While I’ve experienced first- hand stereotyping I’ve come up with these stereotypes us Native Americans are subjected to. Native American’s in the US and Canada have always been portrayed as alcoholics‚ lazy‚ the wise elder‚ the aggressive drunk‚ Pocahontas (Indian princess)‚ the loyal sidekick‚ obese and impoverished. In Hollywood films we’re portrayed as trackers and nature lovers. In the west we have to be tamed by the Cowboy because apparently we are so “wild”. While‚ historically American Indians
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2016. Moana will be just as courageous and spirited as her fellow recently arrived princesses‚ such as Merida from Brave‚ and Elsa and Anna from Frozen. She will also be adding to the limited number of minority princess such as Tiana‚ Elena‚ and Pocahontas. Moana’s appearance will help show young children‚ and adults‚ what diversity is all about. The film will be directed by John Musker and Ron Clements‚ who have worked on classic Disney films such as The Little Mermaid‚ Hercules‚ Aladdin and The
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underworlds‚ and ancient folklore. 6. She’s a Mix of Some of Our Favorites: Moana’s ideals and virtues remind us of other Disney princesses that we adore‚ such as Mulan‚ was a legendary woman warrior from the Southern and Northern Dynasties and also Pocahontas and
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Disney was named the world’s second top media company in the US for the year 2004. They have produced over 44 “classics” and are one of the most recognized names in animated film (Peterson).We expose young girls to these animated films at a very young age‚ yet doing so does not seem to be good for these children. Disney’s movies are littered with a virtually unattainable image of what a woman should look like and feeding such images to girls at a young age is wrong and causes low self esteem and
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so Smith set out on a mission to find supplies and trade. On his journey‚ Native Americans captured him and brought him before Chief Powhatan. Right when he was about to be executed‚ the chief’s daughter‚ Pocahontas‚ jumped in front of him to prevent his being killed. This moment— when Pocahontas kept John Smith from being killed—may contain a bit of truth in this embellished story. In the Powhatan tribe‚ some women had the power to determine the fate of captives (Brown). The film continues with John
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Sure You Can Ask Me a Personal Question (text 7 in the preparation material) is written by Diane Burns and published in 1981 in the book of poems “Riding the One-Eyed Ford”. Diane Burns (1957-2006) was a Native American poet (Ferguson‚ 2007). The poem presents a conversation between a Native American and another person. Only parts of the conversation are presented in the poem‚ but given the answers and the questions‚ it is possible to guess what type of question the Native American is answering to
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There the interval is represented by the following groups or formations (ascending order): Pocahontas‚ New River‚ Kanawha‚ Charleston Sandstone‚ Conemaugh‚ Monongahela‚ and basal Dunkard. Other well-known Pennsylvanian units in North America include: the Jackfork and Johns Valley shales of Oklahoma and Arkansas; the Atoka Formation of Arkansas and
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I recently read a few sections in the book: Everything you wanted to know about Indians but were afraid to ask by: Anton Treuer. The sections I read from the book were based on terminology and history of Native Americans. The book states facts about terminology of identifying Native Americas. Over the years many terms were giving to Indians some being appropriate and others not so appropriate. Reading this books gives incite to people whom are unaware of the history and meaning of terms given to
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Facing East provides snapshots into American Indian lives‚ actions‚ and thoughts. The first chapter‚ titled "Imaging a Distant World‚" relies heavily on an estimation drawing on actual known facts about initial encounters but filling in the blanks with imagined possible scenarios. The view east begins at Cahokia‚ the metropolis located across the Mississippi River from present-day St. Louis that flourished around 1100 A.D‚ and Richter employs its story to remind "us that the great changes occurring
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Study guide test #1 1. How did the "first Americans" get here and what account for the diversity of their cultures? How and why did Native-American concepts of land usage differ from that of Europeans? What were the motivations that first brought Spanish explorers to the New World? What were they looking for? Which nations had the most success in creating a profitable New World empire prior to the 1600’s? How and why? Understand England’s failures in trying to get into the colony business. In regards
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