La Barre lists the symptoms of peyote intoxication as follows: First a sense of exhilaration often expressed by dancing which leads into a depression state in which dreams and visions occur. ... In "A Drug Called Tradition," the narrator, Victor, describes himself as dancing first in a vision, then around his companion, Junior, and Junior's car. ... Lee indicates on pages 113 through 114 that Thomas-Builds-The-Fire features in other tales by Alexie, which may in fact be Alexie's way of creating a fictional tribal storyteller to carry on the tradition through the written word rather t...

• Word Count: 1919
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Ghost Dance was created as a result to go backwards in time, to escape the life they do not want to live, with buffalos to hunt, and free lands to roam in. ... As they began to practice this new ritual ghost dance, many white settlers were afraid, and the military were soon investigating the Sioux Indians. ... What happened next would be the most unimaginable massacre known to most Indians in modern times. ... People are afraid that it will create uproar of political issues to our modern political arena. ...

• Word Count: 1427
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Alexie is a modern writer who is not bound by a single genre. ... Secondly, he communicates how modern Native Americans endure the assault of mainstream culture on their heritage, imagination and spirit. While his writing is modern, traditional or historical elements like powwows, fancy dancing, alcoholism and poverty, are interwoven throughout. ...

• Word Count: 1573
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Each group has had their own unique languages, familial relationships, social relations, music and dance traditions, they have shared many common experiences over the past 400 years (Grim, 1995).This paper will compare the cultures and histories of African American and Native American people and their long and often bloody interactions with the white majority in America. ... Slave trade was so common to this area that modern day Togo, Benin, and Eastern Ghana was referred to, in a 1727 Dutch Map, as the "Slave Coast.... One difference is that while Native American dance and music remains ...

• Word Count: 2111
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Even though his works were becoming more and more modern and contemporary he was still able to incorporate the traditions and symbols of the Native American culture in them. 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

Through their culture, beliefs, and traditions Native Americans influenced the arrival of the new man, including modern American literature. ... They were passed down from generation to generation: grandparents told grandchildren, dances or songs were performed, and designated orators told the tribal community (Bierhorst 3). ... Many Native writings are about survival and change; it was the white man who came into their lives and made them change everything they once knew and gave birth to modern Native writings. ...

• Word Count: 1765
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

She recounts her past through the story of her lover's death and the power of the dance. ... Here Silko is showing how all things must change, especially the contemporary ceremonies to cope with the increasing dislocation by the modern white world that is eroding the traditional ways of the Native American people. ...

• Word Count: 1765
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Drawing from cinema, "Dances with Wolves" and "Far and Away" were clearly inspired by The Last of the Mohicans. ... As a whole, The Last of the Mohicans has enough fast-paced action, killings and gross over-dramatizations for the modern reader, and then some. ...

• Word Count: 1482
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate