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"The Man Who Killed The Deer" by Frank Waters, 1993.
A look at how the novel's American-Indian ideas of animism and universal interrelatedness influence politics and leadership.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 1 source, $ 71.95
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"This study will analyze Frank Waters' novel The Man Who Killed the Deer. The study will specifically consider how the American-Indian concepts of animism, interrelatedness, and balance in Creation influence political reasoning, leadership and political action. Also to be considered is how American-Indian political leadership differs from Anglo political leadership in the way that they digest issues and act on them.
The protagonist of the novel is Martiniano, a Pueblo Indian who is caught between the Indian and Anglo worlds, not truly belonging fully to either one. His plight serves to illuminate the differences in the two cultures and their attitudes toward nature and politics.
Generally, the Indian view of nature and politics is that they are parts of a dynamic and living whole. Nothing in life is..."
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Seminole and Apaches, 1993.
Compares origins, culture and lifestyles, religions, family structures, medicines, enemies, allies and land issues.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 7 sources, $ 55.95
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"This study will compare two North American Indian tribes, the Seminoles and the Apaches. The study will consider their origins, culture and lifestyles, religions, family structures, use of medicines, enemies and allies, and land issues.
With respect to the origins of the Seminoles, we discover that they were originally a part of the Creek Indians in the early 18th century, when they settled in what had formerly been the territory of the Apalachees in Florida. They grew in numbers and strength, drawing runaway slaves into their fold, along with remaining Apalachees. They were ruled by the Spanish as the nation of the United States began to be formed, and as such they fought regular battles with American troops then and into the 19th century. One treaty called for them to move west, but their chief Osceola refused, leading to the eight-year Seminole War ..."
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American Indian Sovereignty, 1992.
Discusses self-determination, colonialism past and present, cultural identity, politics, international law, relations with the government, types of sovereignty and land issues.
6,750 words (approx. 27.0 pages), 30 sources, $ 135.95
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"The purpose of this research is to examine the issue of indigenous American Indians living in the US. The plan of the research will be to set forth the background in which such modern controversial matters as self-determination for indigenous peoples, colonialism past and present, and cultural identities inform the modern debate over the political status of American Indians, and then to discuss relevant issues raised in the international community regarding the assertion of fundamental human rights of the indigenous, including their specific political status under international law.
The impulse toward overtaking the rights of indigenous peoples in the U.S. took hold most decisively in the years following the Civil War. Nugent describes the mass movements westward as the American equivalent of empire building, and the ..."
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Love and Marriage in American-Indian Tribes, 1992.
Compares two articles, one by a Fox Woman in 1925 and the other by a European in 1761.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 2 sources, $ 47.95
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"In this paper, two articles about love and marriage traditions within different Indian tribes or nations will be presented. The first article, entitled "A Fox Woman Finds True Love," (Michelson, 1925) is about a woman from a Fox Indian tribe, and it tells, in her narration, the story of how she found true love in marriage. The second, called "Polygamy in Canada," (de Charlevoix, 1761) was written by a European who had come to the Americas to study the Indians here. He tells in his own words, and from his own viewpoint, the customs and meanings of traditions within several Indian tribes around the Great Lakes area. These two articles will be compared and contrasted with each other, showing how the tribes are alike and similar, how the authors might be biased and in what ways, and what someone can learn about love and marriage by reading about these Indian ..."
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Christopher Columbus, 1992.
Small biography, voyages, motivation and influences.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 4 sources, $ 63.95
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"The personality of Christopher Columbus is shrouded in myth. As noted by Kirkpatrick Sale in The Conquest of Paradise (1990), historians have turned Columbus into a "larger.than.life character" (p. 346). School children today are presented with an image of the man as a national hero beyond reproach. However, as Koning (1991) notes, "the standard textbook image of Columbus is false" (p. 12). In reality, Columbus was seeking personal gain when he set out in search of a westward passage to Asia. Furthermore, he was the first European explorer to exploit the land and labor of the "New World." Many students of history are surprised when they learn that Columbus showed extreme cruelty toward the American Indians, and that he was responsible for setting in motion the chain of events which would severely decrease their population within a short period of time. In the ..."
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Battle at Wounded Knee, 1992.
