...Throughout the story, Junior, a Spokane Indian, is faced with multiple obstacles in his life: Hydrocephalus, poverty, and the target of bullying. Despite the world being against him, Junior’s fortitude helps him greatly when it comes to the adversity that accompanies his journey to find, ‘individual identity, or community identity.’ During the beginning of the book, Junior struggles with his individual identity within the rez. He feels as though he does not belong on the rez. Within the story, Junior states, “Those rhythmless, talentless, tuneless Indians are most likely going to get drunk… beat the shit out of any available losers” (17). Despite being attacked by grown adults, Junior still went faced the rez. He never hid, nor did he avoid...
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...ethnicity is part of our identity which are formed throughout our life. Colliding two different cultures can cause a person to question their identity. In the novel “Indian Horse” by Richard Wagamese, he showed us how Saul Indian Horse’s identity being stripped away and formed a new sense of identity. There were instances that Saul’s identity has been challenged throughout the novel, when his Ojibway identity was challenged, his experiences in residential school and his new formed hockey identity. In result, these cultural collisions caused Saul to question his identity. Saul’s Ojibway identity has been challenged through the difference of opinion and/or...
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...The characters struggle with identity crisis in a mainstream white culture. Lucie is especially confused about her Indian identity growing up. Her mother and aunt raised her to be proud of her Cherokee heritage, but they “choose high heels over moccasins” and “blue eyes over black eyes” (58-59). Lucie tries to connect with her Cherokee roots, but cannot see her mother and aunts as Indian women. Lucie listens attentively as they speak about their relatives, but she does not identify with the stories that they tell. She does not resonate with the Cherokee storytelling tradition, nor does she understand the “true” Indian experience. When her classmates ask her how it is to be Indian, she can only imagine it as living in a tiny house in the run-down...
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...American Indian Movement and Collective Identity Jeri Pugh Walden University American Indian Movement and Collective Identity The American Indian Movement (AIM), or Red Power Movement, was founded in 1968, as a spiritual movement to promote Native Americans awareness of injustices against American Indians by the national government and calling them to return to the traditions of their people (Kawashima & Macdonald, 1984). The AIM dogma stressed the disparity between the ideals of the American Indians and the white majority in the United States. AIM initially focused on discrimination and police brutality, later broadening its scope to include jobs, housing, and education inequities (Stotik, Shriver, & Cable, 1994). The purpose of this paper to examine how collective efforts aided the American Indian Movement’s accomplishments for their people. Pan-Tribalism One of the AIM’s main goals was to join all Native Americans, promoting unity between urban and reservation Indians, regardless of tribe. They characterized this identity as “Pan-Tribalism,” which refers to “loyalty to race over loyalty to a particular tribe” (Stotik et al., 1994, p. 56). The AIM sought to bring together the different Native American nations by appealing to their pride, spirituality, and connection with nature. The AIM called this “Indianness” and by engaging these sensibilities they aspired to draw a “loyalty to race over loyalty to a particular tribe” (Stotik et al., 1994, p. 57). Although...
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... directed and acted by Native Americans is a hidden gem. Too often, Indians are portrayed from a white man’s point of view, which causes misinterpretations and stereotypes of Native culture. Even in movies where the white director highly respects Indians, they are bound to overlook important details or fallback on palimpsest. In Dances with Wolves (1990), a Sioux uses the butt end of a rifle to fight off the soldiers before John Dunbar tells him to shoot the gun with the other end. In reality, the Sioux tribe is known for having great warriors, some were even better with a gun than white settlers. Smoke Signals (1998), the “first feature-length movie written, directed and acted by American Indians” (James Sterngold), fully broke the cycle of producing movies that were merely a “photograph of the mirrored reflection of a painted image” (1, Kilpatrick) of Native Americans....
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...English we were always wogs and nigs and Pakis and the rest of it”. Write an essay exploring how Kureishi’s novel maps Englishness as a contested terrain of identities, politics and performance. Your discussion should refer to Stuart Hall’s work on ethnicities and on Judith Butler’s writing on performance as identity. Much of the Kureishi’s early work is grounded primarily in racial and cultural conflict between British mainstream culture and ethnic minority communities; the conflict between the cultural claims that the first-generation immigrants were prone to clinging onto and the sense of belonging, which they their children aspired to develop in mainstream British society. To the children of immigrants, particularly those who had migrated from British Commonwealth or ex-colonized countries, any reflection on Britain, or their parents’ homeland, in terms of “home” may differ significantly from that perceived by their parents. As a writer born and bred in Britain of a Pakistani father and an English mother, Kureishi reflects upon his own identity, affirming in an interview his own sense of identity be seeing himself as British: “Critics have written that I’m caught between two cultures. I’m not. I’m British; I’ve made it in England. It’s my father who’s caught. He can’t make it. Elsewhere he proclaims his British identity in a similar way: I’m British, as wrote in The Rainbow Sign. Just like Karim in the Buddha. But being British is a new thing now. It involves people with...
