The size and shape of the shells soon became standard and the use of the shells shifted to accomplish complex economic exchanges. Once wampum shells commonly began to be used‚ the Europeans not only saw shell trading with the natives but also within their own culture eventually becoming the center of currency for the Europeans of the area. This posed some problems as the Europeans were also trading with a world that did not recognize the wampum as a form of currency but rather
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The Native American Hopi tribe perform numerous rituals to positively impact their lives and bless their tribe. The Hopi believe that there is a spiritual essence and a presence of life in everything in the universe‚ and that it is necessary to interact with these spiritual life forces in order to survive (Wright‚ 2008). Thus‚ the Hopi personify these impersonal spirits in the form of kachina dancers and carved‚ handmade kachina dolls so that they can better interact with and please these powerful
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have created a rise in this dehumanizing behavior‚ whether it is hate crime or discriminative remarks. Discrimination against customers is not rare and is often reported on nationwide. For example‚ four Latina customers in California were refused service from a waiter until he saw proof of residency. This is wrong and it is unacceptable‚ but what is not often reported in discrimination against employees by customers. Around twenty-six million people in the U.S Labor Force are foreign born‚ which
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Artifacts can tell stories. Unlike history recorded or told by human‚ artifacts are capable of revealing the most objective and neutral version of the stories. Behind the sword belonged to Thomas’ Legion‚ there is a history of Native American‚ especially the position of eastern band of Cherokee‚ during the Civil War period. The sword is a Model 1840 Cavalry Saber (M1840) in dark color‚ which used to owned by Colonel Love in Thomas’ Legion. This artifact is 44 inch long with a weight of 2.5 pounds
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America is often admired because its people can live the “American Dream”‚ or the ability of people to achieve success and a better life. Compared to many of the poor and autocratic countries this is true. But‚ people often forget that there are still issues with racism and predigest ideas. For example minorities‚ along with gay and transgender people of America‚ do not get the same opportunities as white‚ straight people. Minorities‚ gays‚ and transgender people are still looked at and treated differently
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Dealing With Cultural Differences Native American Native Americans have respect of individual differences among people. Their expressions of this value include staying out of others’ affairs and verbalizing personal thoughts or opinions only when asked. In many cultures‚ it’s the man makes the decisions for the woman. They are very religious people who work also with tarot reading‚ and wicca/pagan things. How I would deals with a Native American is to treat them all with respect and
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The term indian originated from christopher columbus.He thought he reached the east indies when he landed in america and therefore calling them the indians/Native americans. The similarities and differences are many but i don’t think they are all so interesting.But the similarities are that the native americans and the stories are about something tragic happening in their lives and they can be life lessons. In these stories of the ¨buffalo and the corn‚¨ ¨The coyote and the fox‚¨ ¨and the first
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averaging the third smallest state population wise we still had several different cultural differences within the community’s. For instance my town we have a steady population of Caucasian people and Hispanic people with a minority of Native American‚ Asian and African American within. The state alone has many more cultural ethnics within but we still maintain a steady bias of Caucasian and Hispanic. The big issue at the time is that in the past Hispanics and Caucasians hated each other to the point that
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to investigate media representations of Native Americans in pop culture‚ including film‚ TV‚ video games‚ and music. The premise of this work is that it is important to include Native American perspectives on media representation. Do modern media representations of American Indians honor Native American identities or do they continue to degrade them? Based on the information I’ve researched and the students I’ve interviewed‚ the portrayal of Native Americans in popular media has had a steady balance
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Overall the Columbian exchange is an unbalanced system‚ in which Native Americans were more greatly impacted. Afro-Eurasians provided cattle and horses (which produced war and famine)‚ weeds (which destroyed natural flora and fauna)‚ diseases (which decimated ninety percent of the population) and slavery (which introduced racial discrimination); and in turn the Americas provided silver (which enabled Spain to become a global superpower)‚ corn and potatoes (which re-shaped the Afro-Eurasian diet)
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