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  • Natives An Inferior Civilisation
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    Europe and the 'New World " Tutorial Question: Why were the 'westerners' (Spanish, English, Portuguese's, French etc) able to displace the native people's of America with, seemingly, relative ease? Was this evidence of a superior 'civilisation'? Many believe that there is a great difference between 'westerners' and the native people of the lands they conquered. The truth is, that there is not great distinction, except in the minds of white men. 'Westerners's uch as the French, Spanish, English a...
  • Their Native Tongue At The Carlisle School
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    In a small town called Carlisle, Pennsylvania, lies a defunct boarding school with an endless amount of history. The school was called the Carlisle Industrial Boarding School reflecting the name of the town in which it was built. It was the first Boarding School established by the government for the Native American under the age of 18. Its main purpose was to teach Native Americans the white man's way. The Carlisle school's destruction of its students left a scar on Native American culture that ...
  • Baca's Poems
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    Catherine Hardy Like many Southwestern writers, Baca identifies with the land around him and the myths that are part of his culture. And like Joy Haro, Baca seeks transformation "to make sense of a terrible, terrible history". For Baca, that terrible history is both personal and cultural. Identified as a mestizo, a person with both Spanish and Native American heritage, Baca perceives himself as an outsider in much of his work. Abandoned as a child, Baca's life is seared with a punishing past, wh...
  • Northern Portions Of Chile
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    Chile The first European to visit what is now Chile was the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, who landed at Chilo Island following his voyage, in 1520, through the strait that now bears his name. The region was then known to its native population as T chili, a Native American word meaning "snow". At the same time of Magellan's visit, most of Chile south of the Rape River was dominated by the Araucanians, a Native American tribe remarkable for its fighting ability. The tribes occupying the ...
  • Native Americans Respect For Nature
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    Affirmation is defined as a recognition of political, personal, cultural values and identity. The Puritans, African Americans, and Native Americans affirmed their identity in Colonial America through: oral traditions, songs, and rituals. This is the reason they are studied all over the world. The Puritans affirmed their identity through their religious beliefs, utopian ideas and theocracy. The Puritans had a storyteller who spoke of their genealogy. Since these stories were based on the bible, m...
  • Means Of Cultural Destruction Of Native Americans
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    In this paper, I will argue that the act of genocide as here defined, has been committed by the United States of America, upon the tribes and cultures of Native Americans, through mass indoctrination of its youths. Primary support will be drawn from Jorge Noriega's work, 'American Indian Education in the United States. ' The paper will then culminate with my personal views on the subject, with ideas of if and how the United States might make reparations to its victims. In lieu of the well known ...
  • Victor's Escape From Life On The Reservation
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    In the novel Reservation Blues, most of the characters struggle with their identity at some point. Victor has an especially strong urge to rebel against his Native American heritage, which is apparent in his violent, arrogant demeanor and his obvious problem with alcohol. Victor is tied to his past and has trouble coping with his life as it is, and is in a constant battle with himself, his surroundings, and other people. Early in the book, Victor is portrayed as somewhat of a bully, and he and J...
  • Strength And Pride In The Native Culture
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    It is unfairly noted that Native Literature written by Natives offends many readers with its discussion of the first-hand social ills affecting fellow Natives. However, the typical stories of Euro-Canadian relations constructed outside the Aboriginal thought imprisons all Aboriginals into stereotypes which obscure and distort their very real experiences. The obligation of the Native artist is to remain grounded in cultural soil and ideals, which is determined by Euro-Canadian standards, while at...
  • Literature Of The Native Canadian
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    Introduction: Literature offers a strong and passionate voice for the past. The literature of the Native Canadian is a voice we, the people of Canada, can no longer ignore. There is little to be gained by dwelling on the past. Nevertheless, there is much to be realized by accepting what has passed, with all of its mistakes and dust we might otherwise wish to hide under the carpets. English literature, since at least the sixteenth century, has a firm grounding in Canadian history. As a white Angl...
  • White Culture
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    Max Bunuel 10.2. 03 Problems with Imperialism: Identity and Understanding As human beings, it is instinctual to rightfully justify our actions no matter how atrocious they may be. We use subjective pretexts to mask our greed, ignorance, and hatred, for it is said that nobody looks in the mirror and sees a bad person. Historically, imperialists have embodied this paradox of malice obscured as benevolence; acting under the guise of righteousness by claiming to ameliorate the ignorant native cultur...
  • Mission's Displayed Documents And Artifacts
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    Last summer, I was fortunate enough to travel to Austria and visit Mauthousen, a concentration camp that my grandfather helped liberate during the Second World War. That experience contributed infinitely to my understanding of history and the terror that the Mauthousen prisoners endured. I found the expedition to Mission San Luis Rey de Francia equally interesting and enlightening in its own way. While the WWII concentration camp's horrors were well documented and profusely displayed, the missio...
  • E.G. Congress Of Cdn Women
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    Postwar Boom: - They had learned from WWI, so in 1944 the govt set up the Department of Reconstruction, to adjust the economy to peacetime. - It was under the leadership of C.D. Howe, the "Minister of Everything". He cut back the govt control of the economy and encouraged investment by special tax breaks. - New industries came out of the war, e.g. new appliances for the home, last ics, the jet airplane. - The war gave people lots of money to spend. Per capita income would rise every year until t...
  • Their Lives In Their Native Countries
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    Life isn't easy for many people around the world. Some of them stay their lives in their native countries but some have even harder time in their lives because they left their countries and go to a new country like the United States. Life is harder for them as the immigrants to survive in a new place. "Thanksgiving in a Monsoonless Land" a memoir by Roshni Rustomji and "Abuela Marielita" a short story by Cecilia Rodriguez Milanes are two stories that illustrate two different immigrants survivals...
  • American Heritage T.J.
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    To say that T.J. Warren is proud of his Native American heritage is an understatement. When I first sat down to interview T.J., I wasn't sure what to expect. He is a medium sized man with dark eyes and long black braided hair. With his hat turned around backwards, T.J. sat with his arms folded as I began the interview. T.J. was born in Red Mesa, Arizona. He was the second to the youngest of five children. His siblings include one brother and three sisters who all got along great and found streng...
  • Apache And Other Native Americans Onto Reservations
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    Keith Basso noted that the Cibecue village had changed in many ways since his first visit in 1959. From the new houses to the expensive TV's and VCR's, there is a post modernity in motion within the reservation. Even though the Apache had accepted and in some cases embraced modern conveniences and mainstream traits, the traditions which have been passed down from generation to generation still exist. Basso talked about how fewer and fewer young people are embarking on the ancestral trail of wisd...

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