The protagonists of both stories, Bigger in Native Son and Sara in Bread Givers, struggle to find their way in a harsh ethnically segregated society. ... Native Son is the story of a young black man growing up during a time of legal racial segregation. Native Son is told in chronological order. ... Bigger from Native Son had a hard time fitting into society for a completely different reason. ... Although, Bread Givers and Native Son are two completely different stories, they have many similarities. ...

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The correlation between learning and transformation in the native oral tradition has a duel nature. ... For example, in Ravens Adventures a chief kicks his own son out of the community for eating all the provisions. ... The Sun Tests His Son In Law and The Youth Who Joined The Deer are two stories that teach Native people the sacredness of the animals that provide for them. In each story Natives learn that both Salmon and Deer live as humans in their own worlds. The stories teach the Natives that both animals sacrifice themselves to feed people. ...

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Native Americans played a big role in American history. ... In "Educating Sons," Chief Canassatego writes a letter to the Virginia College about how in order to live in their society, they need to be independent. ... In "Educating Sons,"" the chief explains that when their men came back from the Virginia College, "They were totally good for nothing." ... All the Native Americans really did was protect their own. ... In "Educating Sons,"" they didn't have enough use of rhetorical devices. ...

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They have not seen a Native American before. ... They also needed the Natives for trading. When the need for Native American's help ended the Pilgrim's began to treat the Native Americans with less and less respect. ... Edward Winslow worked hard to achieve Massasoit's trust, but Edward Winslow's son, Josiah, destroyed the trust when he barged into Alexander's wigwam with pistol threatening him and trying to take him to court. ... The Pilgrims sometime took land from the Native Americans by taking advantage of the Native Americans. ...

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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome disturbs more Native Americans than any other ethnic group. ... Adam is an adopted Native American, and his father is half Native American, which enables them to easily understand all the elements of this syndrome. ... Michael viewed his son as a normal, average boy. He assumed his son was just slower than other children, but always kept the idea that he was normal. ... Michael wanted only the best for his son, and put all efforts into trying to get Adam a good education. ...

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In contrast to the Native American "Cinderella" version, the tale was told, originally, in the Algonquin language. ... In contrast to the Native version, there is the absence of a festival. ... In the Native version, the prince is played as the Invisible man. ... A festival took place in order for the chief's son to find a wife. The chief's son was gentle and sweet towards Cinderella. ...

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This idea occurs within Kumalo's family and his brother, sister, and son all choose to move. ... The natives "cry for more education, and more opportunity, and for the removal of the restrictions on native labor and enterprise." ... Ironically, the death of his son brings him to feel compassion for the native people. He changes his heart and instead of avenging his son's death, he chooses to help the natives. ... Even though Jarvis lost his son, he understands that "kindness and love can pay for pain and suffering." ...

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Andrew Jackson was born on Mar. 15, 1767, on the border of North Carolina and South Carolina, the son of Andrew and Elizabeth Hutchinson Jackson. His father died a few days before the birth of his son. Three weeks after the birth of her son Mrs. ... More Native Americans died in this battle than in any other in the nation's history. ... Henry Clay called Jackson's Native American policy a stain on the nation's honor. ...

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Cartier liked the Native Americans very much. The natives he encountered on his very first voyage were very friendly. ... These natives insisted that Cartier stop sailing west. ... This story was about a land called Saguenay by the natives. ... Cartier, wanting the riches, kidnapped Donnaconna and his sons. ...

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Not to mention, they needed a native translator and negotiator who was familiar with the language, the tribes, and the customs. ... One other story, a story from a native account, states that she married a few more times, had more children and met up with her son in Wind River, Wyoming. The Native account is most likely more accurate than others. ...

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Similarly, in "Changing Woman and the Hero Twins" we can see the importance of nature to the Native American people. This can be seen through the Sun giving the lightning bolts to his sons in hopes of warding of the "monsters" that roamed upon his land. ... Unfortunately, we do not always value the land in the ways of the Native Americans or the Puritans. ... Indeed, Columbus did value the land for which he reaped; however, it is his intentions that differ from those of the Native Americans and Puritans. ...

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Similarly, in "Changing Woman and the Hero Twins" we can see the importance of nature to the Native American people. This can be seen through the Sun giving the lightning bolts to his sons in hopes of warding of the "monsters" that roamed upon his land. ... Unfortunately, we do not always value the land in the ways of the Native Americans or the Puritans. ... Indeed, Columbus did value the land for which he reaped; however, it is his intentions that differ from those of the Native Americans and Puritans. ...

