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The Miami Indians, 2003.
Examines the importance and contributions of the tribe.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 6 sources, $ 79.95
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Discusses the warrior people and most powerful Indian tribe in Ohio, the early history of the Miami, why they became a migratory people, Chief Little Turtle and his defeat of two American armies, and the retaliation by U.S. government.
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"The existence of the Miami Indians was recorded by French explorers and missionaries as far back as the early seventeenth century. In 1700 the Miami moved into Maumee Valley. They were migratory people and were part of a ..."
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The Cherokee Community, 2003.
Discusses changes in the kinship system.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 14 sources, $ 47.95
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Describes traditional community, matrilineal social structure, and the underlying causes of transformation of the values and practices of kinship system from the end of the 19th century. Explores the role of Europeans and the federal government.
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"The topic of this paper is the changes in the kinship system of the Cherokee community. In order to understand the significance of the status of the kinship system of the Cherokee Indian tribe during the period from the end of the 19th century to today, ..."
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Shaman, 2003.
Discusses the origin of the practice of shamanism.
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 5 sources, $ 95.95
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Describes shamans as holy men with ties to the spirit world and as masters of the trance-journey technique. Examines various North American Indian tribes that believe in shamans, how certain people attain that position, and the role of shamans.
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"A Shaman is the name given by anthropologists to holy men who appear to have a closer tie to the spirit world than others, and who have become endowed with exceptional powers to deal with the supernatural (Zimmerman and Molyneaux, 1996). The word "shaman..."
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"Custer Died For Your Sins", 2003.
Analyzes Vine Deloria's 1969 book.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, $ 31.95
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Shows how the author's intent to destroy myths surrounding Indians is simplistic and incorrect. Discusses the impact of the over-generalizations of white society on modern Native Americans and the failure of the reservation system and Bureau of Indian Affairs.
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"The major purpose of Vine Deloria's 1969 book Custer Died For Your Sins is to destroy the myths surrounding Indians (as Native Americans were called at that time). Deloria particularly attacks the myth of Indians as "noble savages" as not only incorrect ..."
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Katsina Dolls, 2003.
Discusses the art of the Katsinam.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 11 sources, $ 47.95
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Examines the evolution of the artistic production from the early traditional form of the Hopi to the late action form and the commodification by the Western world. Discusses the religious and cultural symbolism of the Katsinam, the Hopi culture, and the spiritual meaning of Katsina.
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"For several decades, the Hopis' Katsina dolls and other artistic representations have captured the imagination of art collectors and museum curators from all over the world with their vivid colors,..."
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Native American Indian Treaties, 2003.
Examines why the U.S. government (USG) entered into treaties with various tribes.
3,600 words (approx. 14.4 pages), 12 sources, $ 127.95
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Discusses the role of treaties in implementing American Indian policy, their nature and purpose, and why the USG breached most of these treaties. Provides an overview and considers treaties, Policy of Separation, and the Supreme Court.
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"This research paper discusses the reasons why the United States Government (USG) entered into treaties with various Native American Indian tribes and ultimately breached most, if not all, of those treaties."
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Native Americans, 2003.
Discusses the past and present of this group.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 4 sources, $ 39.95
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Discusses ancient Indian cultures. Covers the initial welcoming of Europeans by Native Americans, ensuing conflicts, Native American culture, and the"Confederation" document of the Iroquois nation, which included a voting system.
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"For centuries before the white man set foot on American soil, Native Americans, had been living in America. When the Europeans came here, there were probably about 10 million Indians populating America ..."
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Native American Education, 2003.
Examines its historical development.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 12 sources, $ 79.95
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Discusses policies of assimilation and self-determination, the federal government's role, the belief that white culture was superior to Native American cultural customs, and the failure of non-reservation boarding schools to assimilate Native Americans.
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"The history of Native American education is characterized by the policies of assimilation and self-determination. From 1778 to 1871, the federal government signed more than 370 treaties with various groups of Native Americans in which the government..."
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Sexual Abuse in Canadian Native Residential Schools, 2003.
The effects of residential schools on First Nation Peoples of Canada, their families and their culture.
1,946 words (approx. 7.8 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 61.95
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This paper looks at how residential schools influenced the First Nation Peoples of Canada, their families and their culture. Information on the many types of abuse sufferred in the schools and accounts from actual students interviewed. Apology as written by the Government of Canada to Canada's First Nations people.
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"I would like to discuss a very sensitive topic about Canadian Aboriginal Residential Schools and the effect it had on both Native peoples and their culture. I am referring to the ?abuse?, mainly sexual. The assaults that transpired at these learning institutions (so they were called), was shockingly sorted and disturbing. I feel that the situations that occurred in which native children were sexually abused and the scars it left on the Aboriginal people and their families, is not fully understood. I want to give light to the real activities that took place in such institutions that were designed to train Aboriginals to be ?good white citizens." "
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Don?t Call Me Ahanu: A Wampanoag Indian?s Story, 2003.
The story of a Wampanoag Indian in the time of the Pilgrims and Puritans, written in first person narrative.
2,940 words (approx. 11.8 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 86.95
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Ahanu tells the story of his interaction with the Englishmen in Massachusetts during the 1600s. This paper covers the main events that happened between the Englishmen, first Pilgrims and then later Puritans, and the Wampanoag Indians. The two peoples were friendly at first, but then engaged in warfare and bitterness, resulting, ultimately, in the downsizing of the Wampanoag Indians. Also, this paper presents an overview of the Wampanoag tribe. All of the facts presented in this paper are true, as are references, but there is a storyline here that gives the facts a dramatic effect.
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"I am Ahanu of the Wampanoag. But I don?t like it when I am called by my name. I prefer for people to call me by my Christian name, William. I have lived many long years and I have seen my people dwindle in number. I have seen the English with smiling faces and I have seen them with faces of blood-lust and hate. I have gained some things from the pale invaders, but I have lost so much to them. I was ten years old when they first came. I am now eighty years old and they have not left. Wampanoag means ?eastern people? in the English language and that?s what we are. We live in the northern part of what is now called New England by the English. Before the Englishmen came, we lived between the eastern shore of Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island to the western end of Cape Cod, in southeastern Massachusetts. I use the English names for the lands mentioned in my story for the sake of clarification. We were located north of the Narragansett tribes and south of the Pocumtuck tribes. Our language is Algonquin, and we share that language with the Massachusett, the Nauset, and the Nanagunsett tribes. We are a horticultural people, but we also hunt and fish in addition to our harvest. We especially like seafood from the coastal areas of Massachusetts. Our government, if you want to call it that, is a confederacy with a Grand Sachem and lesser sachems and sagamores."
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