American Native Family Therapy Introduction "Ethnicity is deeply tied to the family, through which it is transmitted. ... Nowhere is this more apparent than in the American Native culture. ... In American Native cultures, however, becoming a part of the family system is not usually possible. ... Literature indicates that, in comparison to children of other ethnic minority groups, American Native children are at greater risk for emotional and behavioral disorders and negative psychosocial conditions such as poverty, family and community violence, substance abuse, and substandard living ...

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POCAHONTAS: Native American Stereotypes in a Disney Movie 1. ... We will particularly examine how Disney portrays the Native Americans in the movie and whether stereotypes are used. ... Particular attention will be given to the images of Native American women. ... For the purpose of this paper, the storyline of Pocahontas needs to be compared to the actual facts of the Native American girl's life and her encounter with white society. ... This is understandable, since the story dates back to the beginning of the seventeenth century, a time when no written records were kept of events or...

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Besides the killing of Jewish people in World War II Germany, two other chief acts of genocide, that some may not consider genocide at all, are the death of millions of Native Americans in North America and the neglect of aboriginals in Australia, both by European settlers. ... The government in Australia as well as in North America has also simply tried to get rid of the "aboriginal problem" by having people of native background conform to the ways of the Europeans in a variety of ways. ... Looking at this definition, although many say that the European settlers did not necessarily come s...

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