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    It is said to be‚ that people arrived in multiple different groups or tribes to America at least 15‚000 years ago. The first Americans came from Asia and followed herds of grazing animals across a land bridge during the Ice Age. The people journeyed on foot slowly into North America. They battled many hardships‚ including harsh weather conditions and starvation. They were excellent hunters and gatherers. They hunted and fished. They ate moose‚ caribou‚ deer‚ bear and small animals like rabbits‚ squirrels

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    There are many similarities and differences between the Na’vi Indians in Avatar and the Native American tribes in the United States. All of these cultures are very unique. They all have different types of weapons‚ beliefs‚ foods‚ music‚ and ideas. These Indian cultures are a big part of this country’s past and both of the Native Americans and Na’vi respected nature very much. Earth has been a long for a very long time and has many different continents and many different cultures that live on

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    Lisa R. Pleasant ENG 125 Introduction to Literature Instructor: Stephanie Freese June 23‚ 2014 2 The poem that I picked to read was “Grief Calls Us To The Things Of This World” by Sherman Alexie. I realized that this poem was about a son and a mother that was grieving over the death of his father‚ and her husband. They both that day had thought about the father and husband cause the son had called that day to talk to his father. That’s

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    other. Either by what they say about the world‚ how it came to be‚ the people who live in it‚ their religious rituals or their traditions. Myths often comfort people in giving them a sense of identity. American Indian Literature is home to some of the world’s most colorful myths. Some examples of these are “The Sky Tree”‚ “The Earth Only”‚ and “Coyote Finishes His Work”. These myths all share a different storyline. “The Sky Tree” tells the story of how land was first created on earth. It explains

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    Sherman Alexie's Flight

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    Sherman Alexie is an American poet‚ writer and filmmaker. Alexie drew inspiration for his writings from his own Native American culture and experiences. He grew up on Spokane Indian Reservation in Washington. Alexie had ancestry from several tribes. He has won multiple awards and is the author of Flight. Growing up on the Reservation Alexie endured bullying and teasing. This had a strong impact on Alexie and his writing. Sherman Alexie had an alcoholic father and only his mother supported him

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    In The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian‚ by Sherman Alexie‚ we see a common theme of a Native American child trying to get a better education for himself. Early on in the novel‚ Junior finds that his geometry book belonged to his mother before it belonged to him and he threw it at the teacher. “I couldn’t believe that the book belonged to my mother‚ how horrible is that” (31). This scene really sets the stage for him going out and trying to find a better education for himself. From then

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    2014 The Titles Money‚ love‚ and society. The novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scout Fitzgerald is about a man who worked so hard just to get a girl of his dream. The novel is not only about Gatsby but also about the difference classes in society. Even though the title of the novel is The Great Gatsby‚ Fitzgerald had a hard time deciding the title for the book before ultimately picking The Great Gatsby. Three titles he was considering beside The Great Gatsby were Among the Ash Heaps and Millionaires

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    in which he lives‚ that it is impossible to call The Great Gatsby a realist novel. In The Great Gatsby‚ Jay Gatsby lives a life of pure decadence and luxury. He enjoys his life primarily according to the hedonistic view that life should be lived purely for pleasure. The utter materialism of his property and belongings‚ and his incredulous outlook on life all polymerise to fabricate a far-fetched‚ exaggerated and Impressionistic novel. The Great Gatsby is written in the 1920’s‚ an era of optimism

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    American Indian Culture

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    ethnogeriatrics curriculum I choose to read American Indian/ Alaska Native Elders module. This module seemed particularly interesting to me because it’s a population that I rarely hear about‚ especially the older population of American Indians (AI). From what I have learned‚ culturally American Indians have a great respect for people in old age‚ so I was curious to know what that looked like and how that conflicted with the strong opposing views in American society. It was interesting to know the

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    that the Native Americans were wronged by the European settlers. Adamant U.S government officials would threaten native tribes to leave their land so they could selfishly use the land for their own purposes. Andrew Jackson was the driving force in clearing away the Native Americans. He strongly despised American Indians as evidenced by his relentless promotion for their removal. Jackson eventually got his wish when Congress passed the Indian Removal Act which forced American Indians to relocate‚ thus

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