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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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    Topic: “The Amerindians have left a legacy that forms part of the Caribbean Civilization.” Discuss. The Amerindians have left a legacy that forms part of the Caribbean Civilization. The Amerindians were two groups of people having completely different personalities. One group was the Arawaks or Taino which occupied the Greater Antilles and the other was the Caribs or Kalinago which occupied the Lesser Antilles. The Arawaks were a very peaceful group of people; slim and short‚ but firmly built

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    Module One Exercise A: Borrowed Words and Useful Cognates and False Cognates 1. Select the response that best answers the question. Which of the following is a word borrowed from the Spanish language and used in the English language? A. El poncho B. El sándwich C. El champú D. El zíper 2. Which of the following is a word borrowed from the English language and used in the Spanish language? A. El poncho B. El sándwich C. La salsa D. La piñata 3. Identify the cognate in the following

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    Oration of Chief Seattle

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    In the oration to Governor Isaac I. Stevens‚Chief Seattle tries to persuade the whites of the United States that they should treat the Native Americans equally despite their inferior status.The way Chief Seattle achieves this is through figurative language‚ organization‚ and diction‚ this is how he shows both the reason and pride behind his oration to the Governor. Another function of this orientation is a wake up call to the Governor that the Natives are not as weak as they may seem they do still

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    The Myall Creek Massacre

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    Place and Time The Myall creek massacre happened near the Gwydir River‚ in the central New South Wales district of Namoi. It happened on the 10 June‚ 1838 at Myall creek. The Kamilaroi Nation The Weraerai tribe of the Kamilaroi nation were the tribe involved in this conflict. At the Myall creek station there were mainly older men‚ women because several days before the massacre‚ 10 of the most able-bodied men had gone to a station about 24 kilometres away‚ named Newtons on the big River‚ where they

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    Throughout time there have been heroes that have shaped history with their bravery and their dedication to fighting for what is right. When one thinks about a person that changed the world‚ one usually thinks of a great political leader such as Franklin D. Roosevelt or a civil rights activist such as Doctor Martin Luther King. This tends to be the case most of the time because these are the heroes everybody knows‚ but there are others that have fought for the rights of others‚ who have fought against

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    In “Battle Royal” by Ralph Ellison‚ symbolism is used in many different aspects. All of the different symbolisms are allowing you to think outside of the box about what the story is telling you and how you look at the story. To begin the story the protagonist is asked to come and share a speech with the men of higher society within the town. Once he arrived he would soon realize that the high society men had different plans. Him among other young African Americans were giving boxing gloves and blindfolded

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    The Winnebago Tribe

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    The Winnebago tribe has two bands. One band of the Winnebago people resides in many places of Wisconsin and the other band of the Winnebago people resides on the reservation in Winnebago Nebraska. The Winnebago people migrated from the Mayans in Mesoamerica to Nebraska. There were plenty of epidemic diseases and wars that caused migrations to the Native American people. Before the Europeans invaded the New World‚ the Native American people didn’t have a written language‚ therefore oral traditions

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    In “The Surrounded”‚ D’Arcy McNickle was a Native American writer from Montana‚ who was sent to a boarding school in Oregon where he was transformed into becoming an inspiring writer. Growing up D’Arcy McNickle explored many different things as a child‚ and he took his life experiences and shared them through created stories. D’Arcy McNickle uses “The Surrounded‚” that tells the story of Archilde Leon‚ who returns home to an Indian Reservation to be with his family who was away from his family

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    The passage demonstrates that Junior is determined to get hope using literary devices such as contrast/comparison‚ repetition and simile. Therefore more broadly Native Americans are portrayed in negative ways compared to white people. They have been raised to believe in the mindset that white people are superior. The author uses contrast/comparison in the passage to compare not only Native Americans and white people but also Junior. In the passage it states‚ “I was the only kid‚ white or Indian

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