One movie that is mostly referred to for people studying about Native American Cinema is Smoke Signals. The film is credited be the first movie that has been produced, directed, and even has actors of Native American origin. ... In light of this very aspect, the film Smoke Signals can be portrayed as a plight of two Native American sons. ... This feature is easily recognizable by anyone who would have closely interacted with Native Americans in their life. ... The film also delivers quite a bit of criticism about the numerous Native American stereotypes that is well-deserved, while in the ...

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Another impact on both the Native Americans and the Europeans was the sharing of native crops to each other. ... The horse highly affected the lives of the Native Americans by improving their hunting abilities. ... Europeans unknowingly brought with them many diseases that eventually plague the Native Americans. ... Also, the ill treatment of the Native Americans by the land hungry Europeans virtually wiped out their civilization. ... Without all the help and instruction from the Native Americans, colonists would have never survived. ...

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In Native American culture, many stories teach a lesson. ... Creation stories are a very important part of the Native American culture. ... Tradition is a value that runs deep in Native American beliefs. ... Native American myths teach lessons to their people. ... Not just to Native American culture, but to everyone's culture. ...

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America is the most diverse country in the world. ... They don't need this, because everybody around speaks their native language. ... So, what fundamentally distinguishes American culture? ... American perceives himself as a center of universe. ... American society consists of many individuals. ...

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She was born in Thailand and prior to moving to America, lived in Bangkok with her parents and two sister's. ... E.S. came to America to get married after meeting her soon to be husband on the Internet. ... s cultural definition is Thai and she remains culturally oriented and continues to practice her religion as well as cooking Thai food and listening to her native lands music much of the time. ... While speaking with her husband in her native tongue she speaks in a strong voice, rapidly, with a high pitch and to me sounds as if she runs her words together. ... She does however report ...

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It is my contention to illustrate that Grandpa Hayden's patriarchal values, his racism towards Native Americans and his corruption and abuse of power are the causes of the tragedy. ... Julian's racial prejudice towards the Native Americans is a main cause of the tragedy. Grandpa Hayden shows his racist attitude towards Native Americans when he turns up at Wes" house demanding him to free Frank in part three. ... Pg 120" This illustrates Julian's racism, he believes that Indians are inferior to them and that they do not need to be given the same rights as white Americans. ...

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It was a high price they had paid in exchange for the precious freedom they had been denied in their native country of Vietnam. ... Therefore, coming to America he did not think it would be so difficult to find a job. ... The family of five did not flee to America together because it was a greater risk for them to get caught by the communist. ... He promised them that if he makes it to America he would bring them over legally so they would not have to set off the hard way like my father, aunt, and him. ... However, he said, he had never regretted to have made the decision to leave his nati...

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The racial makeup of the county is 55.58% White, 13.48% African American, 0.42% Native American, 9.35% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 15.48% from other races, and 5.63% from two or more races. 39.76% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. ... The racial makeup of the city is 34.01% White, 28.32% African American, 0.45% Native American, 16.20% Asian, 0.08% Pacific Islander, 15.11% from other races, and 5.84% from two or more races. 28.31% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. ... The racial makeup of the city is 80.82% White, 4.26% African American, 0.16% Nati...

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The main point in the first essay, Love and Gold the author is trying to point to the reasons why women are leaving their children and families and migrating to America and other First world Nations to work as nannies for middle/upper class families. The author was trying to raise awareness to the number of families in Third-World countries who are motherless because the mother has traveled overseas, whether it was because of lack of job opportunities in their native land, or whether they were just sick of the development and industrialization that was coming into their country. ... The main...

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Ivanito on the other hand is Felicia's youngest son and is incredibly loyal to his mother, until his aunt Lourdes and Pilar go back to Cuba to visit and send him off to America. ... The claim that Pilar remembers everything in Cuba after having only lived there two years as an infant is absurd, but it drives at the notions of nostalgia, idealization, and idolization that are so relevant in the shaping of Latin-American identity in the twentieth century for those Latin-American immigrants who now reside somewhere other than their native land or the native land of their parents. ...

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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. ...

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The novel, The Education of Little Tree, is a beautifully written story "which portrays the lifestyle of a Native American family "seen through the eyes of a young boy in the Appalachian Mountains, who was orphaned at the age of five. ... , says his white grandfather who has turned his back on his own heritage to learn the ways of native Indians- (107). ... Once again, in the tragic history of the Native American, we witness the intent of erasing one's identity and heritage in the name of civilization. ... He will continue his destiny, even after his grandparents' de...

