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Academic Performance and the Acculturation of Native Americans

In nine pages this paper examines how Native American educational achievement is affected by cultural barriers. Six sources are c...

Early Colonial Period and the Life and Survival of Native Americans

In three pages this paper presents an article review on the early Europeans in America and how their attempts to imitate the Nativ...

Cultural Diversity Among Native American Women

An analysis of cultural diversity among Native American women and issues they face in the field of law enforcement. This five p...

Mythology of Native Americans

cites that as many as several hundred thousand must exist collectively (Gill & Sullivan, 1992). Each myth that I came across was...

Native American Definition

In seven pages this paper defines what it means to be a Native American beyond the typically offered stereotypical image. Seven s...

Survival of Native Americans and the Importance of Memory

In five pages this paper examines the importance of memory to the Native American cultural experience in a consideration of memory...

Heroic Native American Paul Bernal

In four pages this historical Native American hero is discussed as he is portrayed in [The] Taos Indians and the Battle for Blue L...

Sacred Land and the Taos Indian Struggles to Keep It

In six pages this paper examines the hardships the Taos Native Americans have endured regarding retention of their sacred land and...

Bildingsroman Aspects of Lakota Woman by Mary Crow Dog

In seven pages this paper discusses the bildingsroman characteristics of Lakota Woman, which metaphorically depicts a Native Ameri...

Suicide and Native American Teens

In fifteen pages this paper examines suicide incidences among Native American teens that are living on reservations and also off o...

Health Care and Native Americans

In five pages this paper examines the health care of Native Americans and considers the impact of their cultural traditions. Six...

Patriot Chiefs by Alvin Josephy

In five pages this text on the actual conflict between European settlers and the Native Americans is analyzd. There is no bibliog...

Smollett's Humphrey Clinker

contains sufficient elements of the repulsive to also inspire some degree of disgust or horror....

Native American Literature

especially true in Love Medicine, where the abandoned son attempts to brew a love medicine for his grandfather. However, he gets s...

The Works of Oskison and Posey

Various pieces of literature are explored, compared and contrasted. These are Native American works and beliefs are discussed as c...

Indian Captivity Narrative by Mary Rowlandson

In five pages this paper discusses how Mary Rowlandson's devout religious beliefs sustained her during her Native American captivi...

The Prairie Novel by James Fenimore Cooper and the Film Dances with Wolves

In five pages the depiction of Native Americans in the novel by James Fenimore Cooper and in the film by Kevin Costner is contrast...

Native American Spirituality and Lame Deer

In one page this paper examines spirituality as it pertains to Native Americans in a consideration of Lame Deer. One source is ci...

Marriage Traditions of Native Americans

under an imposed patriarchal structure" (Osburn 10). Arranged marriages and unions born out of convenience were not an unus...

Essays on Ethnic Issues

In five pages the essays 'For the Indians No thanksgiving' by Michael Dorris and Ward Charchill's 'Crimes Against Humanity' are co...

The Film Smoke Signals, Native America, and Alcoholism

In eight pages the effects of alcoholism on Native Americans and the therapeutic impact of the film Smoke Signals are examined in ...

1887's Dawes Act

In three pages this paper discusses the 1887 to 1934 U.S. General Allotment or Dawes Act and its impact upon Native Americans and ...

Cultural Considerations of Native American Reservations' Casino Gambling

In a paper consisting of fourteen pages this issue is first presented in an overview and then a thesis that the Native American re...

Central Kalahari Game Reserve Bushmen Relocation

In ten pages this report considers the relocation of the San Bushmen as a way of protecting this 'endangered species,' but the res...

Native Americans on Morality and Morbidity

In five pages this report discusses morbidity and morality as they affect Native Americans. Four sources are cited in the bibliog...

Native Americans and Suicide

In five pages this paper discusses Native American suicide rates and the reasons for their high incidences. Nine sources are cite...

Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson and Native American Responses to Whites

In five pages this paper considers the Native American responses to Anglos as depicted in the 1884 text in a discussion of whether...

Native American Past and Present Historical Issues

diseases such as smallpox, malaria, measles, cholera, tuberculosis, scarlet fever, whooping cough, mumps, influenza and typhoid fe...

Native American Identity Struggles in Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich and Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko

In seven pages these novels are compared in terms of how each features the Native American identity struggle with similarities and...

Failed Approaches and Major Events Pertaining to White and Native American Interaction

chapters of the history of European domination in the so-called "New World" sometimes took slightly different directions. Such wa...