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    1800’s Native Americans treasured food‚ but the cooking appliances were rudimentary. Native American food and cuisine have historical significances‚ because it has changed the cooking industry today. Today we eat unhealthy‚ easy‚ quick meals. Farming methods allowed crops to grow on the same soil. It was hard‚ tiring‚ and miserable to work in the hot sun‚ trying to catch your family a meal. Today‚ microwaves‚ ovens‚ and mixers make it effortless to make a meal in minutes. Even though today we have

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    country into mass starvation and disease. The irish people did not have many choices. The had to decide to stay and hope this period in time would end or move to another country. A lot of these people chose to go to America because to heard about the American dream and the gold

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    Religion & Spirituality in the Native American Culture When the topic of the beliefs of the Native American culture arises‚ most people have generally the same ideas about the culture’s beliefs: they are very strong. Being part Native American myself‚ from the Cherokee tribe‚ I was raised to know my culture pretty well and follow the same beliefs that they teach and follow. One thing f that my grandma‚ who is the great-granddaughter of a Cherokee Chief‚ instilled in me is the importance of

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    Assignment 3 Ch. 7 How does institutional discrimination affect housing opportunities and choice? In the US‚ in spite of the fair housing act’s enforcement (1968)‚ it has been observed that‚ the most of the areas lack true diverse range of people‚ living together. In fact‚ this happens due to the Institutionalized discrimination’s practice‚ which can be defined as unreasonable and bigoted treatment of a special group of people by governments or social institutes. For instance‚ as a consequence

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    Discrimination in the healthcare systems Discrimination is the unjust treatment of people or things. Unfortunately it has been around for ages and it is encountered mostly in workplaces and on the internet. Currently it is still a common issue‚ not just in the American society‚ but worldwide. Healthcare systems are not exempted from this unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things. Nevertheless‚ this society now needs to see beyond any type of discrimination in medical

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    2/7/2011 Youth Suicide in Native Americans “I’m all alone nobody cares whether I live or die. All I ever do is cause problems for everyone. I can’t make it through school‚ I cause my family problems. I’m a failure in everything that is important to me. The only way out of this is to die.”(Suicide letter) This is what it must feel like to be on the verge of suicide‚ a horrible epidemic which has spread through the nation’s Native American tribe’s wildfire. Subsequently‚ suicide ranked

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    People discriminate for several different reasons: fear‚ envy‚ the desire for power‚ or a need to disassociate themselves from one another. The common form of discrimination to express one’s hatred‚ is using someones skin color which is a natural trait that cannot be altered. Othello‚ in Shakespeare’s play Othello is a Christian‚ African American that has been sold into slavery‚ escaped‚ and ended up as the military commander of the Venetian military. Othello experiences harsh racism and hatred after

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    Throughout the world there are many beautiful monuments meant to memorialize some of the most important events‚ people‚ and places. Many people travel thousands of miles to see them. These places are not built in a day but rather but rather designed and throughout over an extended period of time to produce a stunning and meaningful product. When creating a monuments‚ people must not only consider what person‚ event‚ or place the monument represents but also the purpose and design of the monument

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    The neglect of Native American rights traces all the way back to 1830 and stems from the Indian Removal Act. The Indian Removal Act enabled the federal government to exchange Native lands east of the mississippi for land in the west. This land was called the “Indian colonization zone‚” which is located in present-day Oklahoma. Being a big advocate and supporter of what he called “Indian Removal‚” Andrew Jackson signed off on Act. The act explicitly said that the removal treaty negotiations had to

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    In the time of the American Revolutionary War‚ there were many differences that influenced how our country turned out today. Most of the cultural differences occurred between the Native Americans and the Europeans that had newly settled in what is known today as America. Some of the most notable differences were those of religion‚ political‚ economic‚ and social. These differences divided the habitants of America in several ways and formed many bonds but also brought them to many moments of conflict

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