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    American Unemployment Rises, While Tribes Create Jobs Worst Unemployment in Midwest, High Employment in Nebraska Government housing. Alcohol and cigarettes. Just a few things that might make up a weekend on the reservation. This is a “good” weekend for Native Americans on the reservation, comparatively to other weekends which might include working and more working. While many Americans spend their weekends at home with families and going places, some American Indians do not. Americans as a…

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    My expectation is to see through quantitative data that many are displeased with unemployment, education, sanitation, housing, and environmental issues. Because the government oversees reservations, things like the economy on reservations may be determined by the government. Companies have difficulty starting up because of excess regulation, and getting loans is tricky because of less land ownership (Regan 1). Native Americans are victims of police brutality as well and account for 2% of deaths…

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    to know about Indian reservation. The author’s purpose is to inform to the audience about how they are living on a combination of irregular paychecks, fear, and hope and government surplus food. The author explained his points well in the article and his tone was respectful because he tried not to offend the group of the people who are still living on the reservation. Sherman Alexie’s main idea in the article is how Alexie defies stereotypes by being a prosperous, reservation born, Indian.…

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    In Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, a young boy named Arnold realizes that he needs to leave the reservation to fully succeed. When he gets to the small town of Reardan, it’s difficult at first, but he ends up in a more supportive and friendly environment. Throughout the book, Arnold faces many hardships, but he manages to get through them. Although Arnold faces racism at Reardan, and poverty and depression on the rez, he uses his sense of humor, romanticism, and…

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    Symbolism In Smoke Signals

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    In a film directed by Chris Eyre, “Smoke Signals,” is the story of two Indian boys in a journey. At Idaho 's desolate Coeur d 'Alene Indian reservation, Victor and Thomas grew up together. They are not exactly friends, but they have a special connection that built up throughout the story. Victor Joseph is the stoic, athletic young man who is mostly ignored by others. On the other hand, Thomas Builds-the-Fire is the goofy, young man who is a true believer of spirits and he makes every effort to…

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    The authors mention how one factor in this unequal system is the “battle of the nursery” (138), where women, as the primary cultural transmitters, are tasked with instilling the group’s world view (which, Peterson and Parisi assume, includes the normalization of heterosexism and all that it entails) in the…

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    Often in American history we focus on the positivity of our country and leave out the negative stuff. We often forget about the Natives who had to suffer in order for these lands to be called our home today. One of the most saddest stories in American history is the near destructive of the native population caused by the invasion of the European immigrants, whom brought diseases such as . The settlers hunted the Natives the same way they hunted large animals and were forced to leave their home…

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    feed them all.” (Brown 334). In an act of survival, the Cheyennes split up and go to Red Clouds reservation or north to their old home. After both groups had been captured, they were put in reservations and eventually were given their own reservation on the Tongue River. The U.S. could have easily avoided bloodshed and hassle by keeping their promise to let them leave, and then give them the reservation that ultimately was given to them…

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    English and some professors do not have a good pronunciation because they are from the Middle East or Arabian country. “American education is more focused on practical experience. Readings and papers are essential elements in the American education system”(Shaopeng He ). I agree with the writer because American universities have a professional ways of teaching and my family was an inspiration to me to study there. Additionally, a lot of people think that whoever has a degree from American…

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    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…

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