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Symbolism and Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko

with Tayos Indian heritage. Prior to describing Tayos chanted curse of the jungle rain, Silko relates a Pueblo myth about Reed Wom...

Overview of Indian Gaming

among Indians has actually risen during ... the gaming boom" (Welker, 1997). There are more than 200 tribes with gaming establish...

A Review of The Origins of Canadian Indian Policy

By that time the Indians were no longer valuable allies in the ongoing struggle for continental power, the importance of their con...

Native American Issues

the same but instead of dealing with a European based government or government, Native Americans would have an almost omnipotent g...

The Evolution of Federal Native-American Policy

the tribes in Illinois had already signed treated which essentially given their land to the state. In light of this he pushed and ...

Native Americans as Perceived by Walt Whitman

now" (Whitman, 2005). Clearly, this illustrates his belief that heaven and hell are right here on earth, which was a very controv...

Native American Culture and Way of Life Decimation

intentionally changed, actions which were all believed justified under the predominant mindset of "manifest destiny". The rel...

Native American Perspectives on Ecology, Feminism, and Activism

they argue, man comes and chops, burns, uproots. Why should they care about the plight of man? This reflects the ongoing prob...

Europeans, Native Americans, and Greed

"they opened up his [Native American] bowels. They tore the babes from their mothers breast and dashed their head against the roc...

Silko/Setting in Ceremony

the doctors that he felt like "white smoke" and that he had "no consciousness" (Silko 14). With this allusion, Tayo tried to conve...

Mato Tilpali: Conflict in the Black Hills

Mato Tipila regularly as part of my religious observations, this is not only a political issue for me but also a personal issue. ...

Women's Studies and 'In Defence of Elitism' by William A. Henry

and every person. To say that women had to fight for their existence within a patriarchal world would be a gross understate...

The Myths of Westward Expansion

that the Anglo Americans were superior to the Natives. They believed that they had the power, and the right, to take over land. Wi...

How the Indians Were Treated by the Spanish New World Conquerors

In six pages this paper discusses how the Spanish perceived Native Americans in the New World. Three sources are cited in the bib...

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...

U.S. Ethnic and Racial Groups

In five pages this paper examines ethnic and racial groups in America in terms of the influence of Native Americans within the con...

Education and Native Americans

In five pages this paper examines Native American educational approaches. Four sources are cited in the bibliography....

Crimes Against Humanity by Ward Churchill and For Indians, No Thanksgiving and the Exposure of the 'Native American' Myth

In five pages this paper discusses how the myths surrounding Native Americans were exposed by these two texts. Two sources are ci...

America and the Interaction Between Natives and Europeans

In one page this paper considers the European colonization across the Atlantic and the resulting contacts between these settlement...

Property Rights of Native Americans

In seven pages this paper discusses the Native American views on land ownership in a consideration of culture, sovereignty, and th...

Different Cultures for Women in America

Women in America do not have a monolithic cultural experience. This paper examines the difference between Chicano and African-Amer...

U.S. Southwest and Cultural Influences of Mexico

In six pages this paper examines the cultural influences of these 2 border countries in an assessment of pros and cons with assimi...

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...

Professional Service Provider Considerations Regarding Native American Culture

In eight pages this paper examines what professional service providers need to be culturally aware of when dealing with clients wh...

Native American Culture Changes

In six pages the arrival of the Europeans to the continent and the changes that resulted in Native American cultures are examined....

Fools Crow by James Welch

In five pages this research paper examines the Blackfeet Native American tribe of the 19th century as depicted in James Welch's no...

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...

Canadian Aboriginal Culture and Family Relationship Changes

In a paper consisting of seven pages sibling relationship changes in Canada's Native American cultures are examined through the us...

Community Health Model of Alcoholism and a Native American Reservation

In a paper that consists of twenty pages intervention and a treatment for Native Americans living on reservations who suffer from ...

Incompatibilities of European and Native American Cultures

many tribes and it was this same clan system which provided guidelines in areas of political and social organization. Clans serve...