Essays on Native American

History began with the settlements of Americas by the Paleo-Indian. At that time the Indian Americans were well known for the racism group. In the 21st century, the Native American has faced the drastic type of racism by the Americans on the basis of their...

Sitting Bull was the Native American chief that the Sioux tribes united in their struggle for survival on the North American Great Plains. Following the discovery of gold in the Black Hills of South Dakota in 1874, the Sioux came into increased conflict with U.S....

The American Revolution and the subsequent creation of the American nation are historically regarded as the first milestones in the fight against European imperialism. While this is true in many respects (e.g. rebalancing power of power in Europe, integration of ethnically-diverse populations under one flag,...

Native Americans have distinct indigenous culture and oppressive, mainstream white culture failed to assimilate it, in spite of staunch desire and strenuous strides to do so. Native Americans are even today maintaining their specific cultural traits. This research intends to analyze the efforts of Native-American...

Native American culture and society are quite different and many are unfamiliar with it. Native Americans are the native people of the North, Central, and South America. There are many types of Native Americans such as Arikara, Iroquois, Pawnee, Sioux, Apache, Eskimo, Cree, Choctaw, Comanche,...

In the painting, Virginian Luxuries (Unknown, 1800), it is possible to observe and describe the roles of those two man races in the U.S. at the time. First off, the painting is in reference to the time of slavery (1619-1865) and the inequality of positions...

Housing stands as an arena in which rooted socio-economic, ethnic and political discriminations play a part. Sadly, prevalent most in America where housing for high-quality, suburban homes is competitive and real estate agencies earn a mint. One’s housing is critical to several factors such as...

The Indian Removal Act of 1830 allowed government to relocate native Americans to the west of the Mississippi river in promises that the government would support them and compensate for their loss. While majority of the native Americans went voluntarily, others fought and/or didn’t take...

Kathleen DuVal’s The Native Ground focuses on the relationships between Native Americans and Europeans in the Arkansas River Valley. By shifting our perceptions from a European based view to a Native American centered view, history as we know in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries is...

Before the first slave ship arrived on the shores of the American continents, the original residents of these lands presented European explorers with an unspoken challenge. Their existence caused cherished beliefs about a single origin for all humanity to be examined and challenged (Omi &...

In Laguna culture, stories are as central as the language that tells them. Stories weave the world together and are constantly being reinvented and recreated over time. In Storyteller, Leslie Marmon Silko layers short stories, pictures, and poems to portray the common theme that stories...

American women played important roles during World War II, both at home and in uniform. Not only did they give their sons, husbands, fathers, and brothers to the war effort, they gave their time, energy, and some even gave their lives. Reluctant to enter the...

“Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.” These are the words of the 19th century writer and poet Oscar Wilde, and they perfectly illustrate the oft-contentious dispute between individualism and conformity to the community. Indeed, this dispute...

Mary Rowlandson faced what would be many people’s worst nightmare, when she witnessed the slaughtering of her family and neighbors as described in her autobiography, A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Rowlandson. As if that horror were not enough, Rowlandson was kidnapped...

Natives were one of the first people to actively come together and live in harmony as a civilization. They did so for thousands of years, however, this way of life has been jeopardized ever since Columbus decided to colonize North America in 1492. In 158...

The improvement of health via the prevention, treatment of disease, injury, illness, and physical and mental impairments in human beings is what health care is. In the United States there are health care improvements meanwhile in reservations there are a struggle in health care. In...

Introduction The concept of a moral compass can be quite the subjective realm when considering the management of a nation. Take for example the decision by U.S. president Harry S. Truman, to drop the atomic bomb on Japan, ending the Second World War. Even more...

When one thinks of progressive movies, there are plenty that come to mind. Many are similar, with main characters challenging societal, religious, or social expectations and sticking it to the man. Normally, teen romance movies aren’t the prime example of progress. However, one movie series...

Ethnocentrism can be seen most clearly in the policies of the late 1800’s. Specifically, we can see it in the boarding school system where Native Americans were forbidden to speak their own languages or wear their hair in traditional ways. The design of US policy...

The buffalo’s extermination was down to the descent of civilization as when the American settlers arrived the numbers of buffalo declined. Even though the natives had also engaged in the killing of buffalo before the descent of civilization. The native tribes relied heavily on the...

The delegation of Slovenia recognizes that natural resources significantly undercurrent hostility between nations, particularly when their ownership is contested. Natural resources have historically acted as a catalyst for conflict, and unfortunately, continue to do so in the present day. This case study briefly outlines the...

Introduction: Native Americans, also known as American Indians, Native Americans, Native Americans and other terms refer to people who first settled in the United States and their descendants. The first group of native Americans landed in North America at least 15,000 years ago via the...

The legends of Coyote go back hundreds of years, finding their beginnings in ancient Native American roots. In fact, the tales of Coyote have no real origin; many American Indian tribes have their own perspective of him. However, one of the most frequently occurring similarities...

The creation myth, or cosmogony (a composite of the Greek words kosmos and genesis – order and birth), is the most important story humans have to tell. That is because it serves as a model for everything we do. Creation myths, like all myths, are...

The Pueblo peoples are Native Americans in the Southwestern United States who have lived in the time period of 100AD to present day. The Pueblo believed in a vast collection of mythology, known as Hopi Mythology. The Hopi religion maintains a religious tradition stretching back...

Who are the Indians? The indigenous peoples of America, known as the Indians, are the most numerous of the three, next to the Inuit and Aleuts, and at the same time the most diverse group of indigenous peoples, inhabiting both American continents, tribes, and groups...

Sherman Alexie’s The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven portrays the hardships faced by Native Americans at the hands of the overpowering force of mainstream American culture. Alexie uses multiple perspectives in his book to convey the complexity of the situation on the reservation....

The incredible assortments of lovely and imaginative works of art in all Native American craftsmanship conventions length numerous hundreds of years and different inward and outer weights. The improvement of the Native American craft of painting, cutting, and bin-making contrasted contingent upon the earth and...

In his oration to Governor Isaac A. Stevens, Chief Seattle discusses his point of view of the US government’s attempt to purchase native lands. His oration attempts to caution the government to deal justly with the Native Americans. By contrasting his tribe with the Americans,...

Blackfoot is a terminology referring to the three Native American Blackfoot which are the Indian branches of one nation one living in the United States while the remaining two groups are found in Canada. They practice the cloth-making process, the most interesting part is that...