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Mesa Verde National Park, 2004.
Discusses the history and establishment of Mesa Verde National Park.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 10 sources, APA, $ 55.95
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This paper discusses the history of Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado. The paper explains that the park was built to preserve the cliff dwellings of the Anasazi people and that it is of historical and archaeological significance to visitors and scientists alike.
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Native American Higher Education, 2005.
An examination of how greater numbers of Native Americans are successfully enrolling in institutions of higher learning.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 10 sources, APA, $ 39.95
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This paper explains that, although there are a number of economic and social barriers still in place, the number of Native Americans enrolling in institutions of higher learning in the U.S. is on the rise.
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Chief Plenty Coups, 2004.
This paper is a biography of Chief Plenty Coups of the Crow Indians.
2,486 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 8 sources, APA, $ 87.95
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This paper discusses the leadership Chief Plenty Coups of the Crow Indians. The author relates his including life, pre-reservation and on the reservation. The paper describes his fight to obtain Crow Indian rights from the U.S. government.
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"Chief Plenty Coups of the Crow was born in the son of Medicine Bird and his wife Otter Woman. Chief Plenty Coups was named by his father as he had a dream that his son would count many coups live to an old age and become a chief ... of Plenty-Coups. All of these premonitions would be realized by Chief Plenty Coups and while he was instrumental in helping the Crow in battles against other ...."
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The Blackfeet Indians, 2005.
This paper is an overview of the Blackfeet Indians.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 8 sources, APA, $ 63.95
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This paper presents the history and culture of the Blackfeet Indians, including tribal law and family codes. The author points out their culture, history and language. The paper uses theories of family systems therapy to view the culture of the Blackfeet Indians.
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"Family systems therapy and theory are based on the premise that a family constitutes a specific system in which interactions are shaped and formed by beliefs values and roles that are adopted or assumed by individual members. The Blackfeet of the Great Plains and their culture and history readily lend themselves to analysis from a family systems perspective. Culture continues to play an important role in family dynamics and in family systems therapy. As Schlossberger and Hecker note, family therapy as a field ..."
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"Ceremony", 2005.
An analysis of Leslie Marmon Silko's novel, "Ceremony".
1,610 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 55.95
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This paper analyzes the use of medicine in Leslie Marmon Silko's novel, "Ceremony". It discusses the disorders suffered by the protagonist Tayo, and how his ailments are treated by two different kinds of medicine namely, traditional western medicine and Native American medicine. It also explores the author's prospective on medicine.
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"To understand the use of medicine to cure illness in Leslie Marmon Silko's novel, "Ceremony" medicine must be regarded within a cultural context. Traditional Western medicine is based on the belief that illness is organically determined relying mainly on drugs ..."
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We Are Still Here, 2003.
A review of Peter Iverson's book, "We Are Still Here: American Indians in the 20th Century."
690 words (approx. 2.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 23.95
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This paper discusses Peter Iverson's book, "We Are Still Here: American Indians in the 20th Century." It reviews the impact of two major battles between the American army and American Indians namely, the Battle of Little and Big Horn Battle. It explains how these battles led to the 1890 massacre of Sioux men, women and children at Wounded Knee, which was the final battle in the four-centuries-long war between native Americans and European-American settlers.
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"Peter Iverson certainly knows what happened at the Battle of Little and Big Horn Battle. It was one of the last great battles in the centuries, war between different American Indian nations and European-Americans. The Sioux won that battle of course bringing ..."
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Racism In America, 2006.
An argument that racism is just as prevalent -- if not more so -- today than historically.
690 words (approx. 2.8 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 23.95
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This argumentative essay maintains that racism is very prevalent in American society today, despite it's alleged stigma of being politically incorrect. The film points to several examples, including the portrayal of Native Americans in the Disney film "Pocahontas" and the use of demeaning Native American images as sports team mascots.
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"Though many individuals argue racism no longer exists in American society, nothing could be further from the truth. Although racism may be less overt than in the past (it is touted as being politically incorrect), numerous examples..."
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Sports Teams Names and Mascots, 2005.
An argument against the use of Native American identifiers for U.S. sport teams' mascots and names.
920 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 31.95
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This essay argues that it is a crime against humanity for sports teams in American society to continue their use of Native American identifiers for team names and mascots. The essay maintains that these images desensitize Americans and make them intolerant of Native Americans. The paper also studies this issue with the wider context of the historical role of propaganda against Native Americans.
