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The History of Slavery and The Baptist Church, 2006.
A discussion of the history of the Baptist Church in the United States of America and its view on slavery.
2,307 words (approx. 9.2 pages), 9 sources, APA, $ 71.95
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This paper discusses the split in the American Baptist Church based on the different views on slavery of those in the North and in the South, and how clergymen used or abused the pulpit to voice their opinion either for or against the abolishment of slavery.
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"Antislavery Baptists, or as they were commonly known 'emancipating Baptists, and The Baptist General Committee of Virginia acknowledged that "hereditary slavery was 'contrary to the word of God and recommended the use of every legal measure, to extirpate this horrid evil from the land." Some Baptist ministers attempted to inscribe the theology of the equality of all souls into church policy, issuing declarations against slaveholding and creating emancipation plans. Baptist churches had groups of their ministers form protests and 'issued declarations against slavery.' John Leland, an articulate minister, submitted a resolution to the General Committee:
Resolved, That slavery, is a violent deprivation of the rights of
nature, and inconsistent with a republican government; and therefore recommend it to our Brethren to make use of every legal measure, to extirpate the horrid evil from the land, and pray Almighty God, that our Honorable Legislature may have it in their power, to proclaim the general Jubilee, consistent with the principles of good policy."
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Alaskan Native Tribal Reservations, 2006.
This paper discusses the causes of poverty on the Alaskan Native tribal reservations.
1,555 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 51.95
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This paper explains that the reasons for the poverty on the Alaskan Native tribal reservations are related to (1) the culture, (2) the geography, (3) educational problems, (4) the exploitation of the natives by governments and large corporations and (5) substance abuse. The author points out that substance abuse is the single most important debilitating force among Alaska Natives, which have a higher rate of substance abuse than other cultures: 80% of all Native deaths are alcohol and the rate of fetal alcohol syndrome among Alaska Natives is the highest for any population. The paper stresses that, because solutions, which have been imposed from outside, will most likely be ineffective, there is a growing awareness that solutions to those problems must be generated at the community level and come through a re-commitment to traditional Indian values and beliefs.
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"There are ever shrinking resources for subsistance hunting and fishing. That brings us to the next topic which is exploitation of the Native. The oil companies have upset the delicate balance between the native and his land. Those companies have damaged the land through drilling and oil spills. For example, some natives think that a partial answer to their poverty is an Native-owned and operated fishing Co-op, made up of fisherman living on an average income of about $500 a year. Last year they contracted with a Japanese firm that agreed to buy their entire catch at an excellent price. After the Japanese ship had been cleared by Customs, Immigrations, Agriculture, and Public Health agencies and U.S. Consular authorities in Japan, the governor intervened to force the Japanese to cancel their agreement on the grounds that the contract violated the North Pacific Fisheries."
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Leslie Mormon Silko, 2004.
This paper analyzes "Ceremony," "Yellow Woman" and "A Beauty of Spirit" and illustrates the importance of nature to the culture of the Laguna people and their survival.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 23.95
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An analysis of "Ceremony," "Yellow Woman" and "A Beauty of Spirit" that illustrates the importance of nature to the culture of the Laguna people and their survival.
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"Leslie Mormon Silko: Introduction. The Laguna Pueblo are a Native American people that according to Silko in "Yellow Woman" and a "Beauty of Spirit" embrace the whole of creation and the whole of history and time. In this essay and in her novel "Ceremony" we see that the Laguna are not only connected to nature but are part of it. The land and its creatures are their creation, their history and their time."
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Aztec Art, 2005.
A description of various forms of Aztec works of art.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 31.95
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This paper discusses various forms of Aztec works of art, including those from a recent find, on exhibit at the Guggenheim Museum. This paper looks at how the works of Aztec art counter historical views of the Aztec culture.
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"The culture of the Aztecs was primarily forged from the culture of their predecessors the Olmecs, the Toltecs and the inhabitants of Teotihuac. The Aztecs flourished as a civilization for two millennia before being decimated by smallpox and the Spanish conquest led by Cortes. In order to justify the systematic destruction of the Aztecs, the Spanish often represented them as a barbaric and savage culture. However, artworks uncovered in archaeological expeditions have uncovered the inaccuracy that such an assumption represents as the totality..."
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Western vs Pueblo medicine, 2004.
This paper looks at the novel "Ceremonies" by Leslie Marmon Silko.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 63.95
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This paper looks at the novel "Ceremonies," by Leslie Marmon Silko, and at the culture of the Pueblo Indians. The paper reviews the story, explaining that it is about a young half Caucasian/half Indian man returning after World War II suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, and not being able to find answers in either Western or traditional Pueblo medicine.
