They way that fashion industry has interpreted Native American culture and/or style, has influenced the way Americans now think of Indians. ... For example, Victoria Secret presented a bathing suit inspired by the Native American culture. ... The Native American culture holds a lot of value in their clothing making process. ... Most elements of Indian clothing evolved around their religion. ... They have promoted misconceptions of the Native American's cultural history. ...

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The culture of the Native Americans has definitely not been an exception to this over the past years in America's history. ... From religion, to clothing, and even Native American food, the culture is just not the same as it once was. ... The Native Americans lived a very simple and peaceful way of life. ... When the European settlers arrived in America, their western way of life completely clashed with Native American culture. ... The Native Americans were often slaughtered by the Europeans, drastically declining their population. ...

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Long before the white man set foot on Canadian and Saskatchewan soil, the Indians, or rather the Native Canadians had been living in North America. ... It is believed that the first Native Americans arrived during the last ice age, approximately 20,000 - 30,000 years ago through a land bridge across the Bering Sound, from northeastern Siberia into Alaska. So, when the Europeans started to arrive in the 16th- and 17th-century they were met by Native Americans, and enthusiastically so. ... An individual also has ethnicity, culture, religion, morals, political opinions, beliefs, feelings and tra...

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It is also ludicrous to think that we can get an entire nation to stop speaking their native language and to adopt and learn a completely different one. ... If we were to take away the right to speak in a people's native language we would take away their first amendment right of freedom of speech and religion, this goes against all that our forefathers fought for nearly 300 years ago, and what makes this country so great. To strip people of their right to speak their native tongue is to strip them of their native religion, customs, culture, and the history of their people. ... The fi...

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America has traditionally been referred to as a "melting pot," welcoming people from all over the world, different races and religions; all hoping to find a better life, new opportunities and freedom. ... America is the most diverse country in the world. ... They don't need this, because everybody around speaks their native language. ... American perceives himself as a center of universe. ... American society consists of many individuals. ...

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He showed this by the way he judged the natives. ... This is evident because the pilgrims left England because of the rules and religion and cultural persecution. Therefore because of all of that they came to America for religious and cultural freedom, and upon settling they wanted the natives to change their way of life. ... To be a better American is to first be a better person. ... To be a better American is to show the real reason everyone came to settle in America, which is for freedom. ...

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The oppression of the Native religion serves as a predominant theme as King satirizes Christianities book of Genesis, with the anecdote of the creation of the earth and Adam and Eve. Throughout the text the four Indians attempt to narrate their North American Native Mythology as they undermine Christianities canonical beginnings where the Judeo-Christian God is merely portrayed as a troublesome figment of the Native trickster Coyote's imagination. ... In a world where Christianity rules, it is obvious how any oppressed religions may feel. But the fight fo...

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Take for example, the Europeans invasion upon the Native-Americans; not only was much of the Native-Americans land lost, but in many cases so was Native-Americans language and literacy. ... Native-Americans had been stripped of their own languages and beliefs. In many ways, the Natives-Americans were forced into adjusting their old ways into the new European ways. ... Through literacy these Native-Americans were now able to keep their "living language" alive and to keep their own style of writing alive. ... Without these writings or story telling, many of the rich Native-American traditions ...

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Yam (African), cookie (Dutch), pretzel (German), tobacco (Native American), and ranch (Spanish) are words describing things we think of as being "American". What is American? What is an American? ... People usually try to change a culture or a religion to fit their own views, instead of accepting it and its diversity. ... Once we accept someone's religion and nationality we accept them as human beings. ...

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People's religion and their beliefs on what things mean and stand for. ... Where as Americans are tend live and work farther away from each other. ... Even Native Americans have their own values and traditions. ...

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For tradition to survive in family, culture, or religion an effort must be made to consciously repeat. ... Even in cultures such as Native American culture that are rich in tradition, without exposure to these traditions children like Turtle cannot be exposed to traditions without repetition. Continuing cultural tradition is impossible for the Native American unless their traditions are taught to the next generation through repetition. ... A good example of a lack of cultural tradition is present in the modern day American culture. ... Tradition must have a forced effort to exist in famili...

