Indian reservation

been cut down from 138 million to eighty-six million acres. When some natives tried to find comfort in the Ghost Dance, this scared troops and caused them to attack their reservation. They massacred men, women, and children on the reservation and received awards for doing so. This was called the Wounded Knee massacre. “Indians” had the least amount of freedoms in America at the time, because their ancestors were here long before the white men, yet they weren 't guaranteed citizenship, land, or…

beginning and put them in reservations. They said that the Indians would get free health care and lots of other things, but they still haven’t gone through with this promise. Now Indian reservations are known for poverty, alcoholism, unemployment, bad education and abuse. How can we help them? First of all the government needs to give them what they promised. Also, the government needs to fund their schools and give them more job opportunities. This would give the reservation kids a much higher…

Hemingway App makes your writing bold and clear. America isn’t a promised land, nor is it a hodge-podge of everyone who wanted a different life from the norm. It’s a hypocrisy, from the roots to the leaves. The first time I realized this was the summer of my sophomore year of high school. The day in question, August 9th, didn’t start out any different for me. I woke up to the early morning peeking and browsed the internet, as any teen with a free summer day on their hands does. I had only just…

that. Not only can Americans not tolerate the thought of cultures mixing, they cannot stand the culture, particularly the material culture of dress. In The Bean Trees, Taylor helps Estevan and Esperanza leave Arizona and go to a Native American Reservation in Oklahoma. In order to avoid suspicions from the border patrol, “Esperanza and Estevan were dressed about as American as you could get without looking plain obnoxious: he had on jeans and an alligator shirt… [and Esperanza] was wearing…

Why some cultures are being Americanized? Some people may think that American culture is forcing itself on their cultures or local cultures. The truth is, these cultures are allowing Americanization to take place in their countries because they want to, and they are accepting this idea. For example, in Kuwait people started to wear jeans since the seventies and in every year there is a new jeans style. My mother once told me that when she and her friends started to wear jeans they had the…

Americanization in Europe Living in America we have become accustomed to living life the “American Way. ”Everything around us is presented with the idea that it is American made, and a privilege to have. American culture is not only present here, but has made its presence known in most countries, and nations around the world, including those in Europe. The presence of American culture in Europe has caused problems amongst some Europeans making them feel like they have fallen victim to…

Consequently, these western ideologies in the form of oral narratives are adopted by the tribes of the deep woods and are disseminated in the form of legends, fairy tales, bed time stories the inscription of which are found on the walls but regarded as inferior to the authenticity of Phantom’s precious library and all the relics collected by the Phantomic line down through the ages. The narrative myths, the folklores, the legends of the tribes become subservient to his narratorial authority,…

the world would wait for months to buy the most recent device like iPhone 7 or new laptops. Since I had started to study in Philadelphia I noticed that in every September people are waiting in a long lines to buy a new iPhones and when I asked my Indian friend and he told me that some individuals believe that American products is the best and has a perfect quality. Furthermore, some other countries products concentrate on how to copy American’s products and they are trying to compete each other…

In the document, “The Significance of the Frontier in American History”, by Frederick J. Turner, examines the American Frontier and all of his theories. This frontier is “the meeting point between savagery and civilization” (200). The cruel and fierce part of this world meeting the courteous and humanized kind. It is the point in which these opposing traits meet. This frontier is a potent method to use for Americanization. The best way to learn American history is to study the American frontier…

The Autobiography of a Hopi Indian was written by Don C. Talayesva. In this book, Don Talayesva talks about his way of life as a Hopi Indian and the hardships of his life. He also mentions the different rituals their culture has and the reasoning for all of the ceremonies. When Don is first introduced to the reader he is talking about when he was in his mother's womb. He and his family believe that Don was a twin but Don’s mother told the doctor how she only wanted one kid. The doctor…