They used song and dance, which reflected their culture and mythology, in many common rituals and festivals. ... "Afro-Americans came to the Americas from western Africa beginning in 1619" (qtd. ... Such as the Native Americans, the Afro-Americans descended form tribal people, who incorporated singing and dance into their daily activities. "Their songs were especially rhythmic and intricately patterned, as seen in this following response of the primitive African song ( Gusikoff 119)." It is crying/it is crying Siham/ba Ngenyan/go The child of the walker by moonlight Siham/b Ngenyan/go ...

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• Grade Level: High School

I believe that Reconstruction helped the African-Americans get some of the freedom that equally deserved. ... Ku Klux Clan - The KKK was created after the Civil War as means of rebelling against the Reconstruction plans and the plans to give the African-Americans equal rights. ... Ghost Dance Movement - This was brought about by a Paiute prophet named Wovoka in 1888. ...

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Most of these mascots perform at halftime during games and dance around, pretending to be doing sacred dances. ... It is like someone who is not African American or black telling rappers who are African American or black not to use the n-word in their songs/music. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

1.) The Film draws you into the Lakota lifestyle and makes you feel sympathetic toward the Native Americans by having them speak in their native language. This made them appear as if they were ordinary people like a person from today's world. Also the film showed how they interacted with each other ...

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During World War II Oscar Howe spent three and a half years touring around North Africa, Italy and Germany. ... A good example of this is this piece that depicts several Native American women dancing. Although the web site that I got this picture from did not give a title for this picture I believe that it is a joyful dance. ... The title of this piece is "War Dancer". ...

• Word Count: 1918
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

These natives retreated to either to a Dance Ghost camps or with Red Cloud "one of the last remaining great chiefs" at Pine Ridge. ... We stress the mistreatment of the African Americans when they came to this country, and how we as Americans would never be the same after such a dark past. ...

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(The reserved Victor, impatient with Thomas's chatter, accuses him of having learned most of what he knows about Indians by watching ``Dances With Wolves,'' and advises him to spend more time ``looking stoic.'') ... It is Victor, for instance, who accuses Thomas of having gotten his ideas of Indian behavior from too many viewings of "Dances With Wolves" and advises him to quit grinning, start scowling and toughen up. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The Plight of The North American Indians The history and culture of the American Indian is sadly misrepresented because of culture biases and inaccurate reports. In order to give a more accurate report of the American Indian one must look at period before the Euro...

• Word Count: 3899
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School