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    that “you must all sacrifice to help the war effort‚ “ but Ned knew that the Navajos had already sacrificed before. Some of the families back home are still trying to recover for when the last sacrifice happened. Even though the Navajo men already sacrificed‚ they still wanted to help and go to Pearl Harbor. The Navajo did not know how far it was but still wanted to continue their journey to help. Almost all the Navajo men were told by

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    specific culture from the following list: a. Basseri of Iran b. The Batek of Malaysia c. Enga d. The Amish e. Huaorani of Ecuador f. Bedouin g. Zulu h. Kurds i. Maori j. Mbuti k. Nayar of India l. Semai m. Navajo n. Tikopia of Melanesia 2. Research this culture using the Ashford University Online Library. Please identify and use a minimum of three scholarly articles from the library in addition to the text your rese arch. Keep in mind that most anthropological

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    short film are extremely progressive‚ which might be made possible through the science fiction genre in which they both fall under. In her article on Reznet News‚ Stacy Thacket explains that the director of The 6th World‚ Nanobah Becker‚ used “the Navajo origin story” to create the short film. By integrating a traditional Native American origin story with the futuristic Mars colonization narrative‚ the progressive aspects are not lost and instead continue into a new world. The pilot of the spacecraft

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    Cited: Briggs‚ Kara. “Healing Gifts to Nation.” One Sky Center website. 3 September 2004. 26 March 2006 . James‚ Jewell. “The Lummi Healing Poles.” 23 October 2004. 27 March 2006 . James‚ Jewell Praying Wolf and Cooper‚ Kenneth. Interview with Kari Berger. “The Native Americans’ Age-Old Spiritual Ties with Nature Endure.” Earth &

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    assuredly taught the tribe a lesson as a result. The people prayed in the end to bring wind to dry up the mud which in turn created a comfortable world for them to settle in. Only the Navajo creator bears a destruction done by a different galactic force. The coyote‚ one of the initial beings‚ in the 3rd world of the Navajo‚ steals the water monster’s baby which enrages the water monster. As a reaction‚ the entire 3rd world was flooded by the water monster. Although‚ the baby was returned to the water

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    these stories‚ their descendants would not know about their ancestors. There are many different Native American tribes like‚ the Modoc‚ Navajo‚ Onondaga‚ and the Iroquois. Even though they are from different tribes and places‚ culture is a big part of all of their heritages. They show it through different stories like When The Grizzlies Walked Upright and The Navajo Origin. But‚ only one of these stories is most culturally relevant. When the Modoc wrote the myth When The Grizzlies Walked

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    disadvantages still exist‚ for an example we can not have liquor on our reservation. I think it might be a tiny economical development but we could open up a brewery and distribute package liquor. Factors like these are advantages and disadvantages to The Navajo Nation. 4. Discuss the articles and films we saw in class concerning renewable energy. Talk about some pros and cons discussed in the films/articles of having renewable energy on your tribal lands? If not‚ what form of energy do you think your

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    every 100 people in the U.S. is a Native American. Most live in areas west of the Mississippi. Native Americans belong to 561 tribes. The Cherokee tribe of Oklahoma is the largest.” (para.1). The five largest tribes are; 1. Cherokee 308‚000 2. Navajo 219‚000 3. Chippewa 104‚000 4. Sioux 103‚000 5. Choctaw 82‚000 Figure 1. The above shows the top five largest American Indian tribes in the Untied States. As one can see‚ the populations are large‚ yet still the American Indians do not have enough

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    Johnston was raised as the son of a Protestant missionary who stationed his family on a Navajo reservation in southern California. He also happened to be one of the few‚ non-Navajo that could understand and speak their native language. The Navajo language was very hard to pick up on and consisted of no alphabet. At the time the United States entered the war‚ Johnston realized that he could use what he had learned at

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    great deal about his personality. In Chee’s Daughter by Juanita Platero and Siyowin Miller this theory is displayed. In this story a young Navajo Indian girl is taken from her home by her deceased mother’s parents. Two different environments which reflect values and personalities are conflicting. A young traditional Navajo‚Chee ‚ and a non- traditional Navajo businessman‚ Old Man Fat ‚ fight over Chee’s daughter‚ Little One. The two distinctly different settings in this story reflect the personalities

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