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"Julius Streicher was sentenced to death for the use of propaganda to dehumanize the Jewish people. The propaganda promoted in Streicher's Bavarian tabloid, Der Sturmer, created a lack of feeling toward Jews who were systematically..."
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Leonard Peltier, 2005.
This paper discusses the life and work of Leonard Peltier, an American Indian Movement activist, who was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murders of two FBI Agents; however, his guilt is disputed.
1,315 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 44.95
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This paper explains that Leonard Peltier, a Lakota-Ojibwe Indian, raised on the Turtle Mountain Reservation, experienced the government's intrusion on the rights of his people when he was sent to a U.S. residential boarding school for Native Americans. The author points out that Peltier, who was an active member of the American Indian Movement (AIM), which was founded to protect Indian people from cultural, spiritual and physical genocide, and his supporters believe that he was targeted by the FBI's COINTELPRO program, which suppresses people by using methods of arrest, slander and attack. The paper relates that Peltier's plight as a living martyr garnered international attention after the publication of Peter Matthiessen's famous book, "In the Spirit of Crazy Horse", in 1983; Peltier's supporters included such people as the Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, Mother Theresa, Amnesty International and 50 members of the U.S. Congress.
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"Peltier's co-defendants, were tried separately. Civil rights lawyer, William Kunstler, defended Butler and Robideau and argued that they had fired in self-defense. Kunstler expounded on, throughout the trial, the saga of white oppression of American Indians. Peltier's trial, in Fargo, North Dakota, had a different tone, Judge Paul Benson refused to allow any testimony unrelated to the events at Pine Ridge. The all-white jury did not hear of the injustices experienced by the American Indians. Peltier was found guilty on two counts of first-degree murder and sentenced to two consecutive life terms."
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Women in America, 2005.
Examines the role of women in early American society.
830 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 29.95
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This paper compares the role of Native American women and European settlers in early American society. It uses several references to draw its conclusions, including "Women and Freedom in Early America" (Larry Eldridge) and Philip Barbour's "Pocahontas and Her World".
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"European Women experienced very limited freedom. They were raised to be silent, submissive, and subordinate. Under European law, a wife had no "independent legal status." (Eldridge 45). After moving to the New World, Abigail Adams' journal and letters to her husband John Adams, demonstrate the role of women in Europe and how she evaluated and argued her role during these times. In a "Letter to John Adams," Abigail asked him to remember and considered the ladies as he had great influence over many powerful leaders who can change the role of women in the New World. "Men of Sense in all Ages abhor those customs which treat us only as the vassals of your sex," she argued. (Mulford 1035)."
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Louise Erdrich's Poetry, 2005.
An analysis of literary techniques in Louise Erdrich's works.
1,587 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 0 sources, $ 51.95
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This paper explains that Louise Erdrich is a great example of a Native American author who writes about themes and issues that are very close to her heart and uses many subtle techniques such as symbolism and the functions of non-protagonist characters to enhance her literature and to further convey points that she wants to make to her readers. Her poetry is examined in this paper, to point out these literary techniques.
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""Dear John Wayne" is an absolutely fascinating poem in which Erdrich uses symbolism and imagery masterfully to enhance the story. Early in the poem, Erdrich utilizes her skill with imagery give the reader an image of Native American men lying on the hood of a car at a drive-in movie theater and watching a giant image of John Wayne, the great cowboy, as he dominates a group of Indians. This is an obvious, yet clever display of symbolism, with John Wayne symbolizing the white American culture. John Wayne's image on the screen is described as being gigantic, and this certainly has relevance other than simply his physical appearance.'"
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De-culturalization, 2005.
An historical essay concerning the forced Americanization and de-culturalization of Native Americans and Africans through the misuse of education.
2,181 words (approx. 8.7 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 68.95
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This paper argues that Americanization and de-culturalization through the misuse of education was a form of control that the white European used over the Native American and the African people. It claims that they used a very aggressive and dominant form of mis-education to control the Native American and they used a lack of education to control the African. The paper examines the educational abuse of both groups.
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"Imagine the scene; it is 1846 and a Presbyterian Missionary, James Ramsey, is telling a room full of Choctaw Indians, in essence, that "they too" could be as civilized, knowledgeable, and powerful as the culturally and racially superior white man if they were to embrace a rudimentary education in basic grammar school curricula and christianity. Think of being a slave in pre-Civil War days and being kept intentionally uneducated simply so you would not be able to form a revolt. Then imagine the life and times of the African-American child in a segregated school system, post-Civil War, with not much of a chance to succeed given the child's background, the prejudice of the society in which the child lives, and the unequal opportunity that is segregation. In each of these scenes, there are the forces of Americanization and Deculturalization, like it or not. Education, miseducation, and the force of "no education" have all been used by whites to dominate the nonwhites, those who don't conform, and the dominated cultures, who, when analyzed, are oft one and the same. Is Americanization something to be proud of if it is just another word for the cloaked denuding of interesting and harmless cultural differences, or the creation of a person who will, at long last, "fit in"? Is the sterilizing nature of deculturalization acceptable?"
