Indian culture

The pawn shop is one of the central images in the poem "Evolution". This pawn shop was set up by Buffalo Bill and he had put it right on the border of a Native American reservation. It happened to be right across the street from a liquor store. This would make the Native Americans come inside the pawn shop, after the Native Americans would sell or pawn everything, they had just to go across the street and buy liquor. Buffalo Bill had used this location to prove that the Native Americans were…

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…

into the pros and cons of gaming and how it is viewed by society. I came across a Native American website that really gave a great description of the early history of gaming. Gaming itself is not new to Native Americas, and has been a part of their culture for many generations, even to their very beginning. This isn’t in reference to the gambling we are familiar with today, that include card games or slot machines, rather, these games required skill and often involved a great deal of chance. “In…

The Comanches were a very diverse Indian tribe in their culture, war tactics, and the Comanches reservations. The Comanches were a fierce warrior tribe. They were in states such as Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma,and Arizona. They were exceptional horsemen. The Comanches were excellent at hunting and gathering. The Comanches were known as the “Lords of the Plains. The Comanches had a very unique culture. The Comanches were originally part of the Eastern Shoshone, who lived by Platte River…

interregional trade networks. Ships became resilient to waves. These ships were designed to increase control during monsoon season with the innovation of cotton sails. The development of ships increased trade in the Indian Ocean. Another technology that helped with trade in the Indian Ocean was the magnetic compass innovated in China. The compass helped sailors keep track of their location. Another significant innovation was the three-field system and terrace farming. Each system helped develop…

to discover other cultures. I recently embarked on an afternoon of discovery in my own backyard on a Chicago Food Walks tasting tour. Rebecca Wheeler, Indiana, guides hungry participants as they nibble their way through some of the city’s most ethnically diverse cultural corridors. “I view travel through the lens of food,”…

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 whole have unemployment and economic issues. While the issues of the Native American culture today are amplified compared to the general population. Native Americans suffer from some of the worst health issues and living conditions, this is partially…

The Indian Ocean is the third largest ocean in the world taking the shape of a capital ‘M’. The ocean itself covers twenty-six million square miles and it acts as a link to many important continents and regions around the world. The Indian trading network was established in 800 A.D. and was a place where people used trade routes for bulk trading. The Network extended from the coast of East Africa, to Arabia, to the Persian Gulf, India, across to Burma, down through the Malacca Strait that runs…

Politics and culture in America has always been evolving by either social, economic, or by political parties. It has continually changed since it’s founding in America. At the heart of democracy, and changes that would happen, the expansion of voting rights for white men from the “white male suffrage”. As white males won the right to vote and political parties came more organized, the aspect of American politics and culture changed. At the beginning of the early politics of America was very…

In the graphic novel The Complete Persepolis the main character and author Marjane Satrapi also feels a sense of disconnect from her culture while she is abroad. Like the Ganguli’s Marjane struggles with the cold reception she receives from the French while she is away from Iran during the Iranian revolution. Unlike the Ganguli’s though Marjane does not have a person to turn to while she is in France who truly understands the struggle of being a minority in a country where she is unwelcomed,…