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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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Powerful Southern Native Americans, 2003.
A paper that questions whether Southern Native Americans were too powerful to be enslaved.
1,982 words (approx. 7.9 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 62.95
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This paper examines the history of relations between the Native Americans and the settling colonialists in 1500 and onwards. It discusses why the settlers did not manage to enslave the Native Americans and how they ended up turning to Africa for their labor needs.
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"Perhaps the ultimate form of exploitation would be the advocation of slavery, at that time a universal practice. The custom of enslavement came from the necessity of disposing of prisoners-of-war, from the greed of traders, and from the demand for labour. Slaves, by character, were people apparently weaker than their masters either in the sense of being defeated opponents (i.e. prisoners of war), or people with no means to withstand capture and imprisonment from an oppressor. The oppressors often based their justifications for denoting a population suitable for being slaves by claiming higher moral and religious understanding, i.e. to be civilised. In America, the indigenous population certainly fitted the part to be this inferior class, with inferior technology and crucially, an 'inferior' religion. Yet the extensiveness of negro slavery in Southern America by the time of the civil war (over 4 million African-origin slaves existed) compared to the virtual non-existence of Indian slavery indicates that for whatever reason, the local southern Native American Indians were 'passed over' in the search for a suitable candidate to solve the labour shortage created by the rapidly expanding colonies. Therefore, can it be argued that the southern Native Americans were too powerful to be enslaved?"
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"Trail of Tears" and the Cherokee Nation, 2003.
Reviews the book, "Trail of Tears: The Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation", by John Ehle.
942 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 33.95
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This paper reviews John Ehle's book, "Trail of Tears", which provides a thorough review of the Cherokee people, starting from their first encounter with Europeans. The paper presents the book's argument that the Cherokee efforts to adopt and adapt to the cultural achievements of whites, while advancing their own culture, fundamentally shaped their history.
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"In Trail of Tears, John Ehle poignantly depicts the unique struggle of the Cherokee to defend against the onslaught of the advancing ?white storm.? As they initially realized the futility of violent resistance, the Cherokee enthusiastically devoted themselves to ensuring the societal advancements that would grant them peaceful and prosperous co-existence with the whites. Thanks to the visionary leadership of individuals such as Major Ridge, the tribe successfully fought off internal division, reactionary traditionalism, and white interference in order to forever disprove the fallacy that Indians were incapable of ?civilization.?"
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Spirits Who Remain, 2003.
Examines the Native American spiritual world and how the "white" suburban culture views Native Americans.
616 words (approx. 2.5 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 22.95
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This paper deals with Native American customs and their whole spiritual realm. It illustrates this by using three, short Native American stories, which show how different and complex Native American belief systems are.
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"People make minor mistakes all the time. Most of these mistakes can be easily corrected; however, when people make major mistakes in judgment that can be life- changing and do nothing to correct them, the spirit world will sometimes help one along towards the right path. Sometimes people might not realize that they are even making mistakes and hurting those whom they love. Joseph Bruchac, a Native American and the author of ?Bone Girl,? writes a very moving story about a Native American man who is taking a writing course and is writing a story for his class. His teacher wants him to write from the beginning in a straight line towards the end; however, he chooses to writes in a circular fashion because that is how a lot of native Americans write and tell stories."
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"Dances With Wolves", 2002.
Shows how creativity was added to reality in the movie, "Dances With Wolves", which is about the Native-American Lakota tribe.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 53.95
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Writers often use the knowledge of a situation to form their novels, but, often, words are added to form a descriptive way of making the story interesting and appealing to the readers. This can be seen in the movie, "Dances With Wolves". The film is based on the social, economic, and racial background of the Lakota people; however, imagination and creativity add to the film and draw the interest of the viewer.
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"The Blood Runs Like a River Through My Dreams", 2002.
An examination of Nasdijj's book, "The Blood Runs Like a River Through My Dreams" on thepresent day state of the Native American.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper is an anthropological review of Nasdijj's book, "The Blood Runs Like a River Through My Dreams". It observes that the book stands as a cultural treasure which clearly delineates the historical context of the present day state of the Native American. It concludes that the effectiveness of the book lies in the powerful reality that is conveyed by the author and first-person narrator.
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"Last of the Mohicans", 2002.
Questions if the movie was a true reflection of colonial America.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 26.95
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This three-page undergraduate paper discusses in what ways the movie "The Last of the Mohicans" is an accurate and inaccurate depiction of colonial America.
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