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Two American Indian scholars, David, Risling, Jr. and Dr. Jack Forbes wanted to establish D-Q University that was designed especia...
of a "living earth" and this is basically the origin of the title of this chapter as Mander compares and contrasts mainstream cult...
He is shot and wakes to find himself in another body, a person in the past. Zits has access to the persons memories and knows the ...
This essay offers a comparison between Sherman Alexie's "The Trial of Thomas Builds-The-Fire" and "Turtle Lake" by Gloria Bird. Th...
In a paper of six pages, the writer looks at Alexie's poem, "At the Trial of Hamlet, Chicago, 1994". Several discussion questions ...
time" (Alexie 34-36). This is a summation of the conflict of the modern Native, from the eyes of the narrator, today. It speaks of...
would marry white people who would beget quarter-bloods, and so on and so on, until simple mathematics killed the Indian in us" (A...
good for them. One of the best approaches to this subject is in Vine Deloria and Clifford Lytles excerpt, The nations within, whi...
Western expansion. This expansion was regarded by White Americans as Manifest Destiny, while Native Americans viewed it, and right...
As a young woman Catherine was apparently already determined to be a very powerful and effective leader. She "was ambitious as wel...
son and tried to do the right thing by him, providing him what he regarded as a good upbringing and proper education, but is often...
The indigenous peoples of the Americas have suffered long and hard since their juxtaposition of their cultures against those of th...
In five pages this research paper reviews the 1996 novel by Sherman Alexie. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....
computer users - and therefore buyers - insist that they will not purchase another Dell computer unless and until Dell provides so...
policies enraged the colonist who saw them as encroachment on their traditionally established liberties. What the British saw as t...
requirements of the wilderness can be defined as the "difference between eating and drinking for strength and from mere gluttony" ...
In six pages this paper discusses how the struggles of Indian women are reflected in this novel's female characterization. Eleven...
scientific advancements made by India concern their testing of nuclear bombs. This development has resulted in sanctions being iss...
This paper analyzes characterization and the theme of abandoned ethics seen in Fitzgerald's classic novel, The Great Gatsby. The a...
traditions and societies" (Said, 1979, pp. 45-6). Nakashima (2001) touches upon an issue that has long eluded multicultural...
important character, the daughter eventually falls by the wayside. His daughter is of concern until we find out that the man she...
in a most hideous way, Yossarian pleads with Doc Daneeka to ground him on the basis of insanity. Doc Daneeka replies that Yossaria...
from such a cultured youth. This is a very symbolic disguise and one that establishes how Huck is searching for his identity throu...
This paper analyzes F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel, The Great Gatsby. The author argues that the work qualifies as an excell...
In 5 pages this great American novel is analyzed in an historical overview of the relevant 19th century issues including children'...
In five pages this paper summarizes Steinbeck's great American novel and then presents a sociological analysis that considers conc...
In five pages this paper examines the Joad family matriarch featured in this classic American novel in a consideration of her role...
In five pages this paper discusses the author's perspectives on slavery as reflected in this great American novel. Five sources a...
the modern world was a study in contrasts between interior and exterior, so too was modernist literature. There was often the con...
additional examples could be presented as well. The most interesting of Dowds examples concern the leadership strategies of the t...