“The Washington State Board of Education has passed a resolution urging school districts to stop using Native American mascots‚ the Olympian reported.” (ABC news). We can recall that these mascots were deemed “full of pride‚ integrity‚ courage” and so much more by the fans‚ promoters‚ and teams. People say the mascots are “okay”. But has that ever made anything in the world “okay”? In that sense‚ war‚ and everything that happens with it is “okay” too. Is it okay to take images from cultures we essentially
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Are Native American Mascots Racist Symbols Many Sports teams today have mascots and team names that are offensive to Native Americans. Teams such as the Kansas City Chiefs‚ Atlanta Braves‚ Washington Redskins‚ Cleveland Indians‚ Chicago Blackhawks‚ and the North Dakota Fighting Sioux just to name a few. A controversy has existed for decades about sports mascots with Native American images and names. Some argue that the images and names projected by Indian mascots demean the traditions of their
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Ahwahneechee‚ the Native American people‚ who have lived on the land 8‚000-10‚000 years ago (Hamilton 12). It also tells the history of the European- American settlers who travel to the Yosemite Valley in the mid-1800’s‚ to mine the land and seek their fortunes (Hamilton 12). According to US Parks website‚ “the native people of Yosemite had a rich heritage and culture of traditions‚ religion‚ songs‚” and live fairly peacefully in the Sierra Nevada foothill‚ until the arrival of Euro-American miners (US
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experiences of the Native Americans and the Africans in the North American colonies during the colonial period differed greatly‚ but were also similar in many ways. The natives were just that‚ natives; they owned land that was taken from them by European settlers who came from a land faraway. The settlers came to the natives’ land‚ and were at a disadvantage because most of their people had died from diseases or hunger whilst crossing the ocean to find a New World. The natives saw how pathetic they
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Poverty Among Native Americans W.E.B Du Bois once stated “to be a poor man is hard‚ but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships” (qtd. in Rodgers 1). The Native American culture is often overlooked by many people in the United States today. What many people do not realize is that about twenty-five percent of Native Americans are living in poverty (Rodgers 1). A majority of the poverty among Native Americans is due to the United States breaking treaties that promised
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“Native American Religions” Native American Religions happen to be one of the oldest and most enduring forms of religion. They comprise a large number of distinct tribes‚ states‚ and ethnic groups. Native Americans arrived on the North American Continent fifth-teen thousand to twenty thousand years ago. Native Americans have literally sources that exist from only the last four hundred years even though Native American life covers perhaps twenty thousand years. Over three hundred tribes have
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Zack Siemsen Merri Ferles HIS 202 02-12-13 Native American Genocide The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide states that according to Article 2. “Genocide‚ deems any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy‚ in whole or in part‚ a national‚ ethnical‚ racial or religious group. Such as killing members of a group‚ causing serious bodily or mental harm‚ inflicting the group member lives to cause destruction‚ imposing measures intended to prevent birth‚ and forcibly
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Challenges of the Native American Native American culture is in its downfall‚ due to the discrimination and dehumanization that Native Americans have faced. Native American culture revolves around a circle. They believe the most important aspects of life such as nature is based on circles. The repetition of life and death‚ their own families‚ and even the food chain are all examples of circles. These circles have been shattered by the discrepancies from white men in particular. Being kicked off
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Native American Displacement Native American literature is based on the everyday lives and experiences of the people native to North America. There are four main themes in Native Americas literature: displacement‚ “thou vs. it”‚ definition of evil‚ and assimilation. The most prominent is displacement which is expressed through the removal from one’s home‚ the removal of one’s language‚ and the removal of one’s identity. The first example of displacement was the removal of Native Americans from
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Land; is this a good enough reason for the mistreatment of Native Americans? Invading their lands‚ killing their people‚ breaking treaties‚ sending them to reservations; all this for land? The U.S. government has done many cruel and unfair things in the past‚ but this must rank among one of the most. It is through their sufferings and misfortunes that Native Americans are entitled to compensation from the U.S. government. Native Americans had been an old culture in America 2000 years ago. The first
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