Indigenous peoples

to display, video footage, and even listening booths so visitors can hear survivors speak about the brutal life style. The museum has to be brutally honest, the point is to have people leave and reflect on what they just witnessed. Within the museum there is a glass hallway, all of the names of families and innocent people are listed here in the glass. It is almost translucent, but on the other side of the glass against a far wall there is a reading from the Bible, “You are my witnesses.” Isaiah…

originally started by activists in fighting the Keystone XL pipeline in Texas, and people tried to stop it with their bodies, and their camp was called “Blockadia.” However, Klein mentioned that Blockadia is really the transnational space, roving space, where just regular people are stepping in, and they are trying to stop the era of extreme extraction with their bodies or in the courts. And as she said these peoples are not particularly looking for some sort of deal that make them financially…

novel technology to illustrate Cherokee history and traditions. As you may know, there are several misconceptions and myths surrounding this indigenous group; therefore, our goal should be to inform these present generations about the reality of the Cherokee, their relevance as members of this country, and help them appreciate the Cherokee culture. Indigenous groups are part of the of the diversity of our nation. Each one of these groups has important elements to share with us: traditions,…

Adrienne Keene (2015) brought up a very interesting and valid question in her article, “The Benefits of Cultural ‘Sharing’ Are Usually One-Sided,” “Who has the right to represent an Indigenous community? Outsiders, or the community itself?” Cultural appropriation does not happen exclusively to specific cultures. There are many examples of both the negative and positive impact that culture sharing has had on societies throughout history. This is not up for argument; however, what is up for debate…

Even the people of one state do not know fully about the other states; let aside the Northern and the Southern. It has had a glorious past for being called ‘the golden sparrow’ that has attracted attention of, not only invaders, but also philosophers, thinkers, writers…

and other European men after them, yet they are still involved with a society that annually celebrates him on Columbus Day. Annie John was reacting in a way was understandable to those of her culture and circumstance, but she was at a school run by people of different cultures who believed Columbus was a great man. Annie’s headmistress thought that she “had gone too far this time, defaming one of the great men in history…” while she was caught in between the cultures of the oppressed and the…

Britain has had a long history of invasion that has shaped the culture of its people. The Romans in particular, through invasion and conquest, have largely affected the people of Britain. Romanisation, according to the Oxford classical dictionary can be defined as, "the process by which indigenous peoples incorporated into the empire acquired cultured attributes which made them appear as Romans (Hornblower, 1996)." The people of Britain, particularly in the south, were influenced through…

Christian missionaries replaced the warring with the game of cricket. The Trobriand people began modifying the game to incorporate some of their war practices. So now they allowed for numerous more people to play but they had to fit the traditional war formations. The dancing and chanting was also an adaption from their warring traditions. Of particular interest is that the games have political undertones. With people using them as a symbol of their wealth and importance since they…

were only barbaric, because they had not been taught Christianity. His argument was in contrast to Sepulveda, who wanted to enslave the people based on Aristotelian philosophy. This contrast of the dying and begging native figures and Las Casas displays the church as a privileged entity for defending the indigenous peoples ' rights and as a savior to the people. While not a classical subject matter, this painting reflects a historical subject for the Mexican populace. It also depicts the…

native Hawaiians, and the Maori natives of New Zealand, these case studies are incorporated in this literature review to contextualize the authorsʻ arguments. In the literature discussing the methods that colonizers employed to acculturate the native peoples they came into contact with, each of the authors assert that these actions were initiated by the colonizersʻ intention to improve the lifestyles of the natives. Each of the authors explain that the colonizers condemned native practices and…