...Research Paper Navajo ways of Knowing by Herbert John Benally Dominique Davenport College of New Rochelle Professor Davis Herbert John Benally lived in Sweetwater, Arizona, on the Navajo Reservation. While many members of his family have sought to preserve native traditions by following the path of medicine man, he has attempting to achieve the same goal through teaching and curriculum reform. Currently, he teaches courses in Navajo history, culture, and philosophy. In this essay Benally discusses the intimate connection between spirituality and knowledge in Navajo thinking. He describes four types of knowledge found in traditional Navajo thinking, “That which gives direction to life,” “sustenance,” “the gathering of family,” and “rest, contentment and respect for creation”. He explained why each of these types of sacred knowledge was associated with each part of the day. Benally argues that to achieve a harmonious life, we must focus on these four areas of knowledge and maintain a balance among them. In doing so, we will not only achieve harmony within the family and the human community, but we will also attain harmony between the human and the natural world. On other hand, failure to recognize the importance of each type of knowledge or to maintain a balance between them will produce dire consequences. As Benally says, “When we are not taught in this way, drawing on all four areas of knowledge, we become spiritually, emotionally, socially, and environmentally impoverished...
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...This project is designed to give you the opportunity and experience of researching a career that you are interested in pursuing. Your research for this project will be from a number of sources: informational interviews, career books, the Internet or other written material. You should take advantage of the resources provided in the Career Center, Evans Library, and the Student Counseling Center. There is also some great information available in various departmental offices on campus. You will need to use a variety of different sources, and you will need to make sure that the sources you select are considered valid and reliable. Please keep this in mind, especially when selecting Internet sources. To insure that you obtain the maximum benefit from this assignment, it will be due in sections (submitted via eLearning at eLearning.tamu.edu) with the final reflection paper submitted on eLearning. Career Research Project (CRP) #1 – Career Selection: 25 points. Via eLearning, submit the career you have chosen to research along with an explanation of why THIS career is the one selected. Career Research Project #2 – Qualifications. 25 points. Via eLearning, submit a summary (500 – 750 words) of the qualifications (education, experience, etc.) necessary for this field. These qualifications should include not only those necessary for entry level employment and opportunities, but the additional qualifications needed to be promoted and advance in this career. Include a...
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...Navajo Way of Life Kathleen E. St.Cyr ANT101 Jeffrey Ratcliffe July 16, 2012 Every culture has a primary mode of subsistence that makes them unique. Among the Navajo culture their primary mode of subsistence are pastoralists. Pastoralists have an impact on different aspects with in the culture. The aspects that I will be discussing will be the Navajo’s beliefs and values, sickness and healing, kinship, and their social organization. “Pastoralists are those who regularly move in search of naturally occurring grass and water.” (Nowak & Laird, 2010) Navajo’s are an Indian tribe that live on reservations and sometimes reside on public domains outside of the reservations. The Navajo nation is the largest reservation in North America. The Navajo tribe is the natives of what is called the Four Corners region that reside in Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado. Navajo’s call themselves Dineh, meaning “the people.” “Up until 1848, the land on which the Navajos lived had belonged to Mexico. The Navajos had to continually fight not only the Spanish, but also other Indian tribes in order to live on this land.” (Oracle ThinkQuest, The Navajo People) They continued this fight up until the 1850’s and 1860’s when Americans built Fort Defiance for the Navajo country, near what is now called Window Rock, Arizona. Only soon to be captured and killed by the Americans. After having to surrender and forced to walk 300 miles to Fort Sumner in eastern New Mexico and years...
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...A Way through Life “When a new life is brought into this world, family is the first to shelter you with love.” Death, independence, and family have played a major set back in my life. Overcoming these personal challenges has made me the highly driven person I am today. There is nothing more than one experience that can change how you view your whole life. Death approaches an individual when their time is due to expire in this world. My father, Orephin Baker died in a car accident. You think that a man as handsome and young as him would live to see his daughter grow up or even better live a full life. Instead, he went for a drive and took me with him. Lights were flashing, sirens were going off and coming from every direction of course I couldn’t do anything but cry I didn’t have a clue what was going on. Screaming, and lots of yelling and suddenly with the reach of a hand someone was coming to get me out. I was only four years old and before I knew it their was a soft voice whispering in my ear ‘’It’s ok sweetie, don’t cry.’’ I grew up wanting my father and mourning over not having him there. I took my loss out on everyone around me. Growing up without a father was not a typical statistic where I’d be the girl pregnant by sixteen or becoming strung out on drugs. I easily analyzed my peers around me and quickly knew what I didn’t want my life to be like, I wanted to be his legacy. So, I learned to deal with his death by promising myself I would not be another statistic...
