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Indian Girl Turns To Nature
1,129 wordsIt was approaching dusk as the conspicuous line of dark vans entered the reservation. These vehicles served the purpose of furnishing transportation for about 30 members of a Cleveland area youth group, whose mission was 'to bring good news to the badlands'; . In short, the group was ministering to the Indian children of the Pine Ridge Reservation, which was in close vicinity to the natural wonder found in the foothills of 'the badlands'; . The trip became a tradition for my church and I travele...
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Life Of George Bent
1,075 wordsThe Life of George Bent The Life of George Bent by George E. Hyde is a very interesting and informative book. This book is basically a chronological story of George bents life as a half white, half Indian and all the experiences he had. The Bent family plaid a large role in the development of the west. There are many historic events, however, what I feel is the most important of these episodes, to Colorado history is the Sand Creek Massacre. I personally, have mixed reviews on the book, its narr...
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White Man's Answer Toan Indian Problem
1,938 wordsIn the novel Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko, we see how Tayo (the main character) a half breed being half Indian and half White appreciates and accepts his Indians roots more than the full breed Indians that have gone tothe war as well as his Aunt. It is ironic how a person like Tayo is not accepted by either cultures, but at the same time he wants to be a part of his Indian culture while people like his cousin Rocky, his aunt, and the other Indian veterans want to be a part of what they believ...
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Tragedy The Author Helen Hunt Jackson
961 wordsA Century Of Dishonor, a Triumph or Tragedy The author Helen Hunt Jackson had hoped for a triumph over the mistreatment, abuse, and mainly the deaths of seemingly innocent Native Americans with her novel, A Century Of Dishonor. However, when the hard cold reality set in, her novel was merely a small tragedy in the battle for the Native Americans that sadly went unnoticed. What treaty that the whites ever made with us red men have they kept Not one. When I was a boy the Sioux owned the world. The...
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Origins And Causes Of Ethnic Inequality
875 wordsOrigins and causes of ethnic inequality applied to minorities in U.S. ORIGIN AND CAUSES OF ETHNIC INEQUALITY APPLIED TO BLACKS For Blacks racial inequality existed from the very beginning. The whole black population wasn t free. There were many white indentured servants in the earlier periods of colonization. There were many Native Indian servants as well. Ethnocentrism already existed at that time (even between whites of different origin and religion), but it was far from racial or ethnic strat...
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Matt And Attean
1,061 wordsThe Sign of the Beaver Elizabeth George SpeareD ell Yearling 1983 Zachary Neil 11/30/00 Period 2 This story took place on the frontier, in the summer of 1768, in Maine's woods. Matt Hallowell and his father stake a claim in Maine territory. Once they find the perfect place, they build a new cabin. There were many trees around and a river close by where they could get water and food. There was even enough room to plant corn. There weren't any other settlers there. After Matt and his father got th...
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Shows Natty Before His Death
737 words"Go my children; remember the just chief of the palefaces, and clear your own tracks from briers!" (The Prairie; pg. 123) The trapper, Natty Bumppo, is remembered as one of the greatest chief of all palefaces. He is represented as the good and bad of both cultures, which shows more concern for others than him. Natty, was a skilled warrior that no matter what the consequences were he was up for a challenge. In addition to Natty, he was a symbol to both the white and red skins. By the end of Natty...
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Tecumseh And The Older Brother
1,033 wordsIt is believed that Tecumseh was born in 1768 in central Ohio. He was the second son of a Shawnee warrior who was killed at the Battle of Point Pleasant. In his dying breaths, his father commanded his eldest son Cheesuaka, to train Tecumseh as a warrior and to never make peace with the whites. Cheesuaka was good to his word and became an excellent warrior and a teacher. He grew close with his younger brother, and after their mother moved to Missouri he acted as a foster parent as well. Tecumseh ...
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Ghost Dance Movement
603 wordsThe Ghost Dance In January 1889, Wovoka, a Paiute Indian, had a revelation during a total eclipse of the sun. It was the genesis of a religious movement that would become known as the Ghost Dance. It was this dance that the Indians believed would reunite them with friends and relatives in the ghost world. The legend states that after prayer and ceremony, the earth would shatter and let forth a great flood that would drown all the whites and enemy Indians, leaving the earth untouched and as it wa...
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African American Troops
398 wordsDaily Life on the Western Frontier Daily life for the troops of the 9th and 10th Cavalries was harsh, but, for the most part, it was similar to that of their White counterparts. During the 1860's and 70's, the frontier forts resembled little more than rundown villages, and the enlisted men's barracks were often poorly ventilated, insect infested hovels. The only bathing facilities usually consisted of the local creek. As a result, diseases such as dysentery, bronchitis, and tuberculosis were a c...
