Cultural Paper on African Americans and Blackfoot Indian
Megan McGee
Culture Research Paper
African American Culture
The African American Culture are Americans of African descent. The African American Culture is rooted in Africa. We came about through slavery. For may years our culture has been developed separately from the mainstream America, both because of slavery and the persistence of racial discrimination in America. Also African-American slave descendants' desire to create and maintain their own traditions. In the African American Culture there are many things that have been done to contribute to today's society for example dance, music, art and literature.
The first major public recognition of the African American culture occurred during the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920 and 1930s. Authors and poets that were brought into the limelight were Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, and Courtnee Cullen. This era was where Jazz, Swing, and the blues entered the world. Musicians such as Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, and Jelly Roll Morton were considered to have laid the foundation for future musicians of their genre.
I feel that the Arts are one of the hugest contributions that African Americans have made in our society. I intend to keep the arts apart of my life.
Blackfoot Indian
The Niisitapti, also known as Blackfoot Indians, mostly reside in South Montana and the Candian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. The name Blackfoot comes from the color of the people's leather shoes or moccasins. They were typically dyed or painted the bottoms black, but legend tells of them walking through ashes of prairie fires. Within the blackfoot Nation,there were different socities to which people belonged, each had a function for the tribes. Young people were invited into societies after proving themselves by recognized passages rituals. In the Blackfoot Culture, men were responsible for choosing their marriage partners, but women had the choice to accept them or not. The male had to show the women's fathers
Culture Research Paper
African American Culture
The African American Culture are Americans of African descent. The African American Culture is rooted in Africa. We came about through slavery. For may years our culture has been developed separately from the mainstream America, both because of slavery and the persistence of racial discrimination in America. Also African-American slave descendants' desire to create and maintain their own traditions. In the African American Culture there are many things that have been done to contribute to today's society for example dance, music, art and literature.
The first major public recognition of the African American culture occurred during the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920 and 1930s. Authors and poets that were brought into the limelight were Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, and Courtnee Cullen. This era was where Jazz, Swing, and the blues entered the world. Musicians such as Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, and Jelly Roll Morton were considered to have laid the foundation for future musicians of their genre.
I feel that the Arts are one of the hugest contributions that African Americans have made in our society. I intend to keep the arts apart of my life.
Blackfoot Indian
The Niisitapti, also known as Blackfoot Indians, mostly reside in South Montana and the Candian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. The name Blackfoot comes from the color of the people's leather shoes or moccasins. They were typically dyed or painted the bottoms black, but legend tells of them walking through ashes of prairie fires. Within the blackfoot Nation,there were different socities to which people belonged, each had a function for the tribes. Young people were invited into societies after proving themselves by recognized passages rituals. In the Blackfoot Culture, men were responsible for choosing their marriage partners, but women had the choice to accept them or not. The male had to show the women's fathers