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...A Way Of Life "A way of life." Many people use this expression as a way to talk about their subsistence and how they perceive their everyday life. What they fail to recognize, however, is the fact that their way of living is connected in a much broader category than they think. Anthropologists study these categories broad, narrow, present, and past to try and find out what exactly a "way of life" was for individual cultures. By studying these cultures Anthropologists try and deduce different methods of survival. They have also discovered a few major social institutions that all cultures have a common bond together. These social institutions are the basis for which culture is founded. In order for a culture to become distinct from other cultures it has to apply different rules and change around these institutions. Anthropologists use these social institutional changes to understand the development of a culture and their way of being. They research these processes through fieldwork mostly. By using fieldwork as a means of research they can directly observe, interview, survey, and then analyze the situation. This gives them the advantage of seeing with their own eyes what happens within a culture. Fieldwork and the analysis of the fieldwork will be the basis on which this paper will investigate the social institution of subsistence and economics among a subgroup of our culture. One of the defining aspects of culture is subsistence. Through subsistence you can...
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...What is the American way of life? This question can be answered in a pleather of ways from many different backgrounds of people. In my opinion, the American way of life is best symbolized by two key dates in American history. July 4, 1776 is one of the greatest days in the history of our great nation. America on this day set herself apart from the tyranny and colonial control of Europe and started a nation of core human values that would forever change the world. The founding fathers would then go on to create the constitution on September 17, 1787 which gave all Americans the freedoms and values which we still live by today. These values like freedom of speech, freedom of religion, equality, liberty, are all things that we enjoy as Americans...
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...To be honest, it was fun and interesting to know about all three countries. Their traditions, cultures and way of living. One thing which I found very interesting is the Nigerian proverb “It takes a whole village to raise a child”. They do not mean that literally, but it is true. It is the whole villages duty that a child grows up in a safe environment, interacting with elders and other children to gain experience. Even in the short text “Nigerian way of life” it is described that extended families are important, and are the backbone of the social system. If you read furthermore, you will see that mutual caring is still a strong tradition among the family members. The reason I think this proverb caught my eye is, because there is much more...
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...The Tatars had a very unique way of living, socializing, ways of providing sustenance, and of course a distinctive way of conquering. From what the author have described, if feels that this community is fearless and are able to do things that go beyond our social morals. I’m sure that he constantly felt anxious and was afraid for everything he was perceiving at that moment. This is a group that had no compassion or sympathy towards other human beings. This was a community that did not care about the wellbeing of others, as long as they gained and conquered different cities. I think that their ideology and motivation was that the only the fittest will survive. This must have been hard for all the families of this social group. Probably, he...
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...The threat America’s way of life is a quite questionable context to define. What I see here is a Catch 22, where we either allow immigrants and that changes America, or we don’t allow immigrants and that changes America. As John Isbister said, “The essence of American life is that it is composed of different groups, different cultures, races, religions, attitudes, folkways and ideologies, differences that give the country its distinctiveness. Current im-migration is sure to change the mixture, but change is not new; the cultural mixture of America has been changing continuously.” There is no auto defined definition to the American way of life, it is always changing whether we want it to or not. As Charon mentions, “Change occurs in every social organization, and it is ongoing and inevitable”. However, I do see this threat to be almost negligible, our biggest problem is within the racial conflictions of society adapting to a change. America has always been seen as a melting pot of cultures; however the melting pot concept is too vague to define. A melting pot means the society confirms to a new identity, however this is not such the case. The traditions are all varying and different outlooks still; we are not some culture defined as a mix of one pot, but rather a mix of many other pots. This correlates to Charon’s idea of the individual making a difference, “Attempts to influence society are countered by the power of long-standing social patterns that are normally defended by...
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...My Way to a Better Life Tish Hessig Skills for Professional Development Elaine Shilling, Ph.D. March 12, 2005 My Way to a Better Life How many of us settle for the easy way out? This is a question that I have been asking myself for many years now with regard to my career. Over the last year I have been thinking about my life a lot; where I am, where I have been and where I am going. I have discovered that I settled for my current career as an administrative assistant because it was the easiest decision for me. I am realizing now that being back in school will change my life. I am completing the work necessary to earn my Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management and I still need to learn what I will gain with my college education. How will my life and my daughter’s life change and how will my professional career change once I have earned my college degree? In my present career, a college education will allow me many advantages such as increased earnings, an improved quality of life, more challenging positions to learn and grow, an opportunity to be a member of the management team, and I will be able to mentor others on the importance of a college education. Twenty years ago when I was finishing high school, the only requirement to getting a job was a high school diploma. Today in order to get that same job, we are required to have a college degree. Even though it was not necessary for me to have a college education, I enrolled in the local community...
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...Breastfeeding – no introduction necessary The focus of this review paper is on presenting and substantiating common knowledge and beliefs with scientific research and facts to demonstrate the advantages of breast milk feeding in early stages of human life and in years that follow. Discussion of non-scientific, i.e. social, economic, etc., aspects of breastfeeding will be limited, with primary focus given to human health outcomes for infants and mothers. The structure of this paper is decisively unconventional: where the author has chosen to discuss the body of common knowledge about breastfeeding before delving into the scientific research review. The intention is to draw the readers’ attention to the vast body of proven and observed advantages of breastfeeding for infant and mothers. Breastfeeding advantages – more than just food Breastfeeding is a natural process. Throughout human history breastfeeding was, and in many places around the world still is, a means to a healthy start to a human life. With the development of baby formula, and its availability, and relatively low cost, breastfeeding is now commonly thought to be a choice in the developed world. No longer a means to survival, no longer a requirement. To some, the advent of the baby formula is a direct form of feminine liberation. To others, baby formula is a necessity for medical or circumstantial reasons that are not driven by the freedom of choice. Those that choose the formula under pretenses other than necessity...
