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    Status among American Indian and Alaska Natives Jasmin Smith Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V April 19th‚ 2105 Indian American/Alaska Native Indian American/Alaska Natives are one of the minority groups that struggle daily for improvement in cultural status‚ providing for their families‚ and living a healthy life. The percentage of Indian American/Alaska Natives who lacked health insurance in 2013 was 2.6% (CDC Feb 3rd‚ 2015). This paper will discuss the Indian American/Alaska Natives current health

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    The Forbidden Kingdom is an American fighting movie made in 2007. Throughout the movie‚ the main character takes a pounding from some kids in the ghetto that believe that they should bully because they can. Then later on‚ that kid is transported into ancient China where he must help save a legendary figure‚ having help from a local man that seems like the town drunk. The man however is able to ward of many soldiers at a time while still holding his alcohol. The only one in the movie that isn’t skilled

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    Asian Americans‚ having long been undermined and negatively systematized in terms of popular media and overlooked in the consumer market‚ have been unable to achieve a voice or leave a trace in American pop culture. As a matter of fact‚ there are plentiful Hollywood films nowadays that lack racial diversity in its casting members. Consequently‚ if the movie or television show did consist a diverse set of performers that consist of minorities‚ the characters are often portrayed with racial mockery

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    Introduction Daniel: African Americans and stereotypes. Nowadays lots of races are stereotyped‚ but African Americans are one of the most frequent racial groups being stereotyped against. Stereotypes about African Americans and their culture have evolved in society particularly after slavery. They were presented as dangerous and violent and portrayed blacks menacing‚ untidy‚ rebellious‚ disrespectful‚ buffoonish‚ sexual‚ immoral‚ hopeless‚ untrained‚ uneducated‚ and noisy. Johan: One of the problems

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    One of these stereotypes is that they know martial arts. This can be seen in a multitude of movies released in America. It has gotten to the point where many people around the country just assume Asians know karate or some other form of martial arts. Some movies include

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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 Americans have been struggling in society since the Europeans had migrated to the United States of America. Native Americans have always tried to get along with the Europeans yet the Europeans wanted dominance over the Native American population. In American schools children learn about how the Native American were savages and how they were the cause of the tension between the Europeans and the Native Americans. Native Americans still haven’t assimilated into American culture or Society

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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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    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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    Since the arrival of Columbus in 1492‚ American Indians have been in a continuous struggle with diseases. It may not be small pox anymore‚ but illnesses are still haunting the native population. According to statistics provided by Indian Health Services‚ "Native Americans have much higher rates of disease than the overall population" (White 1). This includes a higher death rate from alcoholism‚ tuberculosis‚ and diabetes than any other racial or ethnic group. Recent studies by Indian health experts

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