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    Native American Mascots

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    North Dakota is currently in one of the biggest debates over a Native American team mascot. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is fighting with the University of North Dakota regarding the Fighting Sioux mascot. The Native American students have been increasing the pressure on the University to change its name. “We’re seeing more educators around the county‚ in middle Schools‚ high schools and at universities‚ concerned about the racial climate in schools dropping these symbols” (Johansen

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    Dohle AP US History FRQ- Native Americans and Europeans The presence of a frontier changed western civilization for centuries after Columbus’ landing in the New World. One key aspect of the frontier was the American Indians‚ and their relationship with the English Colonists. Although the relationship was peaceful at first‚ it ultimately became a violent one with constant wars and disagreements. This is mainly caused by European expansion and ignorance towards Native customs. In the early 17th

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    Kevin Kenny and Cynthia J. Van Zandt debated “Was Conflict Between Europeans and Native Americans Inevitable?” Kevin Kenny argued that yes‚ conflict between Europeans and Native Americans was inevitable. He built his case by highlighting the clashing definitions of land ownership between English colonists and Native Americans. He recounted the founding of Pennsylvania‚ the peaceful intentions of the colonists‚ and yet the inevitable conflict that occurred as a result of the clashing views of land

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    Josh Nersissian Mrs. Kolus English‚ Pd. 3 11 September 2012 Native American Mascots Redskins‚ Braves‚ Indians‚ and Chiefs; they’re just mascot names not racist remarks. People find using these names as team mascots derogatory and insulting. Others don’t mind it‚ they think of it as tradition and don’t want the names removed. On the contrary‚ Native American Mascots being used in sports teams is considered disrespect to several. This should not be an issue because they do not ridicule

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    Native American Diseases

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    to handle. The American geographer Carl Sauer remarks in the following quote his understanding on the matter of depopulation: “…societal disruption with resulting social and psychological malaise.” He claimed that Natives failed to reproduce after all these new

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    continents. Millions of years ago‚ the northern portion of the continent was covered in thick sheets of ice. This provided the passageway for nomadic hunters from Asia to cross over from Siberia (Kennedy and Cohen 5). The descendants of these Native Americans were met with Christopher Columbus‚ who believed that he had reached the Indies. Columbus called these people “Indians” and the misnomer stuck (Kennedy and Cohen 14). Countless explorers delved further into the continent after Columbus‚ who made

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    much of this is still done in North America from a Western perspective‚ with Western interests. All throughout history‚ the way the “white man” has interacted with cultures foreign to its own has been very rooted in the way their society did things; women in cultures who wore less clothes were considered crude and sexually available‚ grass huts and canoes were considered primitive and uncivilized (Kelly 2015). Despite this‚ the West has always been very much interested in the cultural production of

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    Native American Music

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    Native American music has many different musical styles. Within every Native American tribe there is a variety of musical styles and instruments. In response to the research that I have conducted‚ there are three main musical styles that are going to be my point of focus. The Sioux Grass Dance‚ the Zuni Lullaby‚ and the Iroquois Quiver Dance are the principal methods which contribute to Native American music. The Sioux Grass Dance is considered to be the most popular style of Native

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    Native American Oppression

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    Native American Oppression Santucee Bell Case Western Reserve University Native American Oppression Introduction & Focal Population Imagine living in a world that consistently devalues your existence and is heavily populated with individuals who are quick to use and abuse your resources‚ but are slow to share the wealth that is accumulated from those resources. How would you feel? Unfortunately‚ certain populations do not have to visualize the disparity that is pictured above. This is because

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    Native Americans’ Struggles. American colonists and the Native Americans of North America encountered a difficult relationship with one another. American colonists began to view the vast expanse of lands controlled by Native Americans as desirable and could now use Natives to acquire land for development. As the rapidly growing United States began to move towards the South‚ white settlers were confronted by the Indian nations‚ which became an obstacle in the way of their plight to acquire land to

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