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...When I was waiting for my wonderful summer vacation last year, I suddenly saw a red and yellow poster posted at a narrow corner outside the corridor which is drew my attention. It was the information about going to Beijing internship for one month. I knew this is a good chance for me to experience a brand new life without my family. Under the keen competition, I could enhance my working experience in China. It would help me to improve Mandarin and become competitive in the future. I watched the TV in the airport for the Shenzhou 9 rocket launch when I was arrived in Beijing. This is an amazing moment that I can watch the long rocket launch in the capital of Beijing, a place where is politically aware. At the same time, I was the first time to feel proud to be one of the Chinese people. As the rocket means the national achievement for a country, I would feel that all people who surrounded by me do have a strong sense of identity. It shows a miracle in China again. In Beijing, it is shocking to see a mountain of people inside the MTR station every day. If you walk slowly, other people will use their invisible hand to push you to walk faster magically. When people want to get off in the next station, they are likely to ask a question, “Are you getting off in the next station?”. If no, he/she will then switch the place with you so the person can get off quickly. Also, I needed to take transportation nearly two hours to office. The colleagues told me that it is normal to take at...
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...Hello Guys Welcome To My Gaming Channel. I'm bringing you many different things on this channel that I hope you guys will enjoy. There’s plenty to watch so be on the lookout for more of my videos. Comment, Like, and Subscribe In this video Twitter: InfamousJaleel Instagram: InfamousJaleel Main Channel: www.youtube.com/infamousjaleel Infamous Out!!! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 - Multiplayer Gameplay & Discussion E3 Hello Guys Welcome To My Gaming Channel. I'm bringing you many different things on this channel that I hope you guys will enjoy. There’s plenty to watch so be on the lookout for more of my videos. Comment, Like, and Subscribe In this video we watch the gameplay trailer for one of the most anticipated PlayStation 4 and Xbox One games of 2015. After the trailer I give some of my likes and dislikes of the game. This game is coming in a couple months and looks like a redefined adventure of the saga of Black Ops. In this video you will see Multiplayer gameplay which looks pretty interesting. If you love Call of Duty then keep watching and give me some feedback! I DO NOT OWN THIS TRAILER OR GAMEPLAY! Twitter: InfamousJaleel Instagram: InfamousJaleel Main Channel: www.youtube.com/infamousjaleel Infamous Out!!! Destiny: The Taken King Trailer At E3 & Discussion Hello Guys Welcome To My Gaming Channel. I'm bringing you many...
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...Mongolian’s had a very simple, yet developed, way of life. They were nomadic people who hunted and gathered food, while also being fierce warriors who conquered everyone they came across. When they weren’t conquering other tribes and cities, they were discovering and developing their own way of life and culture. The Mongol´s way of life is misunderstood and not portrayed accurately in history books. The Mongols were nomadic people who hunted and gathered their food. Because of their nomadic lifestyle, they were not able to plant crops and have farms. Their food diversity depended on their geographic location. Despite these differences, their main staple consisted of meat and dairy products from their animals. They categorized their food into two groups, white and red foods. White foods were any dairy products and vegetables, while red foods was any meat or animal fats. From their cows, they enjoyed milk, cheese, and yogurt. When it came to meat, they ate whichever animals were nearby; most commonly, it was beef, mutton, or pork. When it came to food and traveling during the harsh summers and winters, the Mongols devised a smart method...
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...Ways Biology Plays a Role in Everyday Life and Benefits Society A. Biology is used by doctors to treat diseases in humans and animals. Farmers use biology to understand their crops. Marine biologists use biology to protect and understand ocean life. Nutritionists use biology to understand the way bodies interact with food. Health inspectors use biology to set standards for food safety. B. Biology is a person's daily life. The food you eat was produced using biological processes. There are quadrillions of biochemical reactions going on in your body at any given moment. Your environment is affected by biological processes, many organisms and chemicals found in your environment affect you. C. Any drug you ever take to cure your headache or eliminate an infection was developed using biology (and chemistry & etc.). Making breads and cheeses depends on biological processed carried out by yeasts and molds. All the oxygen you breathe was generated by biological processes (specifically, photosynthesis). Virtually all the energy you use was created by biological processes. (Oil and coal are both ultimately derived from plant matter.) D. Biology connects to my life due to many factors; for one my school is almost completely surrounded by a swamp in which, occasionally, I see its various organisms and plant species. Another way biology connects to my everyday life is the bread I eat, in which before it’s made into a sandwich (or even into bread for that matter)...
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