Through their culture, beliefs, and traditions Native Americans influenced the arrival of the new man, including modern American literature. ... Original Native American stories were performed orally in the native language of their tribe. ... Even though there are differences among native literatures there are also similar themes throughout all of them. ... He attempted to show his white audience the world views, customs, literature, and history of the Indians and though this, hoped white Americans might appreciate Native American virtues. ... In the 1920's the Native American authors...

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Native Americans literature shows life, logic and informative backgrounds of the life of a Native American. Native American literature is important, and there are numerous reasons why. The study of Native American literature has opened the minds of many people. ... Native American literature is a mind opener to many people that non- Native American and unaware of the culture, and life style. ... Native American literature is important and it is very educational not only to non-Native Americans, but to younger Native Americans also. ...

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In general, however, Native Americans are portrayed as a form of civilized wildlife. ... Native Americans were portrayed constantly as savages in newspapers, art, literature and rumor mills for a full two hundred years prior to the start of the Western migration (144). ... There were many instances when Native Americans would risk their lives in order to save drowning Americans (72,79). ... The American emigrants would have never been able to complete their journeys without the vital aid provided by the Native Americans. ... These narratives seldom mentioned the social interactions that occur...

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The dominance of western settlers over native Americans has had a huge impact on North America in the past hundred and fifty years. ... Studying Native American literature can help us see how these dissimilarities, and what lead to the downfall of the red-man. ... The ancestors of the Native Americans have had a much longer and barbaric journey to North America than European settlers did. ... The taxation of the Native Americans grew larger until they had to pay the ultimate price. ... Though there are no examples in the assigned literature, biological dissimilarities between Europeans an...

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Readers also see in "Blankets," by Sherman Alexie, that this short story about Native Americans also brings a sense of endearment, but towards parents instead of lovers. ... Sherman Alexie's "Blankets" shows the struggles that occur in a Native American's life and how these struggles can cause younger generations to lash out against their elders. ... Native Americans believe that everyone respects everyone, especially elders. ... I'd read the hospital literature about this moment. ...

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The Literature of Colonial America 1620-1776 The Religious Background The early religion of the colonies was one based primarily on Puritan dogma. ... Native Americans The Puritan relationship with the early Americans was tenuous at best and downright vicious at worst. ... The Native Americans, for their part, were equally mystified by the European colonists. ... Upon being captured by Native Americans she slew "10" of them and returned with their scalps. ... By educate of course I mean covert to Christianity which is an ongoing theme in Native American relations. ...

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African American Literature is a composite of many different life stories and experiences African Americans have had to endure throughout a lifetime. From African American Heritage, which goes all the way back to literature written by African's who were brought to America as slaves up to now (which is considered the Affirmative Action Era), there has been somewhat of an African American diary that continues to evolve throughout our times. As of now there is Pre-20th African American Literature, which would include authors like Phillis Wheatley, Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. ... The second o...

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Columbus established good relations with the Native Americans and even set up a barter situation with them so there could be further trade. ... The Heath Anthology of American Literature. ... The Heath Anthology of American Literature. ... The Heath Anthology of American Literature. ... The Heath Anthology of American Literature. ...

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Captivity narratives of Americans relate the experiences of whites enslaved by Native Americans and Africans enslaved by Americans. Two widely read captivity narratives are The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano by Olaudah Equiano and are A Narrative of Captivity by Mary Rowlandson, in which relate the experiences of an eleven-year-old African male captured for the American slave market and of an adult white woman captured by Native Americans. ... The narrative of her captivity by Indians became favored in both American and English literature. ... After taken into captivity b...

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Native American Oral TraditionsLiteracy was unknown to the Native Americans before outsiders introduced it. ... There is no doubt that a real history is embedded in Native American oral traditions. ... The literature of the tribe was passed on verbally. ... Perhaps the best solution is to go to the Native Americans themselves. ... Native Americans should take steps now to preserve this tradition. ...

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Next he describes the type of houses the natives used. ... According to Read, "Their varied descriptions of Native Americans and tribal lifestyles, with an emphasis on their lack of Christianity, were used by Britain to justify its savior image through the introduction of religion, technology, and civilization."" ... These reports proved to be very important to the colonization movement's later promotional literature. ... Documents including literature written by explorer John White after visiting Virginia, portray the Native American culture also in a negative view. ... These reports p...

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African American literature is an extremely dense and rich form of literature that contains many types of similar tropes. These tropes can be seen throughout many of African American works of literature. ... Double-Consciousness Double-consciousness is a major theme that courses through many African American literature works. ... This idea of double-consciousness comes through in almost any African American work of literature. ... Like African Americans, these natives search for identity and live with double-consciousness throughout their lives. ...

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Native American Education American Indians have endured phenomenally rapid change throughout their history, especially during the past two hundred years. Despite federal efforts to assimilate Indians, to terminate their nations, and even to exterminate them, Native Americans have tenaciously and sometimes perilously held on to their distinct ways of life. Unfortunately, the American education system has, at times, participated in these harmful policies that have contributed to the detriment of American Indians. ... The play that is being protested by members of the University of Wisco...

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Spanish colonization has had huge impact on the Americas in ways such as shaping the American character, contributing to American ranching practices, and by obtaining vital territory for its survival. ... Literature also shaped the view Americans had about the Spanish that turned good into bad. ... They killed tens of thousands of Native Americans and enslaved even more in the first decades. Many more also died from European diseases to which the Native Americans had no immunity. ... Lastly, literature has had a significant role in shaping the views of America toward the Spanish, which also...

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American Native Family Therapy Introduction "Ethnicity is deeply tied to the family, through which it is transmitted. ... Nowhere is this more apparent than in the American Native culture. ... In American Native cultures, however, becoming a part of the family system is not usually possible. ... Literature indicates that, in comparison to children of other ethnic minority groups, American Native children are at greater risk for emotional and behavioral disorders and negative psychosocial conditions such as poverty, family and community violence, substance abuse, and substandard living ...

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That image changed in recent years to a more sympathetic feeling toward Native Americans. ... Native American authors have shown this for a few years. ... Their characters portray the lack of understanding present in the American society for the Native Americans and the anger prevalent amongst the culture. ... Both authors indicate how the Native American of today has been forcibly separated from the land and thought of his ancestors and what a devastating effect this has had on Native American society. ... Endrich gives the unique perspective of mixed blood on her views of the Native America...

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FINAL Toni Morrison once said that race is a central, defining feature of American literature. ... In Mary Rowlandson's Narrative, she defines her Puritan race by showing what it is not through the Native Americans. ... Rowlandson, Twain, Ellison, and Hemingway assert that we define our own race in American literature by defining what we are not. ... Using strong words in describing the Native Americans such as "barbarous creatures"(Norton 150), Mary Rowlandson right off the bat excludes the Native Americans from the human race; showing that the Puritans are on a higher level than t...

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POCAHONTAS: Native American Stereotypes in a Disney Movie 1. ... We will particularly examine how Disney portrays the Native Americans in the movie and whether stereotypes are used. ... Particular attention will be given to the images of Native American women. ... For the purpose of this paper, the storyline of Pocahontas needs to be compared to the actual facts of the Native American girl's life and her encounter with white society. ... This is understandable, since the story dates back to the beginning of the seventeenth century, a time when no written records were kept of events or...

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Often referred to as the Contemporary Period, the end of the Second World War until the present day represents the span of our last period of literature. Why it is difficult to come up with a list of qualities that accurately describe the Contemporary Period of American Literature may be because the population has grown so large, or because printing and computer desktop publishing is so common, the situation is more chaotic than ever before. ... In literature, especially, most schools no longer emphasize the traditional canon of works and authors, but are instead teaching the literature of ...

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A Uniquely American Voice As America entered into a generation of native-born Americans, a call for an identity that was exclusively American began to emerge. Americans yearned for a uniquely American expression of themselves through their literature. ... Although these ideas were as old as mankind, they became issues that were intrinsically commensurate with American literature's individuality. ... A cry for a national literature rang throughout the country. Margaret Fuller was quoted as saying that,It does not follow because many books are written by persons born in America that ther...

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In 1914 he was honored in New York with a silver medal from the Hispanic society of America. When Blue was released he was introduced as the spokesman for Latin American modernism. ... Dario describes his poetry as "the Hispanic form of the universal crisis in literature and spirit that began around 1885." ... Many of his works used native dances and language. ... He was a master at combining the traditional forms of literature with his experiences with speech, legends, and songs of the afro-Cubans. ...

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However, during this decade, a literary explosion of Latin American literature took place named "The Boom." ... There are many reasons why the "Boom" literature occurred when it did. ... Most importantly, with the emergence of the "Boom" writers of the 60s to the early 80s, three common conflicts developed in Latin American literature: good vs. evil, nature vs. urban progress, and civilization vs. barbarism. ... One of the common conflicts that emerged from the "Boom" literature was the age-old battle between good vs. evil. ... Latin Americans perceived the American investors as capitalist...

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"A World More Attractive: A View of Modern Literature and Politics." Contemporary Literature and Criticism. 3 (1975): 545. ... This article is valuable in that it expresses the idea that this book attacked a system of lies that made it possible for white Americans to rationalize the persecution of blacks. ... "On Rereading Native Son." ... "Richard Wright and Albert Camus: The Literature of Revolt." ...

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Besides the killing of Jewish people in World War II Germany, two other chief acts of genocide, that some may not consider genocide at all, are the death of millions of Native Americans in North America and the neglect of aboriginals in Australia, both by European settlers. ... The government in Australia as well as in North America has also simply tried to get rid of the "aboriginal problem" by having people of native background conform to the ways of the Europeans in a variety of ways. ... Looking at this definition, although many say that the European settlers did not necessarily come s...

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It was the first time for Caliban to be seen as a dispossessed native. ... At first critics did not take the allusion of Americanization-Caliban plausible although they began to realize there was some links between Shakespeare's play and the travel literature of his day. However, gradually assumptions about The Tempest's relations with American colonization accumulated and "American school" of Tempest interpretation began to emerge. ... This view was widely accepted; however, few critics of that day showed sympathy toward Native Americans because they still described Caliban as a...

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