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    tribes are different‚ but these three tribes have a lot to share in common. Similarities Although‚ these tribes are different they have a lot in common. For instance‚ they all make art. Inuit make masks‚ that often portray spirits. The Haida carve totem poles. Sioux have moccasins‚ which are shoes that they weve. Another example‚ is that they all hunt for food or for sport. The Sioux eat moose‚ because it has great meat and they can use the skin and fur for housing‚ clothing‚ and even just for art. On

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    Essay #1 October‚ 1‚ 2012 Mount Royal University As we look over the month of our class there have been many issues and discussions of globalization and its powerful influence on many issues today. The first topic that we discussed in which I found interesting was the idea of racism and how it has affected many aboriginal communities and there well being. I don’t have any aboriginal blood in me but I think its important to understand

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    like a childlike game when hammering fish heads to the pole‚ but later a deeper meaning emerges. We see how important the fish are to the boy when the storyteller remarks‚ “we didn’t know what we were going to or how we were going to stay‚ until we looked outside and saw our fish” (Markus 266). Later‚ one brother anchors the other brother’s hands to the pole in an act that seems like one of defiance but is actually one of helplessness. Totem poles are popular in some countries as a representation of

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    Aboriginal Beliefs

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    The Aborigines had‚ and still have‚ a complex belief in creation‚ spirits and culture‚ that gives a definite distinctiveness from any other religion in the world. Thousands of years ago‚ Australian Aboriginal people were living in accordance with their dreamtime beliefs- today‚ a majority of the Aboriginal community profess allegiance to Christianity‚ and only 3% still adhere to traditional beliefs. These beliefs have provided the Aboriginal people with guidance and perspective on all aspects of

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    Lummi Tribe

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    1. Location Lummi Indians were the first settlers on San Juan Island‚ with encampments along the north end of the island. North-end beaches were especially busy during the annual salmon migration‚ when hundreds of tribal members would gather along the shoreline to fish‚ cook‚ and exchange news. The reservation is a five mile long peninsula which forms Lummi Bay on the west‚ Bellingham Bay on the east‚ with a smaller peninsula of Sandy Point‚ Portage Island and the associated tidelands. 2. Treaty:

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    The theme of Touching Spirit Bear is that you can always change yourself for the better. Cole went through some rough times as a child which caused his actions to be pretty dumb as he was nearing adulthood. Cole repeatedly slammed the head of one of his peers into the sidewalk for telling people he robbed a hardware store and left it a disaster. Afterwards‚ the Circle sentenced him to live in isolation on an Alaskan island. Cole had to chose between changing his ways or potentially going to prison

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    The totem pole that I chose has three animals. They are fierce‚ strong‚ clever‚ and best represent me. It represents me and my actions. Although chihuahua dogs are small‚ they are fierce and will take on anything. They are small‚ they are fierce and will take on anything. I want to be like a small chihuahua dogs to go into small things. Anyone that threatens harm to the owner is likely to be bitten and growled at. I chose this animal because they are small and beautiful. They are muscular‚ fast

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    Summary Of North American Societies Around 1492 The Native American life was well-established in the late 1400’s‚ before the encounter with the Europeans. The different environments in the North America lead to diverse Native American Tribes. Some of these diverse tribes were non migratory farming communities and others were nomadic‚ the complete opposite. Native American societies were never similar to each other but shared some cultural traits like; certain religious beliefs‚ social values‚ patterns

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    Touching Spirit Bear

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    Touching Spirit Bear notes Chapter 1 A flashback explains to us how Cole got to Alaska in the first place. A native of Minnesota‚ he had been in the juvenile justice system for quite some time‚ and his wealthy and well-connected parents usually would get him out of trouble with the law. Recently‚ however‚ Cole broke into a store illegally‚ but when he bragged about it to one of his classmates‚ Peter Driscal‚ Peter turned him in. In revenge‚ Cole beat Peter up very badly‚ causing Peter head trauma

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    The Influence of Cultural Storytelling Published in 1977‚ Ceremony‚ by Leslie Marmon Silko examines the life of Tayo‚ a mixed heritage World War II veteran. Silko‚ like Tayo is part Native American Indian and part white. Set on the Laguna Pueblo reservation‚ Silko weaves the beauty and mystic of the southwest with the darkness of Tayo’s post traumatic stress disorder. While this is a non-religious book‚ the Native American rituals border on religious symbolism and help the reader understand

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