Indian Peafowl

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,…

Alexie’s collection entitled Traveling. In the story the speaker, his father, and friends are travelling back from a basketball tournament when they are pulled over and harassed by a State Trooper who is looking to abuse his obvious power over the Indians in the van. Alexie starts off the interaction of the state trooper and the father off with a line that hints at the colonization and betrayal that the Native population received from their colonizers. He states that the trooper “walked up to my…

Today’s society has placed plenty of stereotypes upon Asian Americans. Labeling them as the model minority, assuming that all Asian Americans are intelligent by nature, seems to be the most common (Szu 2003). These stereotypes have been negatively affecting the growing population of Asian Americans in the school systems, as they are leading to teacher bias. Bias in the classroom can cause teachers to view all their Asian American students as intelligent and assume they are receiving academic…

In today's date there are still many problems with the Sioux Nation. They are still going through many tragic events. 8 out of 10 adults Native Americans suffer from alcoholism. Usually 17 people are living in a two or three bedroom home. In the book Saga of the Sioux, the author shows the different conflicts and themes. In the nonfiction novel Saga of the Sioux, there are two major conflicts. They are Man vs Nature and Man vs Society. They were primarily hunters though the cast and santees…

When people get to a certain point in life, Americans have the idea that every US citizen’s should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative. Although living in a very discriminated time, Willie Mays did accomplish the American Dream by achieving his desired aims and having determination to fulfill his everyday fantasies. His father, Cat Mays, was a talented baseball player with the Negro team for the local iron plant. His…

Imagine living off of anything you can find, and giving up your life so others could live. Well, this was what the Blackfoot tribe did in their daily lives. In the Blackfoot language, which was based of the Algonquian language, they called themselves Siksika meaning "Those with Black Moccasins." Originally the nomadic American tribe migrated from the Great Lakes to live in the plains region including Montana, Idaho, and even Alberta, Canada. The Blackfoot tribe was split into three smaller…

for the Indian Removal Act. The goal of this act was to allow the United States access to the lands East of the Mississippi river. There were many different reasons why Congress decided to pass this act, however the primary reason was because the Indians were sitting on large reserves of untouched riches and minerals. This act, however, went against the law, and was highly immoral because it was taking over lands which did not belong to the United States, and involved kicking the Indians out…

social justice issues. In 1894, James Fraser sculpted a clay model of an Indian…

athletes known for key attributes. In Jackson's case it was his natural hitting ability. Too this day Jackson holds the batting average for a player in the rookie season. In 1911 Jackson was traded to the cleveland Naps known now as the Cleveland Indians and recorded the best rookie batting average of all time at .408. Jackson continued to record outstanding amazing batting averages throughout his career. If Jackson had not been banned from the 1920s he would have gone down as one of the…

shake, crying for the missed time we will never make back, crying to release the tension of these ten long years. “Come with me. There is something I want to do.” We walked home. Mum was spread out on the leather sofa, with martinis, watching an Indian…