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Two Nations Black and White by Andrew Hacker

This paper consisting of five pages considers the author's thesis on what being an African American means in terms of socioeconomi...

Canada and Native Americans

In about fifteen pages this paper examines Canada's First Nation or Native Americans regarding human services and issues of social...

Alcoholism, Poverty, and Native Americans

Wing (1996) notes that research findings have indicated the fact that within the Native American culture, the reality of alcoholis...

Early Culture of West Africa

This paper compares the Native American culture with the culture of West Africa in an overview of sculpture, dance, music, poetry,...

American Ways by Althen

Althen's book entitled American Ways is discussed. This book portrays the white, middle-class perspective. This paper takes a soci...

Festive and Ceremonial Attire of Native Americans

In nine pages this paper examines the clothing styles of Native Americans in a consideration of cultural influence and the primary...

Culture and the Mortuary Practices of Native Americans

In thirty pages this paper discusses the cultural importance of Native American mortuary practices and burial rituals. Sixteen so...

Sacred Native American Sun Dance Ritualistic Ceremony

In five pages this paper examines the sacred ritualistic ceremony of the Sun Dance in an overview that includes the vision of Sitt...

Creek and Cherokee Tribes and Traditional Southeastern Dance Decline

In six pages this paper examines the reasons why traditional Southeastern Native American dances like the stomp dance have decline...

Native American Culture and Totem Poles

might be suggested by valued animal faces. The most important aspect of totem poles utilized to demonstrate lineage is that the...

Pacific Ocean and Totem Poles

and a change in the way of life occurred for the Indians. As a result, the ocean became the center of their way of life (Garbarino...

Sacred Pipe of Native Americans, Ritual, and Repatriation

In ten pages this paper discusses the Sacred Pipe of Native American cultures particularly the Lakota Sioux in a consideration of ...

Native Americans and Gambling

In five pages this paper presents the argument that on Native American reservations gambling should not be allowed with the detrim...

Pottery of the Mimbres Indians of North America

In ten pages this essay considers this ancient Native American tribe's lovely pottery. There are 6 sources cited in the bibliogra...

Art and the Reflection of Native American

In five pages the Pueblo is the primary emphasis of this consideration of how cultured is mirrored in the art of Native Americans....

Marriage Traditions of Native Americans

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

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 ...

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...

Dann Sisters, the Western Shoshone and Native American Land Rights

In fifteen pages this paper discusses land ownership and property rights as it regards Native Americans in a consideration of the ...

Myth and Mystery at Custer's Last Stand

1868 (Little Big Horn Battlefield Archaeology & History, 1998; http://www.custerbattle.com/home/ec_hist.htm). This agreement crea...

Buddha, Jesus and the Great Spirit, a Comparison

and that the intervention of priests between the faithful and God was a necessary component of worship. Nevertheless, there is sti...

Whites and Blacks Life Span Differences

The role of socioeconomics is considered in a research paper containing seven pages that discusses the ever growing differences in...

Discrimination Based on Color

Race and color continue to be used to gauge acceptability in American culture. This paper examines racial and color factors, both ...

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 ...

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...

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...

Elizabeth I's Reign and English Colonization

In ten pages Elizabeth I's reign and the English colonization during the years 1558 until 1603 are examined with the emphasis upon...

Racial Oppression and the Black Response

In ten pages this paper discusses American racial oppression and the black response to it during the nineteenth and twentieth cent...

Overview of the Shawnee Native American Tribe

any people, they had some confrontations with other groups, these confrontations were relatively small scale and of little overall...