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among Indians has actually risen during ... the gaming boom" (Welker, 1997). There are more than 200 tribes with gaming establish...
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...
the Native Americans undoubtedly traveled extensively in prehistoric times. Their reasons for this travel and their consequent ar...
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...
Indeed, this collective culture has changed perhaps more so than any other culture in the world only within the last five hundred ...
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 ...
(Welch 391). In both of these instances, Welch uses descriptive language to set the tone for what Fools Crow is feeling and thinki...
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. ...
contains sufficient elements of the repulsive to also inspire some degree of disgust or horror....
the first tasks undertaken by Weatherford is to define the term "Native American" itself. Indeed, the term Native American is a c...
In five pages this paper examines the themes of memory and reassimilation within the context of these Native American novels. The...
area that has had many different approaches to gaming facilities, with people on either side of the fence, arguing for and against...
In ten pages this paper examines intercultural relationships as featured in the text's portrayal of early 18th century Native Amer...
native people for their own agendas toward cleaning up the earth. Those in the environmental movement dont seem to care about the ...
a "drum" that becomes like the pounding of the womans bloodstream, a life force that remains rhythmic no matter what happens. In...
has the lovely olive skin and dark thick glossy hair so apparent in her Kiowa people. Some of Pamelas in-laws, especially the old...
formed a Native American Heritage Commission to attempt to police the digs (Sacred Burial Grounds: The Controversy Continues, 1992...
who occupied the planet. However, this noble policy was short-lived when the settlers moved their way into Cherokee region, event...
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...
thus arrived in a good harbor and brought safe to land, they fell upon their knees and blessed the God of heaven, who had brought ...
notes, "Silko reveals that living in Laguna society as a mixed blood from a prominent family caused her a lot of pain. It meant b...
discussed in more detail below, it represents a phenomenal improvement in the way the parental and familial rights of Native Ameri...
begins, it can be stated, with a desire for land, goods, resources, and strategic military operations. In a struggle of strong ver...
the states obligation to act justly and equally toward all citizens" (ACRI, 2002). Those Bedouins who chose to bypass the milita...
Europeans and to observe that, while their culture has changed in some respects, they remain a distinctive cultural group even tod...
In twenty five pages this historical overview of the Lewis and Clark expedition includes its purpose and adverse implications for ...