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Essays 121 - 150
doing so, Boorstin puts this within the context of the historical era. For example, he explains that fifteenth century sailors sta...
inaccuracies which are depicted. The time bracketing the latter part of the nineteenth century and the first years of the t...
suggests that judges frequently use ethnic stereotypes and "racialized attributions to fill in the knowledge gaps created by limit...
(variously called Teocipactli) and Xochiquetzal survived to repopulate the earth (Leon-Portilla). In the Toltec version of ...
effort in categorizing the tribes that populated the area and speculating as to their origin. He observed their subsistence patte...
involve the use of the four directions which some may say could be construed as a square but when ceremonies are being undertaken ...
(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...
people from other cultures. Although we want to consider end-of-life issues for Native Americans, that is not one of the cultures...
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...
members of particular racial and ethnic groups which are often compared in relation to the majority or dominant group within the p...
away to make room for the whites" If this were the case then why was...
non-Native culture, Zitkala was forced to leave her home and family at the young age of twelve. She was sent to a Quaker missiona...
believed that the Puritans were more organized, unified, visionary and disciplined certainly had not done a great deal of study of...
one can take from this article is a one-sided story told from the point of view of the Native Americans. However, this...
The non-Native culture epitomized in the fledgling U.S. was almost one-hundred percent different from Native American culture. Th...
survival of the species, but the females of many species look with disdain on the losers of battle between the males. These femal...
contact, for women typically remained at home when the men of tribe had contact with the Europeans who encroached ever closer into...
from Indian lands (Clark, 1999). The act has caused a great deal of controversy in the field of archaeology and has in many ways c...
Although the Supreme Court decision in Seminole versus Florida went against the tribe, its our contention that the decision was wr...
while in other ways in a project such as this, it could spell disaster, and very nearly did. When peoples lives are at stake such...
There the Choctaw would ally themselves with the French and would have extensive warfare with the Chickasaw. The Creeks on the ot...
Native American literature is interesting both in content and in the fact that it is a relatively recent phenomena. Native Americ...
who occupied the planet. However, this noble policy was short-lived when the settlers moved their way into Cherokee region, event...
programs exist with the purpose of offering health-care services to this population specifically. Many more improvements have b...
statement elsewhere, but, to the best of my recollection, there was never any serious attempt to turn Native Americans into a work...
followers of John Calvin (Readers Companion to American History, 1991). The Puritans would begin their influx to the Americas in ...
a "drum" that becomes like the pounding of the womans bloodstream, a life force that remains rhythmic no matter what happens. In...