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    films‚ Native Americans have historically been portrayed as uncivilized and dangerous. Many photographs from hundreds of years ago were staged – paying Natives to wear traditionally incorrect dress and costumes‚ like headdresses. Chiefs wore headdresses during special ceremonies and that was it. However‚ when someone dresses up as a Native‚ they wear a headdress because it’s their stereotypical image of a Native American. Most people don’t know the true history of the Native Americans (the removal

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    Native American Culture is a culture of respect to their ancestors‚ and to their gods such as the moon‚ sun‚ and animals. Believing in reincarnations‚ they give sacrifice of animals and dance around fire to be in their gods favor; for when they die they will return in some form of animal or human. Reasons for the expansion of Europe into the west were 1). They were in search of riches ex. Gold‚ oil‚ tobacco‚ land‚ crops est.‚ they figured if they can find these resources they can trade them and make

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    The first page of the text Chemical Dependency by McNeece and DiNitto states that ethnicity and culture have been called the strongest determinants of drinking pattern in a society. The two ethnicities or cultures I chose to write about are Native Indian and African Americans. Native Indians: Native Indians have a very permissive attitude towards substance use. They have been accused of enabling alcoholics by paying for their bills‚ bailing them out of jail‚ and placing blame on others rather than

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    What is culture? Culture is an important part of our world today. Culture is a way to identify who you are and where you are from. It is important to know about the cultures of different people‚ so you can understand why they do the things they do and act they act the way they act. Food and what certain people eat is an aspect that is associated between a person and their culture. Another association between a person and their culture would be their political life. Jamaica and Mauritania are two

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    Native Americans‚ or Indians‚ or whatever people might choose call people who first came to North America‚ are pictured with bow and arrow‚ riding a horse‚ and hunting buffalos‚ or with a tomahawk in the hand‚ and a feather in their head trying to fight and be violent. The truth is people only see one side of the story. In reality Native Americans have a complex and diverse culture‚ that has evolved as the time has passed. They have gone from hunting mammoths‚ and collecting wild barriers to farming

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    The Decimation and Manipulation of the Native American Culture The United States has definitely succeeded in tarnishing and corrupting the Native American culture‚ as evident in Sherman Alexie’s poem‚ “How to Write the Great American Indian Novel”. One researcher records that‚ “The poem is a painful reminder of how the United States has at one and the same time decimated native peoples and their culture while exploiting those people and that culture for its own gain.” I most definitely agree

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    Native Americans live in their own world and own community‚ owning casinos‚ private housing and just recently an amusement park in the makings. With approximately 2.1 million Native Americans in the United States‚ 566 nationally recognized and 10 separate cultures‚ we make up roughly 0.6 percent of the American population today. The 10 different cultures are the Arctic‚ the Subarctic‚ the Northeast‚ the Southeast‚ the Plains‚ the Southwest‚ the Great basin‚ California‚ the Northwest Coast and the

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    Burial Rituals of Native American Culture At some point in our lives‚ we all come to realize that death is a part of life. Cultural diversity provides a wide variety of lifestyles and traditions for each of the unique groups of people in our world. Within these different cultures‚ the rituals associated with death and burial can also be uniquely diverse. Many consider ritualistic traditions that differ from their own to be somewhat strange and often perceive them as unnatural. A prime example

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    According to Hofstede‚ culture is the collective programming of the mind that distinguishes the members of one group or category of people from others (Hofstede and Hofstede‚ 2005‚ 4). However‚ human beings are not programmed same way as the computers are‚ they have reflective ability and may deviate based on unforeseen event. More so‚ culture has strong impact on the way a person act on certain situation. Between 1994 and 2005 over half the U.S. work force was made up of minorities. Currently‚ one

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