Essay on People

The Navajo The Navajo is a group of semi-nomadic Native American Indian people. They live in the south-west nation of America that includes New Mexico, California, and Arizona. Most of them lived in hogans. Hogans are cone-shaped buildings covered in clay. Due to their nomadic life, the Navajo wore clothes made from deer hides. In their later life, the deer hides were replaced with knitted wool. They are regarded as fierce warriors who often raided Spanish settlers along the Rio Grande River of…

of the indigenous people of our country, the Native Americans. The people who once lived in North America for thousands of years has been systematically reduced to what appears to be mainstream culture of casinos, sport teams, and mascots. Throughout recent years, as the population of native Americans keeps declining, there have been activists who have been speaking up against the many issues that their community faces. One such activist is Winona LaDuke of the Anishinabek people. Some of her…

In 1788, Europeans first discovered and settled in Australia. When Australia was established as a colony of Britain, the conflict between Indigenous people and white people had started. The British tried to displace Aboriginal people from their land. They made lots of policies to get rid of Aboriginal people and tried to assimilate Aboriginal people into ‘white’ society. In 1991, the process of reconciliation formally began and this process has been continuing till now. Although the Indigenous…

Canada’s First Nations People Similarities and Differences By: Zoe Gardner Did you know Canada’s first nations people may have arrived in Canada at least 18,000 to 20,000 years ago? There were hundreds of tribes scattered all across Canada, all different with some similarities. The focus of this essay is to compare and contrast three different first nations peoples, the Inuit of the Canadian arctic, the Haida of the Canadian Pacific coast, and the Iroquois of the Great Lakes…

History Script: Since the early 17th century until the early 1900s, Aboriginal Peoples have signed treaties with the British and French, which the two countries then, turned into Canadians later on, after Confederation. Although, in the beginning, when the British first started to sign treaties with the Aboriginals, they wanted to encourage peace, yet, later on, the British and French looked at the treaties from a different perspective, then the Aboriginals and each country had different goals…

Telling people they are different doesn’t make you a smart person because everyone is different no one is the same, that is what makes us unique. The book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee shows that just because people are different doesn’t mean you should treat them differently. Through Tom Robinson, Walter Cunningham, Jem and Scout, the point of view, and the setting, Harper Lee shows us that just because people are different it doesn 't mean you should treat them like they are worthless.…

Another article was about Black people in media production. This article was written by Zeinabu Davis. Davis speaks on her experience as a Black woman in media production that makes movies. She explains how more times than not in movies, African American people are portrayed as being the bad person, with a bad reputation, especially Black men. She explains how Black people are not included in many shows, movies, etc. Davis says that she has to tell her children not to behave like the Black…

"I'm not racist," white people say. That's funny, I think, because you only elect prejudiced, white men to office. "I'm not racist," people say. Hmm, I think. Then why is the Confederate flag hanging over your mantle? "I'm not racist," people say. Huh, I think. Then why do you sit in jury boxes and call dark guilty, and white innocent? Why do you not indict cops who shot unarmed people? Why do you tell black women who were assaulted that black means willing? Why do you say, "willing" and mean,…

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are today acknowledged as the owners and custodians of this land we call home, but unfortunately, they have experienced situations that have completely disregarded their basic human rights before they received their rightful title. This essay will look at the history/ background of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in regards to their rights within Australia, analyse certain ethical issues that have occurred when dealing with their rights,…

and to change the world”(Bernardo Bertolucci).Young people, in the 1950’s and the 1960’s, were playing a new role in society by being very active and attentive in what was going on in the world. They were building and supporting their own opinions, or sometimes their parent 's opinions. New ideas and new accusations against opposing political parties came out in forms of biased news and articles that each said something different. Many young people belonged and supported organizations for their…