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Native Americans, 2005.
This paper examines the history of Native Americans. It also discusses many aspects of their present-day life both on and off of the reservation.
2,942 words (approx. 11.8 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 87.95
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This paper goes into great detail about Native American struggles: How the Europeans stole their land and how the government has been trying to assimilate them into mainstream society. It discusses many battles between the Natives and Europeans, as well as the many legal acts that have been created against them.
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"For centuries, Native Americans have dealt with hardships; it seems as though they are singled out. Native Americans have been viewed unjustly since early colonialism. Their land was stolen, given back, and so on. Criticism has plagued their credibility, pursuits, and dreams. Through treaties and warfare they have been forced to assimilate like White Europeans. They try to live soundly, peacefully, with no outside interference, but to no avail. As this paper will demonstrate, through policies, treaties, assimilation acts, and warfare, Native Americans have been ill-treated."
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Native Americans, 2005.
An overview of the history and advancement of Native Americans.
1,346 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 45.95
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This paper discusses the history of the Native Americans including warfare and the major federal policies that made them change their ways of life dramatically. It also talks about how the Native Americans influence the United States today.
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"In 1953 the Termination Act of 1953 was initiated. It was originated to aid the Native Americans but ended up causing more harm then good. This ended the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and all of the programs that went with it. It divided tribal property among its members, which subjected them to taxation. It also put an end to tribal government and relocated many Indians to the cities where jobs were available. The Termination policy also ended federal responsibility and social services - education, health and welfare, to the Indians. Many Americans were happy about this because it lowered taxes. The effect this had on tribes was disastrous because it caused huge economic problems."
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Success of the Involuntary Minority Student, 2003.
A look at why involuntary minorities have experienced far less academic success than voluntary minorities.
9,625 words (approx. 38.5 pages), 46 sources, APA, $ 196.95
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In this paper the author provides a brief overview of the past and present explanations of involuntary minority academic success and failure and then argues that the presently accepted sociolinguistic and cultural-ecological theories do not adequately explain the variability in involuntary minority academic success. Subsequently, the author proposes an alternative explanation of involuntary minority academic success and failure based on the ability of the local school to institute measures which develop a sense of trust -- or at least an abeyance of distrust--in the school and school authority held by involuntary minority students, parents, and community. Using the posited explanation as a basis for discussion, the authorl then proceeds to describe how current educational practices at the local school site contribute to involuntary minority academic failure through the development of involuntary minority distrust of the school. Within this discussion, the author also proposes some strategies, which schools can employ to increase achievement of involuntary minority students by justifying the development of a sense of trust in the school within the involuntary minority community.
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Explanations of Involuntary Minority Low Achievement
Trust as a Critical Variable in Involuntary Minority Academic Success
Parent Participation
Teacher Self-Efficacy and Expectations
Multicultural Curriculum and Culturally Relevant Pedagogy
Meaningful Curriculum
Conclusion
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"Since the early years of the twentieth century, significant concerns have existed about the academic and social problems encountered by minority students in the schooling process (Ogbu, 1991; Tyack, 1974). These concerns have, once again, become a prominent issue among educators and politicians as the result of a multitude of demographic studies indicating students of color will comprise a majority of our school-aged population in the foreseeable future. In studying the ubiquitous disparity in academic achievement between minority and non-minority students over the past decades, however, anthropologists and educators have identified a distinct variability in the academic success between two discrete subgroups within the minority school population: the first subpopulation consists of those minority groups which have voluntarily emigrated from their original society to a different society, while the second subpopulation consists of those minority groups which, because of slavery, conquest, or colonization, did not voluntarily choose to become members of a particular society (Ogbu, 1991). Within the United States, the first subpopulation, described as voluntary minorities, would consist of groups such as Europeans, Central and South Americans, and Asians. The second subpopulation, described as involuntary minorities, would include primarily African Americans, Native Americans, and many Hispanic Americans.1 A large and growing body of research has documented that voluntary minority students tend to academically outperform their involuntary minority counterparts in a number of different settings, including in the United States (Ogbu, 1991)."
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