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A Tragic Version of History That Perpetuates the Myth of “Bad Indians” Native Americans have traditionally been depicted as primitive people who were educated and saved by the missionaries. This is in contrast with the true history of the natives’ oppression and exploitation under the mission system. The real story, of murder, rape, and loss of culture, is rarely ever told. Deborah Miranda, the author of Bad Indians, brings to light the intentional and systematic erasure of her culture and the…

Too often the tribulations of Native Americans are only focused on the past and dismiss the several issues that affect modern day Indians. The narrative of Native American societies has been misconstrued and one explicit example of this is the infamous fourth grade mission project that does injustice to the persecutions and subjugation that the Native Americans faced. Deborah Miranda, the author of Bad Indians, tells the harsh reality of what really happened through pictures, short stories, and…

Americans have changed quite a lot throughout the years, it was not always as simple as it is today. Diseases were not easy to cure and they were not rapidly treated as they are today. They gained a lot of assistance to treat these illnesses. However, when America was first introduced to these diseases they were easily spread and they were not so simple to cure. Christopher Columbus discovered America and he brought some Europeans over along with himself, but some diseases were also brought over…

Coody Cooper argues that the history of the American Indian belongs, first and foremost to that group, and secondly is being grossly misinterpreted. In the recent past, a Eurocentric view on Native American history has caused contention between public institutions and the indigenous peoples. According to Cooper, American Indians were presented as uncivilized and inhuman. These public prejudices led to a back lash lead by indigenous peoples to change the narrative set forth by “the…

there is a cultural clash between the aboriginal peoples and the non-aboriginal peoples in Australia and believe that aboriginal peoples cannot receive adequate healthcare, of historic mistrust between them and their health care providers. The authors also claim that there is little or no motivation to change things politically. The authors want the non-aboriginal population to learn about the aboriginal culture and stop patronizing the aboriginal peoples and calls for both social and political…

Many people see the U.S Mexico border as a marker of territory belonging to the U.S and the territory belonging to Mexico. However, to many others the border symbolizes and means much more than that. Gloria Anzaldua, Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz and Alejandro Lugo speak of these other meanings that many times are swept under the rug. In The Homeland, Aztlan from Borderlands: La Frontera, Gloria Anzaldua speaks of the differences between the experiences of people living on the U.S side of the border and…

honoring or offending American Indians? For thousands of years, American Indians have been fighting to prove who they are. As well as proving what once belonged to them, their land, which was stolen by the Americans. The Americans will say that American Indians should feel proud that they’re being honored as a team mascot; American team names mean honor and respect. That’s just an assumption made by the person who fabricated the mascot, it was never discussed with an American Indian or any of…

During the beginning of the 20th century, Native American tradition, art, and culture was suppressed by governmental bans of Native American customs. One of the commonly misunderstood forms of these Native American customs is dance, which plays a significant role in Indigenous tradition. It was viewed at the time as threatening and hostile as many referred to Indigenous dance as a “war dance” without understanding that each dance holds different importance's. The bans of these kinds of cultural…

discovery, the indigenous peoples of the New World became one of the focal points of study and investment. From fighting off aggressive tribes to learning about potential gold sources from peaceful inhabitants, Spanish—and later Portuguese—colonists had many interactions with the Amerindians. However, these interactions were not all identical. Reading first hand experiences from authors of the time, it is clear that they either had different experiences with the indigenous people, or they…

Native American population of North America that went from 112 million in 1492 to 10 million by the end of the 19th century. Some may say that the native American genocide was a form of natural selection because of the part disease played in the genocide but if you look at the other factors like, massacres of full tribes and the biological warfare that was used. We see that it was the Europeans intention to get rid of the Native Americans. They like Hitler with the Jews thought Native Americans…