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This paper discusses the new Indian education policy put into effect by the Clinton administration. This paper explains Clinton's strategy is to evaluate the role Native language and customs play in Indian education, establish baseline date, report and develop. The goal is to implement the policy within two years.

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This paper examines several recent major theories concerning the assimilation of the Native American Western Plains tribes in the period known as "prehistory", with an emphasis on how the perceptions of the anthropologist affect the overall study of the tribes.

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This paper examines the changing context of sacred geography amongst Native Americans. It argues that Native Americans perceived of the biosphere as being sacred. This was inconceivable to the colonizers and remains a component of efforts at post-colonial analysis.

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This paper examines the history of the Cherokee Nation during the period between the first European contact to the American Civil War. An emphasis is on the role of the Cherokee people as a socially and politically motivated people who were wronged by the U.S. government.

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This paper examines the initial encounters between the Native Americans and the Europeans when the Europeans first made contact with the Americas. This paper draws from the two works, "The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society" by Gary B Nash, and "Discovering the American Past: A Look at the Evidence", by William Wheeler.

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This paper examines the role of spirituality in the traditions of Native American peoples. There is a focus on the rituals involved in hunting and fishing, as well as the significance of the natural world for Native Americans.

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This paper examines the Trail of Tears, the forced relocation west of the Mississippi of the Cherokee Nation in the 1830s. It examines the Cherokee Nation, the development of the federal policy of 'removal' and its consequences

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This paper helps the reader to see the cultures of the Inuit and the Cree of Mistassini at the micro level, in the light of the "total institutions" described by Goffman in "Asylums". (1991) When describing social establishments of the kind, Goffman comments that, "every institution captures something of the time and interest of its members and provides something of a world for them; in brief, every institution has encompassing tendencies". (1991, 15) Current industrialized societies have a way of compartmentalizing different aspects of human life and interaction. (1991, 17).

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This paper is a combination of three interviews of people from different cultures with quotes to back up the interviews.

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This paper shall examine, in the context of selected writings from native literature, whether there is a relationship between the role of the "Berdache" or third gender in traditional Native cultures, and the roles played by contemporary "Two-Spirited" writers.

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Huichol Indians in Latin America use the controlled drug, Peyote, during their religious rituals because of its psychoactive properties. Peyotism also invaded North America during the 20th century and the use of this plant as a drug increased dramatically here during the sixties decade when hippies experimented with various drugs in their quest for an alternative lifestyle. Peyote is an important part of Huichol rituals because it forms the Trinity, of which, Fire and Deer are the other two components.

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This paper will address the work and philosophy of two Native Canadian artists, Joane Cardinal-Schubert, a visual artist and Maria Campbell, a writer. Both these artists have similar concerns in their work and weave personal and community experience into their art. They employ both the oral tradition influence from their ethnic backgrounds and more non-Native oriented visual and written traditions to create a fusion of their two cultures and thereby regain a voice for their communities in the larger Canadian culture.

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This paper will discuss the aspects of Navajo life on the reservation. The role of the mother and infant will be brought to the forefront of this study. The breastfeeding, bed sharing, baby call, and baby-wearing will be covered to give an idea of how these social practices are practiced in Indian life. By understanding the interrelationships that exist between mother and child, we can see how the life of the Navajo people is transmitted through the raising of their children.

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This paper will discuss the beginnings of American culture and technology and seek to understand how Africans, Native Americans and the Europeans that colonized the North American Continent were influential in creating what is now called America. By revealing the different ways that this was achieved, we can see the work and techniques that drove the new country and how this was created by the political, as well as ideological ramifications of their labors. With all of these contributions to the new country of the United States, we see that the formation of the world power was built on the principles that the early settlers created in their work.

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This paper will discuss the California Indian massacres of the three knolls in 1865, the Kingsley Cave Massacres 1871, in relation to the Speegle family. These two Massacres and their causes and resulting violence will be explained. What happened during the battles will discussed in relation to the victims and the aggressors.