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    Native American Sociology

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    it is once again needed by the community. In the past‚ one sees how capitalism aided in the removal of Native Americans‚ now‚ today this is seen once again as history repeats itself. Before the white man had any influence on Native Americans‚ life was great for them. Their economy was largely

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    Native American Pottery

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    Native Americans have been making pottery for tens of thousands of years. Hand built pots were made for practical purposes‚ artistry was not a consideration. Early containers were not decorated‚ except for the texture of the coils and pinches. Ceramics were initially made to carry water‚ to cook and store food‚ to store seeds and grains. They later made pots for artwork‚ rituals‚ burials‚ musical instruments‚ urns and countless other uses. They also began to decorate their pottery with symbols‚ birds

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    Their economies‚ land ownership and livelihood were negatively impacted by Europeans coming to Kansas. Thousands of years ago the Native Americans crossed the land-bridge. Then the Native Americans spit-up and settled and created the culture areas. Depending on the environments the Native Americans had different basic needs to survive such as clothing‚ food‚ and shelter. The Iroquois used their natural resources to get food. The men hunted animals such as deer‚ bears‚ ducks‚ turtles‚ turkey

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    Between 1887 and 1933‚ the U.S. government was assimilating the Natives of our country into mainstream society. At that time‚ it was considered a mission and was acceptable compared to today’s standards of racism and prejudice. It was effort by the United States to force the natives from being “savages” and “uncivilized” to being able to function in society. They were required to become the average American or as much as possible. The primary tool use for assimilation was the boarding schools where

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    Comments on “Relational individuality among Native American academics: Popular dichotomies reconsidered” This paper addresses a question that for some reason has received relatively less attention of psychologists. The question relates to how do persons who enter an organization with a different cultural mindset deal with the roles and fellow colleagues in work settings (in this case‚ academic work setting) of a diametrically different mindset. To my knowledge‚ studies on acculturation too have

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    Native American Slavery

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    history of slavery and the role Native Americans played in it. Snyder’s discussion is centralized around the economic and culture ties slavery participated to in Native American life before and after European introduction into North America. A vial part in understanding the role of slavery to the natives is being able to distinguish why there was a need for slavery to be implemented and to understand how the slaves would be integrated into the societies of the natives.1 From this discussion Snyder

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    Native American Microbes

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    who were unfamiliar to them. By the late 15th century‚ Native Americans spread across the Americas in communities and also lived in flourishing civilizations‚ the Aztec and the Inca empire. There were around 100 million Native Americans‚ 25-30 million lived in the civilizations. The people in the Americas had wild game where they almost diminished the quantity by hunter-gatherer bands. Throughout North and South America‚ Native Americans farmed animals that were not traditional herd animals likely

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    Native American Literature

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    Native American Literature PSC111335-AMERICAN NATIONAL GOVERNMENT Kimberly St. Cin 1/28/2015 Native American Literature 1. What origin is Native American literature? (In other words‚ how did they present their stories/tales?) Their stories and tales were passed from generation to generation. These stories were usually presented by speakers who were focused on their performance. They used different voices‚ hand gestures‚ movements and were very animated. 2. Why is it important to know the origins

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    Native American Religion

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    Christianity from Europe to the United States‚ Native American religion was disparate‚ separated by tribes‚ clans or nations. It was unstructured but in general spirituality was inherent in every aspect of their lives; religion was characterized by a oneness with nature and the intense relationship between the indigenous people and their environment. In the 17th century a wave of European settlers crossed the Atlantic to escape persecution in their native countries. They found in the

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    Civilized Natives In the 16th century‚ the ethnocentric Europeans believed that Natives weren’t civilized and cultured people. “They caused a huge genocide on the Aboriginal people; leaving only around 800 000 Aboriginal Canadian citizens today.” (Manjikian‚ notes‚ 2013) Unfortunately‚ the Europeans were wrong. The Natives were very civilized and cultured human beings. This can be proven by multiple factors but only three will be analyzed: religion‚ art and creation stories. First of all‚ Natives

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