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HUD is a government agency and it was established in 1965 to main goal is to create a suitable living environment for all American. ... My personal opinion it seems as if HUD is creating the "ghettos of America". ... If you think about refined sugar is relatively new to Natives systems. I strongly believe that Native dietary systems are still adapting to taking in so much processed sugar. ... Once again my Aunt Rox is on to something that is very important to Native sustainability. ...

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In 1979, he became a full professor founded and chaired the Native American Studies Department at Dartmouth. ... His many awards in Native American Studies helped him to become strong in his ethnicity and later write the work A Yellow Raft in Blue Water in 1987. ... Michael Dorris' brilliant work, A Yellow Raft in Blue Water, portrays three generations of Native American women. Dorris, also having Native American genealogical roots, allows us to peer into, not only a dysfunctional family of three women, but the arduous life of a minority culture, and the need for individuals of mixed-b...

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When one refers to the eighteenth century, however, he must realize that there were many major cultural, religious, and moral differences between colonial Americans of different regions of the newly discovered land we now call the United States of America. ... The communities of colonial America varied tremendously as well. ... The people of colonial America, and the areas in which they lived have been classified into three major regions of colonial America: the North, the Middle region, and the South. ... As the eighteenth century went on, it became more and more difficult, however, "to su...

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Interview Lindsey Lucia is a native to the country of Uganda. ... During their stay in Uganda, they were able to create close relationship with the natives around them. One of those natives is Lindsey Lucia. ... Without much access to Internet or radio, it is hard for the people to even listen to the common music that the American people have the privileged of hearing everyday. ...

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Culture Everyone has a different culture in which they come from. Culture may depend on the state or country that you live. This one word means so many things in terms of how we live. The birthday parties you attend and how the party is setup all is due to what culture re you were raised in. ...

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This type of language is used to show what people think of Native Americans. ... Though some of the things in the novel can be inappropriate, they are there for real life connections and to give a realistic view of what a Native American goes through. ...

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It was only his father's death that Malcolm was able to show face during the American and Mexican Revolution (Greybill 70), but his expulsion from West Point hindered his chances of receiving his dream of gaining a commission in the United States Army (Greybill 71). ... Due to complications with a Peigan native named Owl Child, Malcolm Clarke lost his life in 1869 (Greybill 101, 103). ... On January 23rd of 1870, Horace kill his mother's people along side other white Americans. ... Greybill writes an interesting story about two sides of America at the time, the Red and the White. .....

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Kiowa stays very true to his heritage by even using moccasins in order to remain stealth, a long running Native American tradition. ... He uses his Native traditions in order to battle the Vietcong and he uses his Bible, moccasins, and hatchet to battle the homesickness that he feels. ...

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The Navajo are one of the largest indigenous tribes of North America. They are commonly referred to as Native Americans or Indians in American culture but the Navajo tribe call themselves Dineh, which means "the people". ... Kinship The Navajo family size is twice that of an average American-sized family. ... An example of showing respect would be a downward glance or no eye contact, which means something different in major American culture. ... Sickness and Healing Ritualistic healing takes the form in three contexts: traditional ceremonies, Native American Church (NAC) peyote prayer mee...

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Keywords: Family Assessment Assignment, Structural-Functional Framework Family Assessment Assignment The assessment entailed interviewing a family of a 38 year old Native American man, married to a 34 year old Arabian woman in Ohio State, America. ... Polity They are loyal citizens of America who find pleasure in living socially. ...

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I have decided to watch a Filipino movie where I can observe some of my native culture and try to relate to them. ... Ben and Augusto's pursuit of Annabelle's shows issues of cultural delusion and sexuality among Filipino Americans, not to mention the dual infatuations with the glamorized aspect of American culture. And, the tensions between, father, son and grandfather Mercado offer a dark glimpse into the costs of achieving the "American Dream" for many Filipinos. ... "The Debut" alluded to in the title represents a meeting ground upon which major ...

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In recent years, multiculturalism, tolerance and political correctness have been integrated into how American society thinks. America seems to be trying to learn more about the ingredients of her melting pot. ... In Percival and Black's study with sixth-graders and multiculturalism, they realized that, although they were examining a specific Native American tribe, stereotypes of that tribe or people can develop (2000). For example, all African Americans from the South eat collard greens and corn bread. ... These two factors are important because one of the meta-narratives in America s...

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They came to America wanting more for their families, but more particularly their daughters who were born as Americans. ... I really enjoyed this movie because it helped me learn more about Chinese customs and traditions and gave me insight into some of the hardships many Chinese women had to experience such as arranged marriages and the importance and prestige of bearing sons, the daughters had to deal with bi-racial children, European-American fathers introduced in the family, as well as hold up the expectations the mothers hold for them. ... Filial Piety was very important on different lev...

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