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    Dr.Miro BBA 110: History of Business 7/17/2010 Social AND ECONOMIC IMPACT OF NATIVE AMERICAN; Casinos “Examining the effects of casinos after at least four years of operation. I find that positive change include : young adults moving back to the reservation fueling an 11.5 percent population increase ; adult employment increasing by

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    The Europeans first started building settlements in North America in the 1500s‚ bringing not only germ cover blankets‚ but also new art techniques. Before contact with the Europeans the art style of the Native Americans consisted of carved totem poles‚ pottery decoration to show lineage‚ and complex paintings on stone. Imagery was used as a symbol of sacred events‚ rituals‚ and natural forces‚ which could include everything from celestial bodies and weather to the indigenous animals of the region

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    programs because 80% of the World’s population cannot afford western high-tech medicine (Johnston). Native American medicine was more advanced than the white man’s at the time of their arrival with different goals and different methods of healing. Through trial and error‚ Native American healers were able to find the correct concoction of this mold and that fungus to cure certain illnesses. Native Americans were able to develop cures for scurvy‚ a version of the pill‚ and even stumbled upon the basis

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    Shegog English 102-84 February 6‚ 2013 The Decimation and Manipulation of the Native American Culture The United States has definitely succeeded in tarnishing and corrupting the Native American culture‚ as evident in Sherman Alexie’s poem‚ “How to Write the Great American Indian Novel”. One researcher records that‚ “The poem is a painful reminder of how the United States has at one and the same time decimated native peoples and their culture while exploiting those people and that culture for its

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    Mendiola Ms. Herrera English III‚ period 6 13 September 2016 Native American Mythology As a whole‚ Native American Mythology has always been about two main subjects‚ the origin of a certain object‚ or the creation of the earth and its beings. In these three stories‚ The Earth on Turtle’s Back‚ When Grizzlies Walked Upright‚ and The Navajo Origin Legend‚ they all share similar ideas and backgrounds. The beliefs and attitudes that the natives had towards each other‚ animals‚ and the gods were unique

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    Cannibalism in Native American Folklore Connor Downie EN156-01: Mythology Professor Quinn 30March13 Lurking in the deep woods of the Northern United States and Southern Canada lies a mysterious and fearsome Native American monster‚ the Wendigo. The Wendigo is by far one of the most mysterious and feared monsters in not only in the Algonquian folklore which it is attributed to‚ but also other indigenous populations all over the world. Although this creature goes by many names in the Native American Tribes

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    the land as their land. The government felt that the colonizing of people was much more the entitlement of the Native American and made several federal policies that insured specific tribes would be moved to pre-determined reservations to continue their traditional way of life. This was done despite how negatively it affected the Native Americans. After being forced to leave their native lands‚ many Indians discovered that life would be pretty difficult. By moving these tribes‚ the government forced

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    The Columbian Exchange Historical Context: In the late 1400s‚ European explorers found the North American continent. Native American peoples who were already living in North America had created a system of government and society that rivaled Europe ’s. The cultural and biological exchange between the "New World" and the "Old World" (North America and Europe‚ respectively) is often called the Columbian Exchange in reference to Christopher Columbus. Directions: The following question is based on

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    been discussed by critics over the course of cinematic history. The negative portrayal of the Native American‚ for example‚ is rampant in the early Western film genre. Native Americans are‚ more often than not‚ portrayed as vicious savages‚ hell-bent on senselessly scalping and murdering as many ‘innocent’ (white?) American settlers as possible. Individuals of a darker skin colour‚ such as the African American‚ are also victims of negative stereotyping in early cinema. They are usually portrayed as stupid

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    colonists’ relationships with the Native Americans were. The relations in the British colonies varied. In Jamestown‚ which was one of the earliest English settlements‚ the relations were not good. The colonists thought of the Native people as savages and no more than mere animals. They were almost always fighting and the only reason they traded was out of fear and necessity. Yet‚ in Plymouth the Natives and the colonists had good relations. After the Natives helped the colonists plant crops‚

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