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...Professor: Joanne Martin English 113B 20 Apr 2015 Identity Crisis and Resolution in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian It is natural for every person that he finds himself in a conflicting situation where he thinks that he has no identity. In such a situation of crisis, he asserts himself through different means though it may be a bitter truth or he himself gets insult in response. Arnold in The Absolute True Diary of a Part Time Indian faces the same situation, but he does not leave the truth. Whatever he has encountered in reservation or at Reardan, he has plainly told it in a very simple language that it seems touching obscenity and crossing the limits of decency. However, the struggle Arnold waged in order to...
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...The Self Paper PSYCH/555 May 19, 2014 The Self Paper According to Greenwald, Banaji, Rudman, Farnham, Nosek, and Mellott (2002), the concept of self is defined as the association of self with one or more characteristic concepts. The concept of self is complex and made up of many different parts that contribute to the whole meaning, such as the conceptual and operational parts (Fiske, 2010). The conceptual part includes the body, inner self, interpersonal self, and collective self (Fiske, 2010). The operational part includes emotions that affect self-esteem, and behavior that affects self-presentation (Fiske, 2010). Self-concept is attained through different ways, including comparison with other people. The following research material gives an understanding of self in deeper measure. Concept of Self There are many factors that contribute to the concept and development of self. Conceptual self, operational self, and core motives are all a part of self. Fiske notes that the “self is not a single thing” but is more comparable to a coral reef rather than a bowling ball (pp.186). Self-concept is broken down into conceptual self and operational self. The conceptual section includes the material self. This is the body self, inner self, interpersonal self, and collective self (Fiske, 2010). The operational section is how psychologists measure self by researching self-concept, emotions, self-esteem, and self-presentation, or behavior (Fiske, 2010). The...
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...A Brief History of Indian Motorcycle America's love for the motorcycle began in 1900 with bicycle racer George M. Hendee and engineering wizard Carl Oscar Hedstrom. In 1901, the partners unveiled their first creation, the 1901 Single. The trade name chosen for their innovative machine would signify "a wholly American product in pioneering tradition". The name was Indian. 1910-1919 By 1911, Indian riders hold every American speed and distance record. In 1914, over 3,000 employees work on a 7-mile long assembly line in Indian's 1-million square foot Springfield, Massachusetts plant. Racing activities are suspended in 1916 as the company supplies the war effort with 41,000 machines. 1920-1929 In 1923 the company is renamed Indian Motocycle Company, dropping the "r" in "motorcycle". It's a decade of growth for the Indian model line, starting with the revolutionary 1920 Scout and followed by the 95-mph Chief, the even more powerful Big Chief, the lightweight Prince, the awesome 4-cylinder Four. The 1928 101 Scout becomes the machine of choice for "wall of death" stunt riders. 1930-1939 The Art Deco era hits the Indians adorned in a full range of Duco colors, two-tone designs, pinstriping, and decals. Two new lightweight models debut in 1932, the Motoplane and the Pony Scout. "Iron Man" Ed Kretz, aboard a Sport Scout, laps the entire field in his win at the 1937 inaugural Daytona 200. With the onset of World War II in 1939, the focus again shifts to providing the...
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...1) Online auctions: We believe it’s high time that we embrace the technology and make a transition to internet auctions. Develop an online platform through which growers can sell their products and buyers can purchase them. Both of them will be charged a 0.1 % of transaction amount. This will not only bring in additional revenue but also make the whole process of buying and selling a lot easier. These are the financials involved. We estimate that online portal will cost us around $3 million. With the revenue that we will generate from it, cost of portal will be covered in 341 days. 2) Service Customization As per the recent trend, many clients don’t want full range of auction services. Hence sometimes they bypass auctions and directly contact growers. Taking this into account, we have decided to offer clients what they want. Auctioneers will offer services in the form of bundles. Clients can customize their bundles as per their needs. 3. Situational Analysis 3.1. SWOT Analysis Strengths: * Rich heritage ( Considered America’s original motorcycle company) * Strong brand equity because of snowmobiles and off-road vehicles * Strong supply chain and distribution channel of parent company (Polaris): Polaris' marketing activities are designed to promote and communicate directly with consumers as well as to assist the selling and marketing efforts of its dealers and distributors. The company provides and advertises discount or rebate programs...