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"Silko's "Ceremony" is the story of a Tayo a half Caucasian, half Native American from the Laguna Pueblo Reservation in New Mexico and his struggles with post-traumatic stress disorder on his return from World War II. He has survived being held as a prisoner of war by the Japanese and is suffering the physical and mental effects of this captivity and this is compounded by the added pressures of bi-culturalism tearing him between the Native American world and the white world. Throughout the novel, Silko introduces the..."
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Trail of Tears, 2005.
Discusses a period in Cherokee history known as the "trail of tears"
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 47.95
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This paper discusses the history of the "trail of tears" in which Cherokees were removed from their native Appalachia and forced to relocate to the harsh plains of Oklahoma. The paper includes a discussion of the treaties broken by the U.S. government.
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Tactics in the Western Indian Wars, 2004.
A look at the tactical environment of the Western Indian Wars.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 47.95
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This paper examines the tactical environment and resulting tactics of the Western Indian Wars of the late 19th century. The paper includes a discussion of methodology as well as primary sources of eyewitness testimony.
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"The Indian Wars loom large in American culture They were the grist of hundreds of Western movies and most Americans still immediately recognize names like Little Big Horn and Wounded Knee. The word cavalry is as likely to evoke an image of Indian warfare on the Great Plains as of either the Civil War or modern mechanized cavalry. Moreover, the Indian Wars had an influence on American military thought that persists today..."
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German-Americans and Cherokees, 2004.
A historical comparison of German-Americans and Cherokees in the 18th century.
1,808 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 63.95
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This paper discusses German Americans and Cherokee in the 18th century. It is a history paper that compares and contrasts various aspects of these two groups' lives including politics, social norms, economics and personal, professional and interpersonal relationships.
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Mesa Verde National Park, 2004.
Discusses the history and establishment of Mesa Verde National Park.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 10 sources, APA, $ 55.95
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This paper discusses the history of Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado. The paper explains that the park was built to preserve the cliff dwellings of the Anasazi people and that it is of historical and archaeological significance to visitors and scientists alike.
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Native American Higher Education, 2005.
An examination of how greater numbers of Native Americans are successfully enrolling in institutions of higher learning.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 10 sources, APA, $ 39.95
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This paper explains that, although there are a number of economic and social barriers still in place, the number of Native Americans enrolling in institutions of higher learning in the U.S. is on the rise.
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Chief Plenty Coups, 2004.
This paper is a biography of Chief Plenty Coups of the Crow Indians.
2,486 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 8 sources, APA, $ 87.95
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This paper discusses the leadership Chief Plenty Coups of the Crow Indians. The author relates his including life, pre-reservation and on the reservation. The paper describes his fight to obtain Crow Indian rights from the U.S. government.
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"Chief Plenty Coups of the Crow was born in the son of Medicine Bird and his wife Otter Woman. Chief Plenty Coups was named by his father as he had a dream that his son would count many coups live to an old age and become a chief ... of Plenty-Coups. All of these premonitions would be realized by Chief Plenty Coups and while he was instrumental in helping the Crow in battles against other ...."
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The Blackfeet Indians, 2005.
This paper is an overview of the Blackfeet Indians.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 8 sources, APA, $ 63.95
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This paper presents the history and culture of the Blackfeet Indians, including tribal law and family codes. The author points out their culture, history and language. The paper uses theories of family systems therapy to view the culture of the Blackfeet Indians.
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"Family systems therapy and theory are based on the premise that a family constitutes a specific system in which interactions are shaped and formed by beliefs values and roles that are adopted or assumed by individual members. The Blackfeet of the Great Plains and their culture and history readily lend themselves to analysis from a family systems perspective. Culture continues to play an important role in family dynamics and in family systems therapy. As Schlossberger and Hecker note, family therapy as a field ..."
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"Ceremony", 2005.
An analysis of Leslie Marmon Silko's novel, "Ceremony".
1,610 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 55.95
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This paper analyzes the use of medicine in Leslie Marmon Silko's novel, "Ceremony". It discusses the disorders suffered by the protagonist Tayo, and how his ailments are treated by two different kinds of medicine namely, traditional western medicine and Native American medicine. It also explores the author's prospective on medicine.
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"To understand the use of medicine to cure illness in Leslie Marmon Silko's novel, "Ceremony" medicine must be regarded within a cultural context. Traditional Western medicine is based on the belief that illness is organically determined relying mainly on drugs ..."
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We Are Still Here, 2003.
A review of Peter Iverson's book, "We Are Still Here: American Indians in the 20th Century."
690 words (approx. 2.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 23.95
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This paper discusses Peter Iverson's book, "We Are Still Here: American Indians in the 20th Century." It reviews the impact of two major battles between the American army and American Indians namely, the Battle of Little and Big Horn Battle. It explains how these battles led to the 1890 massacre of Sioux men, women and children at Wounded Knee, which was the final battle in the four-centuries-long war between native Americans and European-American settlers.
