RESOURCE EXTRACTION ON NATIVE AMERICAN LANDS Andrew Kalmey This August 2012 article “Tapping Into the Land‚ and Dividing its People” describes the controversies of whether the Blackfeet tribes should allow oil companies on to their 1.5 million acre reservation on order to drill for oil. This issue causes divide within the peoples on the reservation because of their Blackfeet beliefs of how the land is living and very sacred and whether or not to go against those beliefs in order to gain jobs and
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Western legal and economical marginalization of Immigration Throughout the course of world history‚ humans have move across geographical boarders with the desire of finding and better a greater future for their generations. Today‚ just like the times tribes that traveled looking for food in the wilderness and lived off of the land‚ social groups have continue to move themselves‚ their ideas and costumes in order to survive. As humanity continues to progress and become more globalized‚ so has
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The Native American Culture should be saved because they are people of American‚ they have their own belief system and the different ways of living. Native Americans are people too‚ but they are treated very different from "normal" Americans. One example of a Native American Culture would be the Navajo Indians which was the tribe in the TV show "30 Days". The Navajo tribe lives on a reservation in 3 states: Arizona‚ Utah‚ and New Mexico. Navajo reservation is know for being one of the biggest reservations
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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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story with the notes and rhythms. If the people are in distress‚ the music will be sad and sorrowful‚ but if the people just won a big war‚ it will be joyous and happy. An example of music reflecting a culture is the Native Americans. Music was a major factor in the Native American culture. The music that the tribe played at night was a reflection of what was happening during that period in their lives. If there was a sickness going around the camp‚ killing people‚ the music would be very dismal
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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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Marginalization and Acculturation Name Institution Tutor/professor Date Introduction From all lifestyles from different nations‚ United States has accommodated very many people from all over the world hence‚ acquiring a vast and rich multi-cultural diversity. Nigeria‚ being one of the countries that have many people migrating to America due to a number of reasons. Acculturation is the interaction between two cultures. It is a model that spans various science domains like sociology‚ anthropology
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DBQ #1: Using your knowledge of the time period and documents provided‚ analyze colonial policies toward Native Americans‚ and discuss the impact of these policies on the relationship between the tribes and the new nation. Even though the American expanders had been dealing with the native Indians for western expansion many years‚ the difficulties were at their worst between the years of 1750-1800. The British‚ first settlers in the New World since the Indians‚ wanted to expand their nation
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longer exist in society by the 1930’s however‚ it was documented that 42 percent of Native American women were still being sterilized during the 1970’s. The Native American community is a subgroup that has high rates of reproduction‚ but unfortunately this community has a large percentage of their people living in
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