It may look today that the modern world doesn't revolve around the sun but around the natives of the America's inventions and societies. ... No matter what part of the world one lives, traces of America will be there. ... All the way from the conquistadors to today, natives have been consistently exploited and forgotten. ... For the most part, the sun was the focus of their religion. ... Because native Americans were not a greedy people, they were able to discover what world had to offer. ...

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European settlers soon displaced many of the remaining Native American land. ... Native women American farmed and gathered food in the woods. ... When they arrived in Americas, they established church, promoted a new ideal of religious toleration and also forced native peoples to convert to Christians "I believe that they would easily be made Christians, because it seemed to me that they belonged to no religion- (Page 39-Columbus-The First Voyage). ... Religions and cultures of some indigenous tribes were completely disappeared. European settlement and diseases of the Americas drastically re...

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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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Growing up in Latin America is already hard, but growing up in Latin America as an indigenous person (una "India"), is among the toughest things to go through. In Latin America, being a native american is among the worst things to be. ... They couldn't speak Spanish, because Rigoberta and her people kept their native languages and customs until the present. ... Rigoberta's family were the leaders of the community of natives, where they lived. ... No matter what religion and culture you come from, we are all joined by these common values. ...

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