An analysis of the 1890 South Dakota massacre of Indians by the U.S. military, including background, the Ghost Dance religion, government policy, leadership and the aftermath.
3,375 words (approx. 13.5 pages), 16 sources, $ 119.95
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"On December 29, 1890, an incident occurred in South Dakota which is now known as the Battle at Wounded Knee. At that time, the United States government was using its army to control the Sioux population in the area. The white settlers and soldiers in the area were afraid of a possible Indian insurrection. The white authorities were particularly concerned about the Sioux Chief Big Foot. Big Foot had arrived in South Dakota with a band of followers for the purpose of attending a meeting with other Sioux leaders. On December 28, Big Foot and his band were captured by the 7th Cavalry and brought to a campsite at Wounded Knee for detention. The following morning, while the soldiers were disarming the warriors of the band, a fight broke out. This fight turned into a massacre when the soldiers started firing into the crowd. As the Indian women and children tried to flee..."
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"The Battle of the Little Bighorn" by Mari Sandoz, 1992.
A critical review of the work on the misjudgments of the U.S. military leadership in the defeat at the hands of the American Indians.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 1 source, $ 55.95
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"The purpose of this research is to examine The Battle of the Little Bighorn by Mari Sandoz, with a view toward exploring a twentieth-century interpretation of the pattern of misjudgment and what might generously be called hubris that informed the command structure of the United States Army division that encountered a massive Native American division at the Little Bighorn River in 1876. The plan of the research will be to set forth the context in which the book examines the details of the battle, and then to discuss the political social, cultural, and historiographical background and environment in which the modern understanding of the battle may be most profitably explored. Throughout, as appropriate, reference will be made to the point of view that Sandoz brings to judging events and circumstances of the incident itself and its myriad implications."
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American Indians and Death, 1991.
An analysis of the ethnographic acccounts of the treatment of and attitudes toward death and the dead among Indians of Arizona and New Mexico.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, $ 39.95
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"North American Indian cultures incorporated a number of ceremonies within their communities. These activities were held for a variety of reasons and purposes, but all held an important role within the tribe's daily life. And, with the different tribes' universal belief in the supernatural, death received as much attention as the other life events: birth, puberty and marriage. The purpose of this paper will be to research the ethnographic accounts of treatment and attitudes toward the dead among the Indians of Arizona and New Mexico.
Religious beliefs, which are the basis of all Indian ceremonies and rituals, were linked with supernatural and extraordinary forces of the spirit world (249). For the North American Indians, religion was as important in government and social control as in any other function of society. In fact,..."
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"On the Border With Crook" by John G. Bourke, 1991.
A critical analysis of the1891 account of the life of the Indian fighter General George Crook.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, $ 39.95
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"John G. Bourke. On the Border with Crook. Lincoln: University
of Nebraska Press, 1971. (originally published 1891.)
America's nineteenth-century Indian Wars are out of fashion today. The contemporary popular-culture version of these wars, in the movie "Dances with Wolves," is a cartoon image that simply stands old "B" western stereotypes on their heads, with noble Indians and brutalized soldiers. The only battles in the Indian Wars that remain household names today are an Indian victory, Little Big Horn, and the late episode at Wounded Knee, remembered now as a massacre rather than a battle. The only American military man now remembered as an "Indian fighter" is General George Custer (Other famous Americans were Indian fighters, notably President Andrew Jackson and many Civil War generals. But only Custer is now remembered for his exploits against..."
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Peyote in the Native American Church, 1991.
An arguement that use of a natural drug in American Indian religion is a justified and authentic part of religious ceremonies.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 5 sources, $ 47.95
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"This study will examine the use of Peyote in the Native American Church. The argument of the study will be that the use of peyote by the members of the Native American Church is justified and is an authentic element of the religious and spiritual beliefs and practices of the members of the Church, and is in no way to be associated with the "recreational" use of peyote or other drugs by members of society at large.
The issue of peyote use by members of the Native American Church has entered the headlines in 1990 as the result of a peculiar court case which reached the U.S. Supreme Court. Two members of the Church in Oregon were fired for "violating (their employers') absolute rule against drug or alcohol use" (Laycock, 1989, p. 876). It was discovered that they had been using peyote as a part of their church's religious rituals. The two men filed..."
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North American Indian and European Relations, 1991.
