The Sundance‚ or known to the Lakota as Wiwanyag Wachipi‚ is one of the most fundamental and sacred rites of the Lakota people. It is also one of the more complex rituals‚ as it is a dance aligned with the sun for three days and two nights and there are numerous small details that must be done before the ritual can take place. Created as a means of bringing together the Lakota people and providing community during hardship‚ the Sundance is the largest and quickest pan-Indian movement up to date.
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Ritual Ritual is a set of actions that usually have symbolic meaning. It mostly appeared in organizations with systematic structure‚ especially in religion. If others do not realize what is the meaning of the ritual they have seen‚ those actions will seem to be unreasonable and arbitrary. Sometimes‚ the forming of ritual could be chased through history. Almost all the rituals are used for ceremony. Let’s take Christianity as an example. There are two important rituals in Christianity
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you live in the elite world of dance‚ you find yourself in a world rife with racism. Let ’s face it.” –Alvin Ailey. Alvin Ailey was an African American dancer and choreographer‚ born in 1931 in Rogers‚ Texas. Ailey was responsible for creating one of the most popular dance companies of the twentieth century‚ known as the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre. The forming of this company began due to Ailey’s life long passion for dance‚ and his dream to give African American dancers the opportunity to display
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Lauren Wallace English 1102-426 3/16/15 Research paper Most Misunderstood Breed Here’s a little history on the American Pit Bull Terrior‚ dating back to late seventeen hundreds‚ the Pit Bull Terriors were used for bull baiting‚ hunting‚ and as family companions. When used as baiting dogs they were trained to latch on to the heads of bulls‚ bears‚ and other large animals. This was banned in the early eighteen hundreds and ever since then the notorious dog fighting had begun. Now‚ dog fighting has
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•Native Americans and their naming traditions• In the generation that we live in‚ legal names are given. In Native American Culture names are earned. Native American naming traditions are very personal and sacred. Each and every single name has its own meaning and purpose. This are drawn from nature‚ frequently determined by the environment‚ animals or characters. Unlike us‚ their names are the identity‚ are who they truly are. In the Native American Naming Tradition‚ a person could have several
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and the American wilderness liked and respected Native Americans. They even interbred with them and sold them guns‚ which was very often illegal. Traders had a special status in Native American society. A trader could travel thousands of miles in his canoe without once being robbed or molested. Contrast that with Europe‚ where anyone from another town was fair game. However‚ the English settlers‚ after a very brief period of good relations in Massachusetts‚ came to loathe Native Americans. There
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‘chosen people’. This is but one example of how the introduction of disease would forever change the existing Indian America into a ‘new’ America the Natives would barely recognize and would face an everlasting struggle to be part of. The impact of Old World diseases is one of the most critical aspects to understanding the history of Native American Indians. Old World pathogens
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American organized crime (or the Mafia/Mob as it is known by some) begins not in the streets of Manhattan or Chicago or other big cities as some like to think. It begins as the seemingly innocent protection of Sicilian landowners when they are away from their farms. By the 1800’s‚ these ‘protectors’ had become corrupt‚ bullying people for their so-called protection and running other illegal activities all throughout Sicily. When the laws of Benito Mussolini became increasingly strict‚ so strict
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60:92–99‚ 2003 [PMID: 12511176] * R. Z. Litten and J. P. Allen‚ Pharmacotherapies for alcoholism: Promising agents and clinical issues‚ Alcoholism Clin. Exp. Res.‚ 15:620–633‚ 1991 [PMID: 1928636] * C. P. Rivers‚ Alcohol and Human Behavior: Theory‚ Research‚ and Practice‚ 1994 * J. R. Volpicelli et al.‚ Effect of naltrexone on alcohol “high” in alcoholics‚ Amer. J. Psychiat.‚ 152:613–615‚ 1995 [PMID: 7694913] | Additional Readings * H. L. Altshuler‚ P. E. Phillips‚ and D. A. Feinhandler‚ Alterations
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The Birth of American Imperialism The United States of America was founded on July 4‚ 1776 and has fought three wars before the Spanish-American War. The United States has fought numerous times for different reasons. The States fought Britain for their independence in 1776‚ and then in 1812 they fought Britain because American ships were being taken prisoner by the British for no apparent reason. America stood up against the British and let them know that was going to push America around. America
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