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Discrimination The Theme Of Douglass Novel
694 wordsBreaking the Shackles If there is a theme that has been present in writings since the beginning of time, it is discrimination. Since the creation of man, discrimination has been a problem in society. The theme of discrimination is illustrated through the novel, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass; the essay, 'Indian Civilization vs. White Civilization;' ; and the speech, 'I Have a Dream. ' ; The theme of discrimination is clearly present in Frederick Douglass' Narrative of the Life of Fr...
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Pocahontas And The Mythical Indian Woman
5,490 wordsPOCAHONTAS AND THE MYTHICAL INDIAN WOMAN: REFORMING THE IMAGE THROUGH NATIVE AMERICAN FICTION Pocahontas. Americans know her as the beautiful, Indian woman who fell in love with the white settler John Smith and then threw her body upon the poor white captive to protect him from being brutally executed by her own savage tribe. The magical world of Walt Disney came out with their own movie version several years ago portraying Pocahontas as a tan, sexy Barbie doll figure and John Smith as a blond-h...
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Captive By The Lenape Indian Tribe
686 words1. The theme of this book was in search of ones self. I chose this theme because Catharine was in search of her self throughout the whole story. Her and her brother were taken captive by the Lenape Indian tribe and she had to search to find her self throughout her time in captivity. In the beginning when she was captured, it was awkward and confusing. This was because she was a Quaker and she didn't know if she was now an Indian or still a Quaker, because the Lenape weren't going to return her t...
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White's Belief Of The Indians Belief
858 wordsToday, certain themes are shared by both cultures: "New World version of the theme of descent, ascent, and salvation is the way by which the tropical hell of jungle and jungle Indians is so clearly opposed to the terrestrial paradise of the highlands above. The imagery proper to each realm, as well as the cycle of death and rebirth connecting them, reappear persistently down through the ages-as we shall see in curing visions of poor white colonists, Indians, and Capuchin missionaries in the twen...
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Trial Mexican Americans
1,042 wordsWho's country does this really belong to Since the beginning of the colonization of America it has been known as the" melting pot combining different races and cultures. Only one has always been in power and dominated this country. One of the main ideas that comes across to other nations is the diversity of races and cultures within this country. Even though that is this the idea that our government is trying to portray it seems that the constitution has only included one of these races, the whi...
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White The Colony
2,773 wordsThe story of Jamestown was one of America's first documented mysteries. There are clear facts about this voyage that have been documented. In 1587, John White did make a temporary establishment on or near Roanoke Island, and that after leaving for three years did return to the island in 1590. On his return, all traces of the colonist having lived there for those three years had vanished. No Jamestown colonist is known to be seen from again. So what happened to them during those three years James...
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Lumbee Indians
2,107 wordsFight for Recognition It is hard to believe now that the plain and forthright flatland's of Robeson County could have hidden an entire people for generations. Most every part of North Carolina used to be tobacco country. But many, perhaps most, of the tobacco fields are abandoned now. The generation that has gone off to work the assembly lines in the Converse plant down at Lumberton, at Kelly-Springfield in Fayetteville, or at Campbell Soup over in Maxtor hardly even remembers the grueling work ...
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Sitting Bull Cochise
2,468 wordsCochise, Geronimo, Sitting Bull Cochise, Geronimo, and Sitting Bull are all Native Americans of great achievement. They fought for their lives and the lives of others who were all fighting for their freedom from oppression. Cochise and Geronimo were both members of the Apache Indian tribe and fought together against the Mexicans and white settlers invading Indian territory. Sitting Bull was a chief of the Sioux people. All three were alive during the Civil War and were forced to move to reservat...
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Indian Wars In The West
1,739 wordsHistory Chapter 27 The Great West and the Agricultural Revolt Indians Embattled In the West Civil War crashed to a close; the frontier was still wavering westward. Great west was embracing mountains, plateaus, deserts, and plains; it was the habitat of the Indian, the buffalo, the wild horse, the prairie dog, and the coyote. The entire domain was 3 territories - "Arizona, New Mexico, and the "Indian territory, or Oklahoma. Native Americans had misfortune with advancing white settlers. Spanish-in...
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End Of The Tecumseh Confederation
542 wordsTecumseh was many things and one was that he was a person with a lot of hatred toward the whites and led an intertribal Indian alliance rebellion against them who ruled in the Ohio River Valley. The Americans started to take land of the Indians. Tecumseh, a Shawnee leader and a brave man, wanted to end the advancement of the whites. He decided that the only way to put an end to the advancement of the whites is to organize all the Indian tribes west of the Appalachians to form a huge confederatio...