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"Peter Iverson certainly knows what happened at the Battle of Little and Big Horn Battle. It was one of the last great battles in the centuries, war between different American Indian nations and European-Americans. The Sioux won that battle of course bringing ..."
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Racism In America, 2006.
An argument that racism is just as prevalent -- if not more so -- today than historically.
690 words (approx. 2.8 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 23.95
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This argumentative essay maintains that racism is very prevalent in American society today, despite it's alleged stigma of being politically incorrect. The film points to several examples, including the portrayal of Native Americans in the Disney film "Pocahontas" and the use of demeaning Native American images as sports team mascots.
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"Though many individuals argue racism no longer exists in American society, nothing could be further from the truth. Although racism may be less overt than in the past (it is touted as being politically incorrect), numerous examples..."
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Sports Teams Names and Mascots, 2005.
An argument against the use of Native American identifiers for U.S. sport teams' mascots and names.
920 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 31.95
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This essay argues that it is a crime against humanity for sports teams in American society to continue their use of Native American identifiers for team names and mascots. The essay maintains that these images desensitize Americans and make them intolerant of Native Americans. The paper also studies this issue with the wider context of the historical role of propaganda against Native Americans.
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"Julius Streicher was sentenced to death for the use of propaganda to dehumanize the Jewish people. The propaganda promoted in Streicher's Bavarian tabloid, Der Sturmer, created a lack of feeling toward Jews who were systematically..."
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Leonard Peltier, 2005.
This paper discusses the life and work of Leonard Peltier, an American Indian Movement activist, who was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murders of two FBI Agents; however, his guilt is disputed.
1,315 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 44.95
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This paper explains that Leonard Peltier, a Lakota-Ojibwe Indian, raised on the Turtle Mountain Reservation, experienced the government's intrusion on the rights of his people when he was sent to a U.S. residential boarding school for Native Americans. The author points out that Peltier, who was an active member of the American Indian Movement (AIM), which was founded to protect Indian people from cultural, spiritual and physical genocide, and his supporters believe that he was targeted by the FBI's COINTELPRO program, which suppresses people by using methods of arrest, slander and attack. The paper relates that Peltier's plight as a living martyr garnered international attention after the publication of Peter Matthiessen's famous book, "In the Spirit of Crazy Horse", in 1983; Peltier's supporters included such people as the Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, Mother Theresa, Amnesty International and 50 members of the U.S. Congress.
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"Peltier's co-defendants, were tried separately. Civil rights lawyer, William Kunstler, defended Butler and Robideau and argued that they had fired in self-defense. Kunstler expounded on, throughout the trial, the saga of white oppression of American Indians. Peltier's trial, in Fargo, North Dakota, had a different tone, Judge Paul Benson refused to allow any testimony unrelated to the events at Pine Ridge. The all-white jury did not hear of the injustices experienced by the American Indians. Peltier was found guilty on two counts of first-degree murder and sentenced to two consecutive life terms."
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Women in America, 2005.
Examines the role of women in early American society.
830 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 29.95
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This paper compares the role of Native American women and European settlers in early American society. It uses several references to draw its conclusions, including "Women and Freedom in Early America" (Larry Eldridge) and Philip Barbour's "Pocahontas and Her World".
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"European Women experienced very limited freedom. They were raised to be silent, submissive, and subordinate. Under European law, a wife had no "independent legal status." (Eldridge 45). After moving to the New World, Abigail Adams' journal and letters to her husband John Adams, demonstrate the role of women in Europe and how she evaluated and argued her role during these times. In a "Letter to John Adams," Abigail asked him to remember and considered the ladies as he had great influence over many powerful leaders who can change the role of women in the New World. "Men of Sense in all Ages abhor those customs which treat us only as the vassals of your sex," she argued. (Mulford 1035)."
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Louise Erdrich's Poetry, 2005.
An analysis of literary techniques in Louise Erdrich's works.
1,587 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 0 sources, $ 51.95
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This paper explains that Louise Erdrich is a great example of a Native American author who writes about themes and issues that are very close to her heart and uses many subtle techniques such as symbolism and the functions of non-protagonist characters to enhance her literature and to further convey points that she wants to make to her readers. Her poetry is examined in this paper, to point out these literary techniques.
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""Dear John Wayne" is an absolutely fascinating poem in which Erdrich uses symbolism and imagery masterfully to enhance the story. Early in the poem, Erdrich utilizes her skill with imagery give the reader an image of Native American men lying on the hood of a car at a drive-in movie theater and watching a giant image of John Wayne, the great cowboy, as he dominates a group of Indians. This is an obvious, yet clever display of symbolism, with John Wayne symbolizing the white American culture. John Wayne's image on the screen is described as being gigantic, and this certainly has relevance other than simply his physical appearance.'"
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