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...mangers and policy makers of motorbike industry,helping them to analyzing the factors which are affecting while driving their industry to different countries of the world. Throughout the last few year,the acronym PESTLE has been suffering a numbers of changes,but it seem to be the most important factor which is helpful for decision-makers of royal-Enfield to analysis the current situation of the that country where industry expands.There are six factors which are influencing PESTLE analysis. Political factors include areas such as taxation policy, law labor of law,transportation problems and stable political environment. Furthermore, governments have great influence proposal that limit number of motorcycles being sold in the country because Indian currency changes everyday with the comparison of UK pounds.The changes of currency means the changes of price of products and demand of product like royal Enfield are also changes which means recession are enter into the market so UK government take some steps to solved the this problem.Royal Enfield sales would affect by this issue.Furthermore UK consumers pay higher pre-tax prices for Motorbikes than anyone else in the Europe.Government is keen to attract foreign firms to invest in UK. Economical factors include economical stability,rate of interest,currency rate[market Recerch report{2013}] . These are factors which puts impacts on the operation of business and accrucul decisions. This is because the rate of interest and the currency...
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...SELF CONCEPT The self-concept is the accumulation of knowledge about the self, such as beliefs regarding personality traits, physical characteristics, abilities, values, goals, and roles. Beginning in infancy, children acquire and organize information about themselves as a way to enable them to understand the relation between the self and their social world. This developmental process is a direct consequence of children's emerging cognitive skills and their social relationships with both family and peers. During early childhood, children's self-concepts are less differentiated and are centered on concrete characteristics, such as physical attributes, possessions, and skills. During middle childhood, the self-concept becomes more integrated and differentiated as the child engages in social comparison and more clearly perceives the self as consisting of internal, psychological characteristics. Throughout later childhood and adolescence, the self-concept becomes more abstract, complex, and hierarchically organized into cognitive mental representations or self-schemas, which direct the processing of self-relevant information. Understanding your self-concept It is the understanding and knowledge you have of your own existence. It is how you see yourself in relation to others and to your surroundings. To have a positive or healthy self-concept you must: Know yourself Love yourself Be True to yourself In order to meet the challenges of today's complicated...
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...Intra-and Interpersonal Competencies Written Assignment The main character in the case study, Sammy, showed inability in inter- and intrapersonal communication. He is facing various daily life problems including defining his self-value and identity, getting along with parents and managing personal emotions. The first problem is that Sammy failed to develop self concept (i.e. Who he is, what he wants to do) but blindly follows his parents’ opinion to persuade further study in college. Based on Identity Statuses Theory, Sammy is experiencing identity diffusion (Marcia,1966) in which he failed to attain commitment (occupational belief) and crisis (actively exploring and making conscious decision to understand his own identity). Besides, he has low self-esteem (i.e. the value he placed on himself) as he consider his classmates are more competent in both sports and academic performance than he does. He feels inferior at school. In order to overcome Sammy’s identity crisis, he should try to explore his own identity by constantly questioning himself about his own value, beliefs and academic pursuit to clarify his occupational and social roles. He can join various extra-curricular activities such as sports and music to discover his inborn talent. He might not be good at sports but he might be good at music or arts and crafts. To boost self-esteem, he needs to gain approval from peers to develop sense of belongingness. He could join more class activities and be generous (e.g. share...
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...society there is the need to first of all understand the term sense of belonging. The concept of sense of belonging may be define as the perception of similarity to others, an acknowledged interdependence with others, a willingness to maintain this interdependence by giving to or doing for others what one expects from them, and the feeling that one is part of a larger dependable and stable structure Belonging is closely linked to the concepts of identity, social groups, and communities. Because diverse experiences, backgrounds, cultures, heritages, and histories lead to unique individual experiences of belonging (or not belonging) in society, one person’s sense of belonging to a place or a people cannot readily be defined by others. Belonging to groups is the starting point of learning about roles and responsibilities and reflects choosing to identify with other members of society. Identity refers to who people feel that they are as individuals (“who I am”) and as members of groups (“who we are”). It also includes their identities in the eyes of others (for example, as they are commonly represented in the media McMillan & Chavis (1986) define sense of community as "a feeling that members have of belonging, a feeling that members matter to one another and to the group, and a shared faith that members' needs will be met through their commitment to be together. The following are how sense of belonging helps us to understand traditional societies in Africa; rite of passage...
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...do a survey and question people in two different locations about there interpretation of self, you would get several different answers. Yes there may be multiple answers, however, it does not mean that any of the answers are incorrect. As a matter of fact, each person will come up with their own self based of their own train of thought. This concept leads to another inquiry, which is of “how many self's” exist. Automatically, your instinct confirms that there is more than one; considering we all view the interpersonal self, body self, the societal self, and inner self. The way that others see you doesn't necessarily mean this is the way you may consider yourself in the same way, this is what can be referred to as self-recognized self identity. There are several terms that follow this theory. One example would be the spotlight effect. This is the state of mind that places ones mind at the center of the universe. This cause people to assume that others see themselves in the same light. Illusion of transparency is another example. Illusion of transparency states that we view our ideas in the same light as everyone around us. As a result, people tend to overestimate the extent to which their internal sensations leak out and are apparent to others. This is refereed to as the illusion of transparency (Gilovich, Savitsky, &...
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