Institute of American Indian Arts

many herbal origins of native peoples in twentieth century. In the conventional health care system, there are common traditional health care system integrated which includes Ayurvedic medicine, Chinese medicine, Mexican folk medicine, and African American folk medicines etc. In western culture, it is believed that germs causes disease. On the other hand, spirit possessions has great interferences with the disease process and upset body balance in Asian and cultures. Homeostasis is referred in…

forging of the identities when a person has left their native culture and have to adopt the culture and traditions of other country for eg Pakistani migrants who migrate from Pakistan it to India it is really tough for them to adjust with indian people as indian see every Pakistani as a terrorist and the people who migrate to America they also face many challenges , they do not realize which culture they should adopt and inturn they loose their actual identity . Interpreter of Maladies(1999)…

India India is the seventh largest country in the world. It has vast geographical features. Three different bodies of water surround the country of India. These are the Arabian Sea in the west, Bay of Bengal in the east and the Indian Ocean in the south. Because of this, it is very recognizable on the world map. The country covers an area of about 3.28 million sq km. India divides into several different geographical regions. India is a federation composed of 29 states and 7 union…

changed her name to Jamaica Kincaid. The name Jamaica comes from her Caribbean country Jamaica, Kincaid because it sounded good with Jamaica. Kincaid was born on May 25, 1949 (Stone 326). She grew up in Antigua and focuses most of her stories on West Indian mother, daughter relationships. Her short story, “Girl,” is a close relationship to her childhood experiences with her mother. At the age of sixteen, Kincaid moved to America (Kincaid, A to Z 161). She started working as a receptionist and…

Political Correctness,” as a form of cultural Marxism due to the totalitarian ideology parallels, has currently shaped the way Americans process issues. Sadly, the problem is that many Americans simply can't recognize deficiencies anymore living with this belief . Political-correctness is a way to avoid offending, or hurting another person's feelings by for example, removing certain art, music, sexism, racism, etc.. Throughout the nineties and to this day, offending someone because something may…

were chosen based off of the fact that they all connect to “poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and have attempted to make sense and art out of political actualities” (Old Dominion University Libraries). The festival took place from Sunday September 25th to Thursday September 29th at different locations on campus. The event that I attended was held at the Baron and Ellie Gordon Art Galleries, I really enjoyed where the event took place because…

In my freshman year, I became a member of the American Society of Quality and organized various seminars and knowledge sharing session in the college. I also had a great opportunity to represent my college in the ‘International Moon Rover Challenge’ organized by NASA (Huntsville, Alabama) in 2014, in…

The Hindu religion believes that there are several different gods that they find spirit in and they pray to these gods for different things on different occasions. Hinduism also believes in practicing the art of Yoga which is a form of meditation which helps to release energies throughout the body. Hindus believe that it is bad karma to kill animals for food, so most avoid eating meat. Not all Hindus though don’t eat meat, but most do not eat beef because…

of orientalism in ‘Madame Butterfly’ and ‘Turandot Due to the integration of various forms of artistic expression and multicultural customs, opera has been loved by the majority of the people since it was published. Therefore, the same as the other art works and masterpieces, opera also would be influenced by politics and economics, even by the thoughts or minds from most people. Madame Butterfly (Puccini, 1904) and Turandot (Puccini, 1926) were two examples to illustrate how a style of thought…

England Transcendentalism blended native American tradition with foreign influences. Development Ralph Waldo Emerson published Nature in 1836 which represented a new way of intellectual thinking in America. “The Universe is composed of Nature and the Soul. Spirit is present everywhere.” This new voice led American Romanticism to a new and mature period, the period of New England Transcendentalism. This was the most significant development of American literature in the mid-19th century.…