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    The Indian In The Child

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    The Indian in the Child by Stephanie Wood Elena Qin Feb 21 B Examine each account you find to determine its point of view. The following questions may be helpful: 1. What is the author’s background and relationship to the topic being addressed? For example‚ is the author a member of the First Peoples‚ a government official‚ a business person‚ a teacher or professor‚ or an environmentalist? The author Stephanie Wood was a 17-year-old

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    “Saving” The Indians

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    “Saving” The Indians What the white reformers hoped to achieve with the breakup of the reservations and with schools was assimilation. The saw that through assimilation that the Indians could be “white”. In instructions to Indian Agents and Superintendents of Indian Schools. The source states that the people thought that if the Indians were destined to become part of national life and not viewed as Indians but to make them Americans was through a system of schooling for the Indian youth. They

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    Proud to Be an Indian

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    Proud to be an Indian India‚ a country with a culture having more than ten thousand years has enriched the global scientific‚ educational‚ economic and cultural scenario significantly. That is the reason why mark Twain has stated “India is the cradle of the human race‚ the birthplace of human speech‚ the mother of history‚ the grandmother of legend and the great grandmother of tradition.” Being born in such a great country‚ you have millions of reasons to feel proud as an Indian.  Some of them

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    Indian Airlines

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    1 CAPACITY UTILIZATION IN INDIAN AIRLINES Danish A. Hashim* Sir Ratan Tata Fellow Institute of Economic Growth Delhi. 110 007. INDIA. E-mail: danish_hashim@yahoo.com April 2003 Abstract The financial performance of the state -owned Indian Airlines has deteriorated since 1989- 90. The main reasons cited for the poor financial performance of Indian Airlines include: rising fuel prices‚ excess staff‚ serving uneconomic routes and increasing expenses on insurance. However‚ low capacity utilization

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    the first Seminole War (1817-1818) Andrew Jackson invaded Florida‚ destroyed Black and Indian towns. During this time Blacks fled to the Bahamas. In 1823 some Seminole Indian leaders moved to a reservation in Florida and were ordered to return slaves that did not belong to them. The Indian Removal Act of 1830 decreased Indians would be removed from the west. The Blacks feared if they stayed with the Indians they would be returned to slavery. They took the lead and joined the Seminoles in

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    force in clearing away the Native Americans. He strongly despised American Indians as evidenced by his relentless promotion for their removal. Jackson eventually got his wish when Congress passed the Indian Removal Act which forced American Indians to relocate‚ thus allowing settlers to use the remarkably fertile Native American land for their own crops and agriculture. From the late 1700’s to the early 1800’s‚ American Indians had to travel from their homes some 800 miles to now day Oklahoma.

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    Indian Stereotypes

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    Indian Stereotypes Reflection on Indian Stereotypes A stereotype is a conforming idea about a group or race of people. When discussing Native Americans‚ many stereotypes do not accurately describe the identity of us. Racial stereotypes have always been around for as long as I can remember. Being a Native American male myself I can honestly say that I and my family have been subjected to it. I have been called a drunken Indian and my three and six year old daughters have been called “untamed

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    Educating Indian Girls

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    HIST 136 Paper #1 Fall 2014 In Robert Trennert’s essay‚ “Educating Indian Girls at Nonreservation Boarding Schools‚ 1870-1920”‚ there is an argument on the federal government’s policy on sending young Indian girls to schools to be “Americanized.” During the 1870s‚ the government provided education for Indian youth of both sexes. The schools started in 1878 when Captain Richard Henry Pratt‚ in charge of a group of Indian prisoners at Fort Marion‚ convinced the government to educate eighteen of his

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    Indian in the Cupboard The Indian in the Cupboard was written by Lynne Reid Banks in British in 1980‚ a boy named Omri receives a present of an old cupboard from his brother‚ a little Indian figure made of plastic from his friend. That night‚ Omri goes through his mom’s box of old keys and finds a gold key with a red ribbon. The key actually fit in the keyhole of his cupboard. Before bed he tries to find something to put inside the cupboard. He decides to put the plastic Indian in there. The

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    Indian Culture

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    Indian Culture "India is the cradle of human race‚ the birthplace of human speech‚ the mother of history‚ the grandmother of legend‚ and the great grandmother of tradition. Our most valuable and most astrictive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only! - Mark Twain” This quote is an exemplary example of Indian history that only scratches the surface of the actual history of India. India’s culture is an amalgamation of its own states and “subcultures.” Hierarchy‚ family status

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