Native-American Studies papers

Analyzes the controversy over DNA testing of Native American remains for the sake of scientific knowledge.

Analyzes the history of the Mahican Indians and what ultimately became of the Stockbridge-Munsee group.

An analysis of Dee Brown's text on the battles against the Native Americans during the late 1800s.

Discusses the role of Native Literature in Canada and the United States in the witnessing and resisting of colonialism.

A literary review of James Fenimore Cooper's novel "The Last of the Mohicans".

Discusses four functions of myth pertaining to the Native American Hopi culture.

Explores the history of Black Seminoles.

A review of "Hernando de Soto and the Indians of Florida" by Jerald T. Milanich and Charles Hudson.

A historical and literary review of Louise Erdrich's "Tracks".

A literary comparison between "A New Home - Who Will Follow?" by Caroline Kirkland and "The Pioneers" by James Fenimore Cooper.

Discusses how this explores the theme of the loss of Native American society in his novel, "The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven"

A book review of the book "Desert Indian Woman: Stories and Dreams," by Frances Manuel and Deborah Neff.

A brief review of the life and works of Michael Dorris - a Native American author.

Examines the question of race and its role in human intelligence and development.

Discusses the way several American women survived captivity among Native American tribes and their subsequent writings on their experiences.

Commentary on the public apology to Native Americans made by the Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior.

This paper reviews the treatment of the American Indian, or Native American, in revisionist Western films: Kevin Costner's "Dances with Wolves" (1990) and Michael Apted's "Thunderheart" (1992).

A literature review of articles dealing with the educational performance of Native Americans and the need to preserve their culture within the educational framework.

This paper introduces, discusses and analyzes the topic of unemployment among Native Americans.

A history and background on the Cherokee people.

An analysis of some of the major social problems facing the Native Americans and their relationship to high unemployment rates.

Discusses Anthony F.C. Wallace's book about the Seneca Native American tribe.

A paper on incest and its acceptance within different cultures and societies.

A discussion of cooperation, capitulation and rebellion in Native American relations with the American Federal Government.

A comparative analysis of the books "Observations on Marxism and the Lakota Tradition" by Frank Black Elk and "Those Dead Guys for a Hundred Years" by Jimmie Durham.

A review of the book "American Holocaust American Holocaust: The Conquest of the New World" by historian David Stannard.

This paper studies the impact of the French arrival in and settlement of Canada.

This paper provides a cultural and historical background on the Sioux and the role of music in American Indian cultures.

This paper examines four Native American stories in Gerald Vizenor's anthology "Native American Literature: A Brief Introduction and Anthology".

This paper reviews two novels, both related to Indian Society in the U.S.A. --"Indian Killer", by Sherman Alexie and "A House Made of Dawn", by N. Scott Momaday.

A review of the life of feminist leader, Wilma Mankiller.

A review of Louise Erdrich's historical novel, "Tracks".

This paper introduces, discusses and analyzes the book "Lame Deer Seeker of Visions," by John (Fire) Lame Deer and Richard Erdoes.

An examination of R.K. Narayan's book "A Story-Teller's World".

An argumentative paper about how Christopher Columbus did not really 'discover' America.

An analysis of of the legal implications of the Stocker Wannabi Tribe's project to construct and operate a Las Vegas style gambling casino on their land.

This paper look at the Pacer Parent Education Program for Native American parents of disabled children.

An attempt to understand the American psyche and creation as a whole.

An examination of the experiences of settlers in the New England area in the 17th century and the impact they had on the natives of the area.

A discussion of "Lakota Woman" by Mary Crow Dog & Richard Erdoes and "Black Boy (American Hunger): A Record of Childhood and Youth" by Richard Wright.

This paper examines Peyotism, the largest religion started, organized, and directed by and for Native Americans.

A comprehensive review of Michael Hilger's 1995 book "From Savage to Nobleman: Images of Native Americans in Film."

An insight into the oral tradition of the Native Americans through a review of Leslie Marmon Silko's book "Ceremony".

Examines and compares the novels "Hope Leslie" by Catharine Maria Sedgwick and James Fenimore Cooper's "The Last of the Mohicans" and the way they address the question of Native Americans.

An examination of the use of letters in Catherine Maria Sedgwick's work "Hope Leslie".

Native American societies from alternative perspectives.

A history of the life of the Native American Indians in Southern New England.

An examination of the importance and contributions of the Miami Indians, particularly to Ohio.

Discusses Patricia Nelson Limerick's book "The Legacy of Conquest" on the settlement of the American west.

Examines the role of the male characters in Louise Erdrich's "Love Medicine".

