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Zuni Education, 2007.
This paper discusses education among the Zuni nation.
2,500 words (approx. 10.0 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 75.95
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In this article, the writer discusses how Native-American children, in every state of the United States were expected to become American citizens through a system of education that isolated them from culture and family and demanded that they learn white ways, including but not limited to language. The writer looks at how the return of people, to their Zuni roots is what will make it possible for multicultural education to succeed in the Zuni nation. The writer notes that the Zuni still receive only limited offers of higher education and they are almost devoid in the insular community. Nevertheless, teaching requirements dependent upon state regulations will likely continue to be the norm. For this reason it is essential that the strength of the Zuni multicultural education be retained and strengthened even further to support early emphasis on Zuni culture and self value and to help those who must seek higher education away from home to be able to return to teach future generations of Zuni children seek excellence and help their community to grow.
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"Wyaco's own experience in education, could serve as an introduction to the established importance of institutions, such as the one he was fighting for, and additionally the institutions for primary, intermediate and secondary education for Indians. As a Native American seeking higher education he had to isolate himself, in the white world to achieve it. Once he had done so attempting to return to his Zuni roots, by actually obtaining employment in Zuni was difficult, as much of his cultural identity had been lost as a result of the separation required for education."
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"Dance Hall of the Dead", 2002.
A review of Tony Hillerman's book "Dance Hall of the Dead" with an emphasis on Zuni and Navajo spiritual practices.
3,380 words (approx. 13.5 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 96.95
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This paper examines Tony Hillerman's book "Dance Hall of the Dead"about a Navajo policeman who investigates the murder of a young Zuni. It discusses how no one, outside an initiated practitioner in a Native American religion can really comprehend the true significance of its beliefs and rituals and how Hillerman in this novel makes an excellent beginning in differentiating between spiritual beliefs of Zuni and Navajo. It shows how the Zuni religion can be seen to be extensively different from the religion of the Navajo's in the two tribes' rituals, burial practices and beliefs in an afterlife. It uses outside sources to confirm and expand on the understanding of these varied spiritual practices.
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"For the Navajo, spirituality permeates all areas of life and is rooted in nature. Daily life proceeds upon Mother Earth and under Father Sky. There is no word for religion in the Navajo language, not because there is no religion, but because religion is not separate from life. There is nothing but religion, otherwise known as life among the Dineh, or the People. Rituals, prayers, legends and songs, are scarcely ever out of their minds. The Navajo create sand paintings and hold sings such as the Enemy Way, the Blessing Way, the Flint Way and the Mountain Top Way to cure illness and to help them surmount the problems of life on earth (Waters 248-249). From the Navajo point of view, as Frank Waters puts it, ?religion is the way of life? (Waters 396)."
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New Mexico History, 2007.
A comparison of two books about New Mexico's history, "We Fed Them Cactus" by Fabiola Cabeza de Baca and "A Zuni Life" by Virgil Wyaco.
1,235 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 42.95
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The paper discusses how the books "We Fed Them Cactus" and "A Zuni Life" represent two of the cultures who settled and created what is now the state of New Mexico. The paper relates that "We Fed Them Cactus" is told from the Spanish and Hispanic point of view, while "A Zuni Life" offers a Native-American point of view. The paper highlights the differences and common aspects shared by these diverse views of times in New Mexican history.
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"In "We Fed Them Cactus," the descendent of a Spanish conquistador remembers her family's ranch in the Llano Estacado (great or Staked Plains) of New Mexico, and she celebrates her Spanish ancestry. She also gives a rich account of the geography, politics, and culture of New Mexico in the early days of settlement, and shows how so much of the fabric of New Mexico depends on the Hispanics who settled the area hundreds of years ago. One of the details she covers is the many names that have come from Spanish sources throughout the state. She also follows the history into the twentieth century when she taught school in a tiny schoolhouse in rural New Mexico."
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Archaeology, 2005.
A discussion on archaeology and their interpretations of history.
3,375 words (approx. 13.5 pages), 10 sources, $ 133.95
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This paper examines the relationships between archaeologists and the descendants of those they study, particularly in the North American southwest desert. The paper specifically looks at the Anasazi and their Hopi and Zuni descendants and the differences between the archaeologists' interpretation of history and that of the native people. The paper also looks at the role of Pan-Indian identity and ethnicity.
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