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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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    Nathaniel Hawthorne was a popular author during the nineteenth century‚ the time in which Romanticism had a significant influence upon literature. The literary genre of romanticism has six main components: the individual‚ imagination‚ personal and social intuition‚ nature‚ emotion‚ and the unknown. The unknown is typically portrayed as death as throughout the time period in which Romanticism was prominent as death was a mystery. While humans can understand the events that occur whilst they live‚

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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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    which is popularly known as American Puritanism. A dominant factor in American life‚ Puritanism was one of the most enduring and shaping influences in American thought and American literature. Without true understanding of Puritanism‚ there would be no real understanding of American literature and American culture.¡°Puritanism had spoken for the preeminence of the individual‚ for freedom from oppressive governments‚ and for the value of learning and education. It led Americans to examine their beliefs

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    Sweat lodges are commonly used in most Native American cultures as well as others. Many people who participate in sweat lodge ceremonies do so for various reasons and all have different outcomes. All tribes are unique and they all seek different benefits‚ individually and in a group. The main purpose of the sweat lodge is purification. When you are in the lodge you can say anything you want to get off of your chest. So usually what’s said in the lodge stays in the lodge. It is commonly used to get

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    Depiction of Native Americans and African Americans in Hollywood Films Name Institution Date Introduction A person can use film‚ television‚ music‚ art‚ and literature to retrace practices within the society. Since the discovery of motion pictures in the 19th and 20th century‚ films have been a powerful tool‚ with films serving as escapist fantasies‚ enabling viewers to enter surprising worlds and experience colorful and wild characters (Holtzman & Sharpe‚ 2014). Films have also been utilized

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    literary artists have argued that writing is not a precondition before having an interesting oral narrative. There were oral narratives before writing came to Africa. Chinweizu & co. insist that we have oral narrative in Africa before people like Amos Tutuola began to write. Oral tradition is as old as man himself. DEFINITION OF AFRICAN ORAL NARRATIVES/ ORAL TRADITION The definition of African oral literature is both paradoxically complex and simple. The definition seems to depend on one who is doing

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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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    My Religion My Tribe‚ My Life: The Importance of women in Native American Religion Introduction "In February 1757‚ the great Cherokee leader Attakullakulla arrived in South Carolina to negotiate trade agreements with the governor and was shocked to find that no white woman was present. Because Cherokee women regularly advised his nations council on matters of war and peace."# For many years a lot had said about Native American religion. From the believing in spirituality to the Sun

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