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In Red Leaves Faulkner tells a story Native Americans who own slaves on their plantation. The group talks of the death of their chief and how his son was taking over. ... A lot of dialogue in this story is talking about the chief's son and the passing of gossip along to each other. The dialogue also gives clues about how they culturally live, not so much like Native Americans but more like white men, though the Native American's talk about both with distaste. ... In Red Leaves the Native American characters interested themselves in talking of the chief's son and his habits. ...

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Boone viewed the ongoing battles between the Indians and the white man as a necessary instrument ordained to settle the wilderness, but actually desired to live in peace with the Native Americans. ... In 1773, Boone's son James was captured, tortured, and murdered by Cherokee Indians. If that incident wasn't enough to provoke hate for the Indians, in 1778 Boone lost another son, Israel, in the Battle of Blue Licks against the Shawnee Indians. ... He maintained an open-mindedness nature towards the Native Americans mostly due to the fact the viewed the land and wilderness through ...

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The rising action contained all of the background information about her son Jimmie's death and the visit from the white doctors who came for her children. ... Her son, Jimmie, died while serving in the United States military, and his death greatly upset her. ... The white people eventually began to fear Ayah and the Native Americans. ... Ayah was a symbol of the Native American people for several reasons. ... At first Ayah, like the Native Americans, was afraid of the white people. ...

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Victor is the handsome son of an alcoholic father who has abandoned his family. ... The son takes a lesson. ... Most films about Native Americans have had points to make and scores to settle, like all those earnest 1950s white films about blacks. ... He leaves behind his son Victor Joseph (Adam Beach). ... To see the two movies side-by-side is to observe how Native Americans, like all Americans, are not exempt from the melting pot--for better and worse. ...

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These groups include the Africans, Asians, native-Americans, and Hispanics. ... Although they are known as Native Americans as a whole there are many different tribes that make up this group called Natives. ... These Natives are very in touch with nature and their spiritual side. ... Women feel very welcome in this culture recognizing that they are a central part of the traditions and a that they are in fact equal to their husbands or sons. ... To Natives this is a great privilege in which only women have. ...

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However, it does not accurately portray the names of the historical people that were involved or that Hester Prynne was not hung also when the Native Americans take her husband captive. ... Native Americans in this film are portrayed accurately in the beginning when the movie shows Metacom, the leader of the tribe, at his father's funeral. Davidson J. et al., (2010) stated "Masasoit died and was succeeded by his son Metacom" (p. 94). ... The inaccurate views of the Scarlet Letter are the Native Americans in the last scene of the movie that come in to fight against the colonists ...

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Native American Voices The book of Genesis V.S. ... The Spiritual legacy The Native Americans have had great riches in human and spiritual resources. ... During the early contacts between the Europeans and the Native Americans, the Europeans found the Indians either a brutal uncivilized savage or as a naive child. ...

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Due to complications with a Peigan native named Owl Child, Malcolm Clarke lost his life in 1869 (Greybill 101, 103). Around the time of Malcolm Clarke's death Greybill continues the Clarke family story with his son, Horace Clarke (Greybill 105). ... For example, around the time of Malcolm's death the story picks up from his son, Horace Clarke's life (Greybill 104, 105) and he continues to write the life of Horace and include some information of his other children along the way. ... As far as the suggested audience I believe anyone who is interested in Native American culture or...

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The Native people were being forced off the land they had lived on for thousands of years, and forced to adopt they ways of the colonizers. ... In most of the Native American cultures, women were valued beings. ... A spirit that noticed she was lonely gave her three children; two sons and a daughter. ... So even though the Native women performed similar tasks to those of European and African women, they were highly valued and held much more power. ... As in the Native American culture, in most West African societies it was the women who dominated agriculture. ...

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Sherman Alexie is Native American, and his stories expose one of America's dirty little secrets. ... As the dominant Native American short story writer of today, he creates unique imagery through recurrent memories, visions and dream sequences. ... Firstly, he yearns for all Native Americans to keep their memories and heritage alive through the art of storytelling. Secondly, he communicates how modern Native Americans endure the assault of mainstream culture on their heritage, imagination and spirit. ... And it is this: The sons in this book really love and hate their fathers" (Alexi...

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There are many cliches about having the best of both worlds but what exactly does that mean. Some people are born into different worlds and many times they are not truly accepted into either. In the historical biography, Halfbreed, David Halaas and Andrew Masich tell the story of George Bent. Georg...

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