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"Ceremony", 2005.
Examines the narrative style used in Leslie Silko's novel on Native American culture.
1,756 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 1 source, $ 56.95
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The story that unfolds in the book "Ceremony", written by Leslie Silko, is filled with various themes, symbolism and insights into Native American culture and spirituality. The paper shows that the style Silko uses augments each of these aspects of her writing and increases the depth and meaning of her work. The narrative style mirrors the cultural beliefs of the Laguna Pueblos as well as Native Americans in general.
From the Paper
"The embedded text and Native American poetry acts as a bridge between the cultures. While the storyline refers to Indian spirits and their correlation to the culture and its beginnings, it is the poems in the embedded text that give their meaning and help the reader to apply this meaning to the narrative of Tayo's ceremonial rebirth into his culture. The poems give insight into the legends referred to in the text. By using embedded text rather than offering explanation within the narrative, the spirit themes are more meaningful. The reader can actually read the Native American poetry and interpret the meaning and placement of the meaning into the story."
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The History of the Powwow, 2006.
A historical look at this native American-Indian dance.
2,205 words (approx. 8.8 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 68.95
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This paper presents a brief history of the different Native-American powwows, describing first the origins of the powwow and then some of the dances unique to different Indian tribes. The paper discusses attempts by the U.S. government to eliminate the powwow, looks at how the powwow has evolved and survived over time, and describes what the modern powwow looks like today.
From the Paper
"The Indians depended on the buffalo to provide the basic necessities of life. They provided food, shelter, clothing and many other items used in day to day life. As the buffalo migrated, a group of Indians related by family or by tribe, also known as a clan, followed. In the hard winter months, when buffalo were not plentiful, the tribe would split into smaller groups in order to survive. When summer came, the groups would come together again for the buffalo hunt."
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The Writings of Helen Hunt Jackson, 2005.
This paper discusses Helen Hunt Jackson's novel "Ramona" and research text "A Century of Dishonor" about the plight of Native-Americans in North America.
2,665 words (approx. 10.7 pages), 0 sources, MLA, $ 80.95
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This paper explains that Helen Hunt Jackson's books describe the way the United States government stole their cultures from the Native-Americans, robbing them of the lands, language, religion and honor. The author points out that, in "A Century of Dishonor", Jackson discusses seven different tribes of North America, the Delaware, the Cheyenne, the Nez Perc, the Sioux, the Ponca, the Winnebago and the Cherokee, which are summarized in this paper. The paper relates that, in Jackson's romance novel "Ramona", which is the story of a young Spanish woman who defies the customs of her people and falls in love with a Native-American, the animosity of European decent people towards Native-Americans is presented in heart breaking fashion.
From the Paper
"The Delaware lands stretched from the Hudson to the Potomac Rivers. The Delaware are an interesting tribe who, like the Moslems, recognize the fact that the enemy of my enemy is my friend. The Delaware played both sides against each other in an attempt to maintain control over the lands. "In the French and Indian war of 1755 many of them fought on the side of the French against the English." The British of course were attempting to displace the Delaware and other Native-American tribes. They also were trying to gain control over French territories in the North. The majority of Delaware later sided with the British in the beginning of the Revolutionary War against the future United States."
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Immersion in Bilingual Education, 2005.
Examines the theory that immersion into a second language is a good method to acquire that language.
2,950 words (approx. 11.8 pages), 9 sources, APA, $ 87.95
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The pros and cons of bilingual education continue as an argued debate across the United States. Unfortunately, much of the information on which people base their opinion is not correct. Numerous studies conducted over the past three decades show that bilingual education has been an effective educational tool. This paper shows that educators and other bilingual specialists are now also looking into other methodology, such as two-way or dual immersion, that can enhance the basic bilingual curriculum.
From the Paper
"Schools are finding that language development works both ways. Many Native American children, for example, have forgotten or have never known their original languages. So that the languages are not forgotten, kindergarten students learn everything from colors to numbers to animal names in Cherokee. Students are called by their native Indian names and speak in Cherokee for most of the day. These kindergartners are in the first Cherokee-immersion class in a U.S. public school. By teaching kids Cherokee and not just English, Lost City School in Oklahoma is working to help save a dying language."
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Native Americans, 2006.
A paper describing the substandard education offered Native Americans living on reservations.
789 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 28.95
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This paper offers evidence that Native Americans that are living on reservations are being cheated out of a quality education. The paper looks at the drop-out rates and the graduation rates of Native Americans as well as the cultural differences in the educational process that exist as proof of the poor quality of education they are receiving.
From the Paper
"Some people maintain that while Native Americans have become impoverished due to the activities of the United States Government, they have actually gained more than they have lost, due to being placed on reservations. One of the alleged benefits of the reservation system is a free education. However, the poor quality of the education system on Native American reservations contributes to the cycle of poverty, alcohol abuse, and despondency that is present on many Native American reservations. One of the serious problems confronting Native American leaders is that Native Americans as a whole has achieved one of the lowest educational levels among all ethnic groups and are not doing well while attending school (Lin, 1985). The education provided on Native American reservations has done more to harm than to help Native Americans."
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"The Emergence of an American Ethnic Pattern", 2004.
An analysis of "The Emergence of an American Ethnic Pattern" by Nathan Glazer.
