Native American music has many different musical styles. Within every Native American tribe there is a variety of musical styles and instruments. In response to the research that I have conducted‚ there are three main musical styles that are going to be my point of focus. The Sioux Grass Dance‚ the Zuni Lullaby‚ and the Iroquois Quiver Dance are the principal methods which contribute to Native American music. The Sioux Grass Dance is considered to be the most popular style of Native
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Folklore Paper Blackfoot Nation The Blackfoot nation is comprised of three First Nations in Alberta‚ Canada (North Peigan‚ South Peigan‚ Kainai Nation) and one Native American tribe in Montana (Siksika Nation). Their language is of the Algonquian family and they have many beautiful stories that reflect their culture‚ language‚ geography and history. The two stories I chose to read are called “Legend of the Beginning‚” and “Blood Clot Boy.” “Legend of the Beginning” is a creation story
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Civilized Natives In the 16th century‚ the ethnocentric Europeans believed that Natives weren’t civilized and cultured people. “They caused a huge genocide on the Aboriginal people; leaving only around 800 000 Aboriginal Canadian citizens today.” (Manjikian‚ notes‚ 2013) Unfortunately‚ the Europeans were wrong. The Natives were very civilized and cultured human beings. This can be proven by multiple factors but only three will be analyzed: religion‚ art and creation stories. First of all‚ Natives
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industries in accordance with the global cigarette business with valued up to $559.9 billion USD. In Australia‚ this industry has contributes significantly to the economy (British American Tobacco [BAT]‚ 2011). The five leading transnational tobacco companies (TTC) in the international tobacco market includes British American Tobacco (BAT). BAT is a London-based transnational tobacco company that ranks third among the leaders and operates in more than 180 countries. It is well represented in both
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Native American Spirituality The purpose of this essay is to present the spiritual world of the Native Americans‚ which is one of the oldest forms of Spirituality that exists on earth. The main reason why I have chosen this topic is because I want to find out more information about their spiritual dimension and perhaps to understand better the main differences between our religion and theirs. In order to better observe this aspect‚ I will be analyzing the religious beliefs of three Native
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Native Americans’ Struggles. American colonists and the Native Americans of North America encountered a difficult relationship with one another. American colonists began to view the vast expanse of lands controlled by Native Americans as desirable and could now use Natives to acquire land for development. As the rapidly growing United States began to move towards the South‚ white settlers were confronted by the Indian nations‚ which became an obstacle in the way of their plight to acquire land to
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recognize the ways in which Indians were superior to themselves‚ referring to them as “noble savages” and beautiful (Give Me Liberty‚ 11). Giovanni da Verrazano‚ an Italian explorer‚ wrote extensively of his own encounters with various groups of Native Americans. He speaks of a mutual fascination between the Indians and his fellow explorers. The Indians‚ marveling the strange white people‚ are gracious and offer food. Verrazano seems intrigued by the Indians’ lack of clothing and physical build‚ which
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afternoon everyone‚ today I would like to further elaborate on the topic of the Spanish American War as what my fellow panelist had discussed before. First of all‚ the Spanish American War was a major turning point in the history of both opposing countries (Spain and US). The war was short and inexpensive in human life and resources. Spain had lost its major power to the United States. They also had a disastrous direct impact which turned their view towards developing their domestic needs rather than
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Stones and Sports Team Names”‚ he mentions the 1995 MLB World Series where the Atlanta Braves defeated the Cleveland Indians. Since then‚ it has jokingly been referred to as the “Politically Incorrect World Series” due to both teams stereotypical Native American mascots. Growing up‚ the Braves achieved dominance on the baseball diamond‚ which prompted every kid my age to wear the Tomahawk and make the “Braves” t-ball team. I was introduced to the Cleveland Indians by the comedy movie‚ Major League and
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February 2‚ 2015 Native Americans DBQ (1877-1900) In the late 1800s‚ Americans were continuing to expand Westward as they “worried that the Northeast was overpopulated and that‚ as a result‚ the country would face the same problems as Europe—class conflict‚ poverty‚ and urban ills” (Document I). From 1850 to 1890‚ the Native lands ceded went from Midwest America to the Pacific Coast (Document A). This presented a similar problem that they had faced in the past with Native American land. In an attempt
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