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The Native Americans and Ritual, 2002.
Shows how ceremony helped preserve the natural world of the Native Americans.
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 62.95
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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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Team Names, Mascots and Racism, 2002.
This paper examines the issue of team names and mascots that can be construed as racist.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 7 sources, $ 44.95
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By looking at the Cleveland Indians and their mascot Chief Wahoo, this paper shows how team names and mascots can be viewed as rascist in nature. It outlines the opposition's case. It also appraises the situation, particularly the constitutional issue of banning these names and mascots, concluding they should not be banned although some might be altered.
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First Contact, 2002.
Examines the differences between European explorers and Native Americans at their first encounters.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 44.95
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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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The Cherokee Nation, 2002.
Traces the history of the Cherokee Nation from 1500 to 1865.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 71.95
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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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Native American Lessons of Place, 2002.
How the Native Americans changed the perception of land and geography.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 9 sources, $ 71.95
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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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Native America Assimilation, 2002.
A look at how Native American assimilation was wrongly interpreted by anthropologists.
2,150 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 80.95
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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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Clinton's Indian Education Policy, 2002.
A discussion of Clinton's education policy of the native American population.
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 12 sources, $ 62.95
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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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The Life of Geronimo, 2002.
A biography of Apache Chief Geronimo.
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 89.95
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This paper discusses the life of Apache Chief Geronimo who in reality devoted his life to defending the rights of his people and ownership of their native land against the United States military.
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Native American Communications, 2002.
This paper discusses that Native American communications within their cultural settings entail many verbal and non-verbal methods of discourse.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 53.95
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When examining this phenomenon, it is vital to emphasize that written literature and scholarship, in the way it is known in the Western world, does not exist in North American languages. This fact serves as the foundation to how and why Native American communication exists in the form of symbolism and visualized images.
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"On the Rez", 2002.
A look at the portrayal of Native Americans In Ian Frazier's "On the Rez".
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, $ 35.95
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This paper addresses the theme of how Native Americans are cast as heroes in the American lexicon but are typically not perceived as being truly part of the United States in Ian Frazier's book "On the Rez".
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Black Hawk, 2002.
An overview of the leadership qualities of the Native American chief, Black Hawk.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper addresses the leadership qualities found within the Native American chief, Black Hawk. Black Hawk is the leader who led the last conflict against the white settlers east of the Mississippi. This paper demonstrates that Black Hawk is a leader who easily motivated and encouraged his war party to fight in a war they knew they would lose.
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Use Of Native American Mascots: Honor or Disgrace?, 2002.
This paper addresses the continued controversy surrounding the use of Native American persons and images as sports-team mascots.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 35.95
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This paper addresses the continued controversy surrounding the use of Native American persons and images as sports-team mascots. The paper presents cogent reasons why these cultural images should not be used because they destroy more pride (in the Native American people who find them offensive) than they create for the sports fans in the community. The paper approaches the issue from a psychological and anthropological perspective. 4 pgs. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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