Native American Mascots: Keep Them for the Win or Throw Them in the Bin? When imaging a mascot‚ the first image to appear in my head is my high school mascot which is a tiger. In addition‚ I think of the attributes it represents‚ such as pride‚ honor‚ power‚ and determination; however‚ alongside these thoughts come the memories of the ridiculous mascot in the tiger costume messing around at pep rallies and of the stripes painted on the bodies of tailgaters who would go out and “roar” at the football
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English Period 1 November 8‚ 2013 Racism against Native Americans in the 1900’s Today‚ when one thinks of racism‚ they think of African Americans or Hispanics. Believe it or not‚ there was other racism. Native Americans lived with racism throughout the 1900’s. This is overlooked by many Americans. It is a lost part of history. In the Indian Killer‚ by Sherman Alexie‚ the city shows discrimination towards the Native American’s. They use a Native American as a scapegoat for a killer that the police have
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Expansion and Native American Losses When the European colonies arrived to the land we now call America‚ the Native Americans’ way of life was destroyed. Europeans brought over diseases such as smallpox‚ measles‚ and malaria‚ all of which were never before exposed to the Native Americans. Disease wasn’t the only thing that the Europeans brought over. Along with Disease‚ Europeans also brought their culture‚ lifestyle‚ and their lust for land. The population of the Native Americans dramatically
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mascots. Some team names and mascots are related to Native Americans‚ such as The Cleveland Indians‚ Kansas City Chiefs‚ Washington Redskins‚ and the Florida State Seminoles. Some people will argue that these mascots are offensive‚ and others will say that they are just mascots. Sports teams should use Native American names and mascots because fans support these teams with pride‚ they don’t reflect poorly on Native Americans‚ and actual Native American tribes want to be named after sports teams. Fans
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problems that Native Americans face in this day and age. These problems first started when the Europeans discovered the Americas and encountered the Native Americans. The Native Americans were nice and welcoming to the explorers‚ but the Europeans quickly took advantage of that. The Europeans invaded and took over the Native American land and claimed it as their own without giving the Native Americans something as trade or even considering how it would affect them. The Native Americans still face the
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surrounds the horrific rape of an innocent Native American mother‚ Geraldine‚ as well as the murder and abuse of Mayla‚ a young Native American woman. The theme of abuse of Native Americans‚ in particular‚ women‚ is essential to the plot. It is the painful reality of Native American life: that these peoples have been systematically and egregiously mishandled‚ attacked‚ and abused. I was interested to see how prevalent the violence against both Native American women and men was. I wanted to know the
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Women in Native American Music has varied throughout the years. According to Beverley Diamond’s journal‚ Native American Contemporary Music: The Women‚ women’s roles have changed in recent years that has given strength to indigenous women’s voices (Diamond‚ pg. 388). In Diamond’s journal‚ she mentions a music gathering in Boston that showed her the prevalence of women in Native American music today (Diamond‚ pg. 387). Diamond states that at the concert she realized that‚ “Native American women in
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Today messengers came running up to the village to tell my father‚ Powhatan‚ that the white strangers‚ who had arrived in the three large canoes‚ were not leaving anytime soon. The strangers had asked for “a water supply and a place to stay” (Townsend‚ p. 4) signaling that they were here to stay. Our village of Werowocomoco has thrived under the leadership of my father‚ but people are worried that these white strangers will threaten our way of life. For my nine years alive I had seen these canoes
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the evolution of Native American culture. Thesis: Modern Native American traditions reflect the history of struggle‚ strife and triumph they experienced in history. Introduction: As most of us know‚ Native American’s have a rich history of struggle and also triumph. Many modern Native American traditions reflect the story and struggle Native American’s experienced. These stories are filled with tradition closely tied to Mother Nature. I’m sure many of you have seen Native American art and objects
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Native Americans were the first people to have arrived in America‚ and to have built an establishment in America. Many people have a stereotype on how they lived and still live currently‚ and many Native Americans don’t consent to that at all. The way many people believe that the Native Americans lived a nomadic type of lifestyle‚ such as hunting large animals for food‚ using animal parts to create clothing‚ and many other actions. This article that the author has wrote is very convincing on how
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