This paper reveals one common factor in the way whites have perceived Native Americans through our interactions over time. Example...

This paper compares and contrasts the positives and negatives of nineteenth century boarding schools for Native Americans. There a...

This paper pertains to Ishi, the last member of the Yahi tribe, who journeyed out of the wild where he had lived alone for 35 year...

answered the magazines poll, who do not care. But, there are seemingly far more people who are greatly offended by such images....

an invasion. This was not an unclaimed and unused continent. Indeed, indigenous peoples not only lived here but rightfully claim...

of the idea of adopting a Native baby than is her husband, who "grimaces briefly then smiles" (Alexie). The question arises, why w...

past that contact to present day. By other definitions sovereignty was something that had been delegated in some way by the Unite...

a poem. It is a series of these paragraphs, each building on the previous one until the reader can form a picture of what has happ...

is helpful to look at the traditional roots of Native American and Latino cultures. Traditionally, the women of Native American c...

In a paper that consists of five pages the ways the Spanish perceived Native Americans in Latin America and the Caribbean are exam...

In seven pages this paper examines Silko's novel from a historical context in an analysis of what Ceremony reveals about the latte...

The concept of restorative justice is something that is intriguing people from all...