As a result of these practices some schools became synonymous with death and disease. When a smallpox epidemic struck Blue Canyon Day School located in the Navajo Nation‚ agency officials feared the death of children‚ knowing that if a child died at the school‚ the Navahos would immediately declare the building shinkie‚ or devil haunted‚ and remove their children. A shortsighted and expedient policy of filling schools beyond their intended capacity or overworking the children in manual work programs
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giants. The Comanche Chief Rolling Thunder commented: “this race (the giants) forgot justice and mercy and became too proud‚ the Great Spirit wiped it out and all that was left of their society were the mounds still visible on the tablelands.” The Navajo legend tells that the giants “were either extinguished or went back to the heavens.” The surviving remnant of the North American Nephilim civilizations sought refuge in the wilderness. Forced to live a subsistence lifestyle‚ the Nephilim became “wild
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Sure You Can Ask Me a Personal Question (text 7 in the preparation material) is written by Diane Burns and published in 1981 in the book of poems “Riding the One-Eyed Ford”. Diane Burns (1957-2006) was a Native American poet (Ferguson‚ 2007). The poem presents a conversation between a Native American and another person. Only parts of the conversation are presented in the poem‚ but given the answers and the questions‚ it is possible to guess what type of question the Native American is answering to
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World War II had a significant impact on the right of minorities in the United States from 1939 to 1945. It greatly affected the lives of women‚ African Americans‚ Hispanics‚ Japanese‚ Hispanics‚ as well as other minority groups. Although there were mostly white male Americans fighting in the war‚ there were other ethnicities also. White men made up 87% of the force‚ while African Americans made up 11%‚ and the other two percent was made up of other groups of Americans. Only men fought during the
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| | | |I spent one year working on the Navajo resevation‚ as a speech therapist. (I really never intended to make speech-therapy a career‚ but after | |taking general pre-reqs needed for all health careers‚ I was immature and chose the shortest route so I could get married- a BS in speech
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to: 1. Select a specific culture from the following list: a. Basseri of Iran b. The Batek of Malaysia c. Enga d. The Amish e. Huaorani of Ecuador f. Bedouin g. Zulu h. Kurds i. Maori j. Mbuti k. Nayar of India l. Semai m. Navajo n. Tikopia of Melanesia 2. Research this culture using the Ashford University Online Library. Please identify and use a minimum of three scholarly articles from the library in addition to the text your research. Keep in mind that most anthropological
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When one first reads The Catcher in the Rye‚ one might be surprised by the unusual red hunting hat that Holden chooses to wear. It is ironic that Holden criticizes Mr. Spencer for being the kind of old guy that "can get a big bang out of buying a [Navajo] blanket‚" and yet‚ just a few chapters later‚ he admits that he himself gets "a big bang out of that hat." At least on this level‚ the hat hints that Holden has the same characteristics he criticizes in others. Holden tells us (towards the beginning
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Ayah’s story is a political statement. Her story also confronts the survival of the Navajo people and its traditions as well as the survival of every type of Native people traditions or cultures. This is a story about how these people hold on to the roots of their culture and lineage despite the outside forces trying to change their culture
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stretching from the Red River Basin to the Plains of Colorado to the Arkansas River to the Rio Grande. Envision the diverse groups of Natives that live on the land peacefully. Imagine the golden Pueblos of the Acoma Indians‚ the Hogan huts of the Navajo‚ and the wiki-ups of the Lipan. Then imagine this picturesque view shattered by European imperialism. The Europeans during the 16th and 17th centuries took several different approaches to the New World. The French saw potential business and trading
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When the people were hunting they lived in teepees. The teepee always faced east. The outside of the teepee was decorated with paintings of animals‚ stars‚ or other objects. To build the teepee the women took long sticks and stuck them in the ground in the form of a circle. They leaned the poles together at the top. The poles were fastened with hides. The poles were covered with buffalo hides. Two longer poles were attached to the top corners. c. The Indians had little bit of furniture. Their beds
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