"This study compares British-Indian relations with Spanish-Indian relations from pre-contact to 1830, emphasizing European domination and exploitation.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 4 sources, $ 47.95
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"This study will compare and contrast British-Indian relations with Spanish-Indian relations from pre-contact to 1830. The study will focus on North American Indians, and will concentrate specifically on the question of how Indians resisted or accepted the authority which the British and/or the Spanish attempted to impose upon them. The thesis of the study will be the argument that the differences between the way the English and Spanish treated the Indians were not nearly as numerous as the similarities, and that the basis of these similarities was the exploitation of the Indians by both European nationalities. The Indians did not respond in significantly different ways to either group, and in the great majority of the encounters between the Indians and the Europeans the Indians were ultimately forced to submit to the stronger force of the Europeans."
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The American Indian Movement (AIM), 1991.
This paper discusses the American Indian Movement (AIM): Origins, leadership, Wounded Knee incident, purposes, politics, and the government responses to militant group.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 4 sources, $ 79.95
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"The American Indian Movement (AIM) was an important militant group in the early 1970s. It was founded in Minneapolis in 1968 and was led by Dennis Banks and Russell Means. In November 1972, members of AIM drew attention to the plight of American Indians in modern times by taking over the headquarters of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Washington, D.C. A more dramatic statement was made during the period between February and May, 1973, when AIM occupied the town of Wounded Knee in the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota. After the Wounded Knee occupation, the United States government made a systematic and concerted effort to disband AIM and other organizations like it. Although the movement had come to an end by the mid-1970s, it had already made an important contribution to the development of Indian rights at that time. By bringing the attention of the American people to ... "
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"Custer Died For Your Sins" by Vine DeLoria, Jr., 1990.
This paper examines a 1969 work, "Custer Died For Your Sins" by Vine DeLoria, Jr. about the American Indians from demythologizing and intercultural communications viewpoints.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, $ 47.95
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"It seems as if both historians and ethnographers are again concerning themselves with the diatribe of past events in relation to modern, more pragmatic, communicative efforts. In fact, many of the recent works tend to readdress some of the historical issues so prevalent in ethnographic research, and attempt to merge the varieties of fieldwork with an historical perspective--presumably to reformat some of the issues in a newer, more modern, bent. Within this context, this paper will examine a 1969 work, Custer Died For Your Sins, by Vine DeLoria, Jr.
In brief terms, the book is less of an historical interpretation of the American Indian, for it would be difficult for any book to attempt such a feature in only one volume, than an extended essay-like commentary on the way the American Indian ... "
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New Echota Treaty of 1835, 1990.
This paper discusses the New Echota Treaty of 1835 which removed the Cherokee Indians from their land: Injustices, leading figures, government policy and implementation and economics.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 4 sources, $ 71.95
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"The New Echota Treaty of 1835 negotiated what is commonly called the Cherokee Removal. Because the treaty was not supported or sanctioned by the majority of the Cherokee Nation, its enforcement was costly to the U.S. Government and deadly to the Cherokee people. President Andrew Jackson found a way to negotiate an agreement with subchief John Ridge, who apparently did not represent the wishes of the Indians. Cherokee Chief John Ross opposed any treaty to expulse the Cherokees from their land. After Senate ratification in 1836, several U.S. leaders as well as Ross approached the president and Senate about modifying the treaty. Unable to reach a compromise with Ross two years later, the new president, Martin Van Buren, ordered the Indians forcibly removed with great loss of life. Historical accounts differ regarding the culpability of both Ridge and Ross in the less- ... "
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Ku Klux Klan & The Skinheads, 1989.
Compares two white supremacist groups. Discusses founding & evolution, tactics, violence, racial & religious hatred, uniforms, leadership, organization, recruiting, social reactions & restrictions.
2,475 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 12 sources, $ 87.95
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" And damn his treacherous flattery . . .
Tall men, sun-crowned, who live above the fog
In public duty and in private thinking;
For while the rabble, with their thumb-worn creeds,
Their large professions and their little deeds,
Mingle in selfish strife, lo! Freedom weeps,
Wrong rules the land and waiting justice sleeps.
God, give us men!
- excerpt taken from a KKK ritualistic initiation
(Lowe 9)"
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