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    Native American Tribe

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    OWN NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBE a) My tribe is: Kersee = land seekers b) Flag Meaning ‘‘Kerseene’’ chief god‚ the god of heaven “Wanganash” god of the War “Matanga”god of life “Teriyaki” god of the Water “Chiwata” god of agriculture “Lachineit” god of night c) Leader of the tribe is Kerwamatechila = Son of the gods that they believe d) Social Structure e) Political structure

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    "Coyote and Buffalo" gives us lessons that easily coralate with the building of a person’s character‚ and finally‚ "Fox and Coyote and the Whale" persuades us to fight for who and what we love. These tall tales can be influential to our lives as Americans because the stories tell of lessons that could be essential to all of the human race when it comes to developing one’s self to become a better soul. The story called "World on Turtle’s Back" gives us an idea on how the indians believed the world

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    9.2 essay on Chapter 12 Native Clients Dr. Yellow Horse Brave heart talks extensively about how Native Clients can be misunderstood and their behaviors misdiagnosed. Much of their behaviors which are not understood by the dominant culture‚ have significance due to trauma they have endured as a group. Their reverent affect is a symptom of grieving brought on by oppression and abuse throughout the generations. The group shares each other’s grievances for generations and interdependent of each

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    Native American Genocide

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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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    wasn’t something he considered before. The content of “Indian Education” also shared context relating to colonialism. The Europeans invaded the Americas and this resulted into the natives being treated like unwanted houseguests in their own home. A lasting effect of colonialism‚ in this case is the dehumanization of the native aboriginals‚ for example their image is commonly used as costumes and mascots. An example of this in context is‚ “The farm town high school I played for is nicknamed the “Indians

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    Contrast in Japanese philosophies of life This year we have read two translated Japanese novels‚ Banana Yoshimoto’s “Kitchen” and Yukio Mishima’s “The Sailor who fell from Grace with the Sea”‚ though both novels are from the same cultural background they both depict contrasting philosophies on three aspects of life; these three aspects are love‚ life and death. In “Kitchen” we see a humanistic side of love‚ life and death. On the other hand “Sailor” portrays a far more Nihilistic

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    Tyler Saplan 2/26/14 IB English HL 002948-0043 The Human Condition in “Zorba the Greek” In “Zorba the Greek”‚ Kazantzakis uses imagery to convey his ideas regarding the human condition. All of the quotes indicate that the human condition is ignorance‚ naivety‚ and the struggle to attain one’s own happiness. I will talk about each of these in order of how I listed them. Kazantzakis puts a fine line between ignorance between ignorance and naivety which is interesting considering they go hand

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    The Native American population is comprised of distinct and heterogenous ethnocultural groups that make up about 1.8 million of the total people in the United States. The American Southwest is particularly unique because of the environment‚ the Native traditions and culture‚ and the historical contact with the Spanish as well as the interactions with the United States government. An enclave describes an area surrounded by or within a territory in which the people in the area are culturally and/or

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    The Power of Storytelling

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    The Power of Storytelling People have been telling stories‚ writing poems‚ and drawing and painting pictures for others since the beginning of man. Since then many things have changed‚ and I will focus on three of these differences today. To start‚ I will discuss the differences between the views people had on hierarchy in the time of the Brothers Grimm‚ compared to the views the author of “Sir Patrick Spens” had. The next topic is the difference of middle class attitudes towards women found

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    What I have learned about American Indian Studies is that the amount of intelligence my ancestral forefathers’ had‚ has gone‚ and still goes unnoticed by the majority of the citizens of America. That American Indian History is a hush‚ hush subject of education that many times in my schooling‚ was overlooked. I was only taught about Natives when the history teacher was speaking of the ‘spectacular’ discovery by Christopher Columbus and that was it. I never knew that Indians across the nation suffer

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