Examines the film about the Spanish explorer of the same name.

Examining the cultures of these native ethnic groups and how external forces changed their cultures.

This paper discusses the growth of the gaming industry in America since the passage of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) in 1988 and how marketing research aids the growth of the potential gaming market.

Discusses the emotional meanings created in the 1992 film by director Michael Mann.

Analysis of Sherman Alexie's novel.

Discusses four books that illustrate the sacred and secular as one.

Discusses the theme of alienation in two novels.

Examines the pattern of ideas in Toni Morrison's "Jazz" and in Louise Erdrich's novel "Tracks" and the issues of gender and social and cultural history.

Discusses conflicts between religious practitioners of Peyotism and American laws and society.

Argues that Columbus did not "discover" America since it was already inhabited by non-European human beings.

A discussion of how the first European settlement of Southern New England disrupted the Native American culture of the regions.

A discussion of the impact of racism and ethnicity on Native Americans.

The life of Nicholas Black Elk, a religious elder, as told to the author.

An examination of the indigenous culture in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Describes each group and its culture.

Discusses her rise to power in the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma to Principal Chief.

Discusses the responses of Native Americans to the arrival of Europeans after 1492.

Family structure and love in Native American societies, colonial households, and post-industrial revolution families.

Analyzing the Indian's inaccurate portrayal in film and popular culture.

An examination on how early American settlers portrayed Native Americans in a bad light.

Analysis of this novel and what makes it unique, examining why it deserved the Pulitzer Prize.

A look at the Native American family units from before colonization to the present day.

A look into the life of Black Elk (1863?1950) - a Native American religious leader of the Oglala Lakota band of the Sioux tribe.

An analysis and comparison on two works relating to Native American history.

A look at four works of literature which represent the spirit of Southwestern America.

A biography of the life of the Shawnee Chief Tecumseh through the accounts of two different historians.

An exploration of the creation of Native American imagery by nineteenth century artists, Edward Sheriff Curtis and George Catlin.

This paper analyzes the art review of a Native American art exhibit at the American Craft Museum.

A review of Tony Hillerman's book "Dance Hall of the Dead" with an emphasis on Zuni and Navajo spiritual practices.

This paper discusses the background, detail and the aftermath of the foreceful eviction of the Cherokee tribe from its ancestoral lands in 1838, an event known as the "Trail of Tears."

Compares the tribes' laws, norms, governments, marital status, property rights and case studies. Includes an outline.

Discusses their origins and history, society, spiritual traditions, leadership, resistence to whites and the disintegration of American-Indian tribe.

Examines fictional treatments of issues of gender and cultural roles among Native American populations.

Examines the ineffectiveness of reservation boarding schools and federal government policy, forced emigration, assimilation, civil rights, gambling industry, focusing on the Cherokee Nation.

Analyzes the 1992 film version of this 19th Century novel about the relations between American-Indians and British colonists.

This paper analyzes the 1972 Supreme Court case (Wisconsin v. Yoder) allowing Amish children to not attend public school and two cases involving Native American religion.

A look at the South-Central Californian tribe. Includes villages, hunting, foods, baskets and pottery, games and music, lineage, leaders and language.

A look at the rituals, beliefs, life and death, myth, gods, kachinas, the relation between the supernatural and the weather, rain-making, agriculture, witches, underworld and healing.

A look at the effect of the author's sympathetic point of view on the objectivity of her study of the American-Indian tribe.

An analysis of the stereotypes and negative and positive portrayals in James Fenimore Cooper, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Francis Parkman, Mark Twain and Bret Harte.

Argues that Native American reservations are in a unique legal position as nearly sovereign political entities. Examines gambling as the most effective means by which tribes generate revenues, & some positive & negative responses.

Describes Plains Indian tribes' histories and their relations with U.S. govt. Discusses their ceremonies, diseases, social organization, treatment of children and religion.

In context of tribe's culture. Looks at origins, stories and linguistics.

Examines revisionist views of discoverer of America as an aspect of recognition of exploitation of American Indians.

A look at the history, legislation with examples in New Jersey and on the Indian reservations, politics, religion and economics.

A comparison of the theories of four experts on racism in the 19th century and early 20th century America, focusing on blacks, Native Americans, Chicanos and Asians.

A critical review of the novel on abuse and exploitation of Indians by white controllers of modernization.

A histiographic study of the battle between Custer and the Sioux Indians as an example of the victor's control of history.

A critical review of the American-Indian's autobiography and his advocacy of Christianity mixed with Indian traditions.

A look at how the novel's American-Indian ideas of animism and universal interrelatedness influence politics and leadership.