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    06 Native Americans Squanto: · Was sold into slavery · Wampanoag · Translator‚ not a cheif · Was a schemer · Friendy towards europeans/whites · Joined the pilgram community · A Patuxet · Belonged to the Wampanoag tribe · Dies in his late 30s Pwwhatan: · Chief · Wanted what was best for his tribe · Did not like europeans/whites · Agressive · Stood his ground · Died in his late 70s Similarities: · Both were Native Americans Compare and Contrast Chart: Native American Tribes

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    Imagine you’re surrounded by a hot and dusty land. No matter where you look all you see is desert. Your resources are limited. Where will your next meal come from? How will you make a shelter when all you see for miles are dead trees and cacti? This is what it may have been like to live as a Native American nomadic tribe member living in the Southwest. The Apache and Navajo people had to be incredibly resourceful and resilient to live in a region that didn’t have as many resources as other regions

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    Storytelling “Ever since mankind became imaginative‚ storytellers have been  explaining everything people encountered‚ whether or not it was true. These storytellers are modern humans most influential people.”- Donald Louis Hamilton (THE HISTORY OF STORYTELLING) Today‚ stories are a normal part of our life. Movies‚ books‚ music‚ news media; even when we talk to our friends we usually tell a story. Traditional stories however began with oral stories and have been handed over from generation

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    Native American culture is an evolving topic for people who consider themselves Natives now but throughout the history of their ancestors they have been forced to define themselves over and over again. The culture that exists today is not the same one that existed but has changed due to the events going on in the world around them and the desire to fit in a constantly changing world. Most of what has survived time from the Native American legacy is the things that now define what Native Americans

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    I would reside in the Indian culture because it is very interesting. Indians were civilized during the Harrapan culture which is a great thing. Indians are a group of very talented people who have great civilization‚ poetry‚ art work‚ and music. I enjoy the Indian music and like how it is so unique. For example‚ the raga genre seems so interesting because the artist can make the music any style they want and they can keep changing pitches as well. Raga seems significant like it is trying to tell

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    The relationship between Native Americans and early Euro-Americans on the Eastern North American Atlantic coast were gradually changing for several decades. Support: When Europeans settled in the “New Land”‚ they had hard time adapting living with the Indians. However‚ the Indians feared what Europeans brought such as weapons. There was a huge difference between the tribes’ weaponry and the European because of their powerful advances with the most progressive rifles. The flintlock rifle was

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    Keeping the culture alive Morals and values are passed down and taught to one through traditions‚ customs‚ and beliefs. However as these traditions‚ customs‚ and beliefs are passed down they are altered through each generation. Native americans and other cultures lose a bit of themselves every year through the influence of western culture. Western culture not only influences traditions and customs but also devalues the importance of the cultures. Through the ignorance of today’s American society that

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    Mercedes Courtenay Professor Hess ENG 241 October 4‚ 2012 How Europeans Change the Native Americans When Europeans first explored western Virginia in the late 1600s‚ they discovered few Native Americans. However‚ their presence‚ their goods‚ and their customs had affected many Indians. These changes had shifted the Native Americans and the Europeans in survival‚ resources‚ dominancy and rivalry. At the same time‚ the Europeans had a strong interest in enabling the Indians to acquire valuable

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    American Literature

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    WHAT IS AMERICAN LITERATURE? AN OVERVIEW When the English preacher and writer Sidney Smith asked in 1820‚ “In the four quarters of the globe‚ who reads an American book?” little did he suspect that less than two hundred years later the answer in literate quarters would be “just about everyone.” Indeed‚ just a few years after Smith posed his inflammatory question‚ the American writer Samuel Knapp would begin to assemble one of the first histories of American literature as part of a lecture series

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    Brand Storytelling In Digital Marketing Bahriye Goren‚ Art of Branding Measuring & Managing Brands in a Digital World NYU Stern School of Business‚ May 2013 What is Branding? What is storytelling? Goal of Brand Storytelling To tell your brand’s story by creating characters that enable your audience to become emotionally engaged to an extent that they want to follow these characters and stay connected to your brand Stories tap into the unconscious mind Unconscious thoughts‚ feelings‚

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