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Conflict is not only demonstrated by the raids by the French and Indians on British villages and the War between the British and the French, but also by the cultural and religious differences between the Native Americans, the French, and the English. ... The English people that migrated to America in the early years were people of a Protestant faith, whereas the French people as well as the Indian captors were of a Catholic faith that was brought to America by French missionaries. ... The English peoples living in Deerfield were a people who had England and migrated to the new world in order t...

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Religion almost plays a comical and ironic role in Keep the River on Your Right. Father Moiseis is totally dedicated to saving the spirits of the natives from eternal damnation. What is interesting to note is that the natives of the mission didn't have any concept of repercussions in death which depended upon what actions were taken during life. ... In fact, I bet the Akarams are more emotionally healthy than many Americans today. ... In America, standards are not only passed down from our parents, but from friends, the media, and our religion to only name a few. ...

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The Brussels Act of 1892 called for the education to the African Americans in teaching them that our civilization brought many benefits. Small-scale societies were made to think that the American living standards were the best way of life. ... Westerners took children away from their families and educated them in American schools; they mainly taught them how to behave like an American. No longer did the natives have a right to their own religion. ... Something Robert Bamsey once said, "We buy things we don't need with money we don't have to impress people we don't like. " Americ...

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My ethnography field work is based on the immigration of people from India to the United States of America. ... Isn't America a free and liberal county? ... Religions such as Buddhism, Christian, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Sikhism are one of many thousands of religions that are followed. ... American's are very spoiled. ... America does not have culture; culture is just based on a tradition of any event. ...

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However, as more Americans go to Mainland China to take employments, more Chinese and Americans are working next to each other. ... "Really, we are continually searching for unknown relish which sutaible Chinese clients and we discovered some native sustenance is very likeable and favoured by Chinese individuals. It would not be simple for KFC to prospered around the world, if it introduced the American relishes without giving any thought to the diversified cultures and traditions of community purchasers in different nations." he said (American Fast Food in Chinese Market, 2009). ... (America...

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"The native American has been generally despised by his white conquerors for his poverty and simplicity. They forget, perhaps, that his religion forbade the accumulation of wealth and the enjoyment of luxury... ... As the native population in Canada is not treated with equality and justice, we see the aboriginal community in Canada with poor education, in poverty and substance abuse. ... In 1969 Pierre Elliot Trudeau's government had regulated the White Paper, a legal document that had forbid negotiations with the Natives in regards to their aspirations and rights by removing their Indian...

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All these styles constitute an important part of music in American society, styles that constitute "American music." ... Immigrant groups may have partially assimilated into the mainstream of our society while retaining the songs, dances, instruments, languages (at least accent and inflection), fashion, food, and lifestyles of their native cultures. ... Therefore, they have their own musical traditions, different reasons for using music in their communities in such involvements as their religion, recreation and entertainment, and public gatherings. ...

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All these styles constitute an important part of music in American society, styles that constitute "American music." ... Immigrant groups may have partially assimilated into the mainstream of our society while retaining the songs, dances, instruments, languages (at least accent and inflection), fashion, food, and lifestyles of their native cultures. ... Therefore, they have their own musical traditions, different reasons for using music in their communities in such involvements as their religion, recreation and entertainment, and public gatherings. ...

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Independent Reading Essay In the book I Heard the Owl Call My Name by Margaret Craven, it talks about how a young man, named Mark, goes to a Native American village, called Quee, and their he learns about the Native American life. ... That he was just there to help with their religion and not to change their ways and customs. ...

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These standards may be based on religion, different social groups in which people belong, as well as the social environment that surrounds us. ... Costello states, "They are very common They are the sorts of Americans that one does one's duty by-not accepting" (p. 13). ... He stated, "when you deal with natives you must go by the custom of the place. Flirting is purely and American custom; it doesn't exist here" (p. 45). ...

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These topics include religion, per capita income, and free elections. ... It was difficult for Europe to trace their origins in order to create cultural regions, but in North America it was relatively easy because of the development of its modern-day cultural regions. Today, North America is divided into 16 different regions based not just on culture but also on physical and financial differences. ... The north is subdivided into a European and Native mixture as well as the Inuit in the extreme far north. ...

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A culture may include rituals, religion, economic systems, language, a style of dress, a way of cooking, and a political system. ... In this new multicultural age American citizens could be of Vietnamese, Chinese, Japanese, Haitian, Russian, Bosnian, Native American, or Indian ethnic descent. ...

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