Bree Scarboro An Evening of Indian Insight and Encouragement A Response to Poetry Reading by Susan Deer Cloud Professor Diana, English 328 November 21, 2011 Susan Deer Cloud is a Native American literature writer of Blackfoot, Mohawk, and Seneca heritage, and considers the very act of writing ceremonial. She was born and grew up in the Catskill Mountains and the area is inspiration for her writing. She has earned her B.A. in General Literature & Creative Writing and M.A. in English Literature
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Columbus first came in contact with the native people in Americas, where he stated, “They all go around as naked as their mothers bore them, and the women. He also said that “ they could easily be commanded and made to work, to sow, and to do whatever might be needed, to build towns and be taught to wear clothes and adapt our ways, “ and “they are the best people in the world and above all the gentlest.” This was the very first instance were Native Americans were marginalized, which would soon turn
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destruction of the native people, the forced labor of thousands of slaves, and the oppression of the lower class. Each version show the past differently, and can either show an event as legendary and proud, or shameful and horrible. In A Patriot’s History of the United States, Schweikart/Allen cover Christopher Columbus and other explorers in a very positive
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3. The US Constitution says very little about the relationship between the national and state government and American Indian nations. However, Chief Justice John Marshall’s Supreme Court decided cases that helped define that relationship and formed the basic framework of federal Indian law in the US. Do you agree or disagree with the opinions in the “Marshall Trilogy”? According to David. Wilkins, “tribal citizens who live within reservations enjoy tribal, state, and federal citizenship.” ** What
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any other industrialized nation. It comes as no surprise that out of the 20% of poverty stricken children in America, African American, and Latino children exceed 40%. In fact, children of color are overrepresented in the foster care system and are the least likely to be reunited with their families. This overrepresentation is driven by, racial discrimination, social oppression, negative social conditions, and economic injustice. But this is not to exclude racism within the child welfare system in itself
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admirable. Christopher spent several years to get sponsored by the Queen of Spain to sponsor his first voyage with much hope and expectations for this journey. He set sail in 1492, finding the new land and meeting the “Indians” now known as, the Native Americans. Christopher brought a few men back from the New Land, receiving gifts such as, “balls of cotton thread…and many other things such as glass beads and hawk’s bells” (Columbus). Hopeful thinking for what else Christopher could discover with more
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Lakota’s have always been an honorable tribe, and Sitting Bull helped to keep this title for them throughout his life, and even after his death. He exemplifies the characteristics most admired within their culture. He helped to shape the future of Native American culture, even though it did not turn out to be the type of life that any of them would have wanted. No matter how the Lakota tribe felt towards sitting bull at the end of his time, he definitely made a positive impact during his life. Sitting
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Did the status of ethnic minorities and women change in the 1960’s? There is little doubt that the 1960’s was a decade that changed American culture in a huge way. Not only did the black community gain large amounts of equality but other minority groups such as Native Americans, Hispanic Americans, the Asian community and although not a minority group Women. There two main types of feminists in the 1960’s; liberal feminists that aimed to address economic issues and radical feminist who focused
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designs. Native Americans are known for their use of feathers, beading, and geometric patterns in their attire. This was first re-appropriated during the hippie movement of the 1960s. Hippies wore clothing from Native traditions as an expression of a generation free from societal restriction (Maggie 1). Also including East Asian traditions as a form of counter culture. In recent years, Native American culture has been commoditized in the form of accessories and clothing with traditional Native American
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Victoria Brown Africana Studies 215 September 28, 2011 Journey to America Native Americans are the only people indigenous to the Americas. There are approximately two million Native Americas living today in the United States. The cause of this drastic decline of this group of people is common knowledge. Most people know that Native Americas were slaughtered and exposed to deadly diseases by the Europeans. After Christopher Columbus, stumbled upon this land, Europeans came in droves. This was
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