722 words (approx. 2.9 pages), 0 sources, $ 25.95
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This paper discusses Nathan Glazer's "The Emergence of an American Ethnic Pattern". The paper explains Glazer's opinion that affirmative action is creating a 'tribal' America. The paper contends that rather than a cohesive American identity, Glazer argues that Americans are becoming increasingly identified with their personal racial, religious and ethnic differences. The paper disagrees with Glazer's views and states that affirmative action acknowledges a historical past that cannot be ignored when creating the future and also offers a potential vision of a new America, based upon a vision of a beautiful, pluralistic mosaic of identity.
From the Paper
"True, civil rights and voting rights have remedied some of the abuses codified in American law. Still, the social ramifications of the legal disenfranchisement of African Americans, Indian Americans, and other disenfranchised groups still exist with these once legally discriminated against communities. The social actions of lynching, local laws discriminating against Chinese and Catholic Americans, the denial of land rights to American Indians, and other social abuses still have long-standing social effects that do not disappear as the words of the 'Jim Crow' laws disappeared from the law books of the South. Discrimination today exists, even if it is not in law, it does in fact and common, often unspoken practice."
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The Yanomamo, 2004.
An analysis of the Yanomamo, an indigenous tribe living in the tropical rain forests of southern Venezuela and northern Brazil.
2,266 words (approx. 9.1 pages), 36 sources, MLA, $ 70.95
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This paper discusses the Yanomamo Indians, one of the most ancient living tribes on the earth. The paper contends that the Yanomamo are a primitive people renowned for the success of their ecological interaction with the environment and their understanding of the delicate balance between man and nature. The paper examines various aspects of their culture and beliefs.
Outline
Introduction
The Religious Foundations of the Yanomamo Culture
Cosmology
Kinship, Politics and Marriage
From the Paper
"The Yanomami are an indigenous tribe also called Yanomamo, Yanomam, and Sanuma who live in the tropical rain forest of Southern Venezuela and Northern Brazil. The society is composed of four subdivisions of Indians. (Yanomami Indians) Each subdivision has its own language. "They include the Sanema which live in the Northern Sector, the Ninam which live in the southeastern sector, the Yanomam which live in the southeastern part and the Yanomamo which live in the southwestern part of Yanomami area." (ibid) "
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Chief Seattle and the Tragedy of the Commons, 2004.
An analysis of Chief Seattle's famous 1854 speech concerning land ownership.
973 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 34.95
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This paper discusses the tragedy of the commons, explaining the concept of "commons" as any kind of resource which is divided up and shared by a group of people. The paper examines issues of ownership as opposed to stewardship. The paper analyzes Chief Seattle's well-known 1854 speech regarding possession of the land, in which he expounds upon a Native-American belief of stewardship of the land.
From the Paper
"As capitalists first and Americans second, we believe strongly in the concept of ownership. We own and use the Earth and the material goods Earth's raw materials help us produce, and feel a proprietary command over them. When Communism developed as an alternative to the concept of unadulterated ownership, we responded with the fear and anger of one whose child had been taken. Ownership of the land, its materials and its spoils are more integral to American society and thought than any other characteristics or facets. However, this concept is subject to the limitations and inevitable truth of the tragedy of the commons, and we will eventually be dupes to this incontrovertible logic."
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"The American Story", 2005.
A discussion of the book "The American Story" by Robert Divine.
1,014 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 35.95
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The book "The American Story" attempts to dispel common notions of the conquest of the new world. The writer explains that the European colonization of the new world forever changed the lives and cultures of the native Americans. Their populations were ravaged by displacement, disease warfare, and enslavement. Yet, the traditional, conservative views surrounding Thanksgiving and American history seems to be ingrained in Americans, even though virtually none of it contains much in the way of of authenticity, historical accuracy or cross-cultural perception. The writer shows that it is this distortion of history, more than any other factor, which motivated Divine to set the record straight on the conquest of the New World.
Table of COntents
I. Author's Representation
II. Theme Portrayal
III. Discussion Response
Bibliography
From the Paper
"Although Divine isn't as left as many historians, he's certainly to left of the average person-on-the-street. Media has stereotyped Native American Indians as wild, aggressive savages. Americans most frequently associate American settlements with groups such as the Pilgrims who came to the New World not because of competition between religions, but to flee religious persecution by the Church of England. And, Americans are taught the kindness of the English as best exemplified by Thanksgiving, a holiday in which the colonists share their feasts with the Indians. Due to mainstream teaching of American history that only relates part of the truth, the average person is likely to have a very negative reaction to Divine's book, dismissing it as socialist-like propaganda or at least an anti-American diatribe. As Loewen mentioned, once ideas are ingrained they are difficult to change. For history to be rewritten, it must be related correctly beginning at a very young age."
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"Changes in the Land", 2005.
A brief summary of "Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England" by Walter Cronon.
800 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 0 sources, $ 28.95
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In "Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England", Walter Cronon uses his historical and ecological expertise to cover the changes in New England's plant and animal communities taking place from the transformation from Indian to European life. It explains that the book shows how the interaction among the Indians, Europeans and the land transformed the New England forever.
From the Paper
"Cronon concludes on a bleak note. By 1800, New England was far different than the land the earliest European visitors had described. The Indians were reduced to a small fraction of their former numbers and forced on to less and less usable agricultural lands. Large areas in southern New England were now devoid of animals that previously were common, such as beaver, deer, bear, turkey and wolf. Instead, hordes of European grazing animals placed a heavy burden on the plants and soils. Hundreds of miles of fences, weeds and alien grasses crisscrossed the landscape. Forests still exceeded the cleared land, but, especially near settled areas, remaining forests were significantly altered by grazing, burning, and cutting (159)."
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