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    such as Native Americans had a rough time when the American settlers started to push them off their land and so on. In chapter 4 the main idea or message were to the Native Americans that they should adapt or face extermination. That was the main problem for the native American’s during that time, the Americans would say they would allow the natives to have land at times but then suddenly go back on there word and push them off. In the…

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    Mythologies: Columbus Day

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    catastrophe than it is a celebration. The day that Christopher Columbus arrived in North America was a momentous day. Along with the great discovery of North America that is worthy of celebration, it also marks the beginning of the mass genocide of the Native Americans. The later of the two has been ignored. As the tales go, “In fourteen hundred ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue.” We are taught from the day we step foot into schools that Christopher Columbus was a hero who sailed the…

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    Integration and Engagement Lifelong Learning at a Professional Level Lifelong learning is continuous growth in gaining knowledge and skills that will help you to better understand your patients’ needs and to provide the best possible care for your patients. Lifelong learning will help a nurse to improve her critical thinking skills and increase her knowledge in current clinical treatments, procedures, practice, and understanding different cultures beliefs, behaviors, and though processes in…

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    Similarly in “Dead Man” the main Character William Blake is blamed for the murder of a wealthy man’s son and the son’s girlfriend. The story is about Blake is running away from the law along with a Native American named Nobody. Nobody speaks in William Blake poems which the white people think are Native American spiritual sayings. As the story progresses, we see the myth arise about Mr. Blake’s story and how the characters evolve to the point that eventually the character becomes the myth in the…

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    everybody [disappears] at one time or another. All those relocation programs sent reservation Indians to the cities, and sometimes they just got swallowed up,” (Witnesses, Secret or Not, 562). Right away, Alexie touches upon the sad truth that for Native Americans living on reservations, even the most bizarre occurrences are accepted as ordinary. Moreover, while him and his father are on their way to the police station, they notice, “Indians passed out in doorways, staggering down the sidewalk,”…

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    fitting title, because the Americans saw the Mexicans as foreigners in their own land. The Americans wanted to claim the Mexican land as their own, and pushed the native people out of their homes. One thing extremely interesting about the reading was the fact that the Irish people were fighting against the Mexicans, when the Irish were just in the same position as the Mexicans; only the Irish were facing the British. In 1830, the government in Mexico prohibited American immigration into Texas,…

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    Uranium Mining History

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    he most vital thing for a person to take into realization when looking at Native peoples in the late 1800’s is that they were being oppressed. Anti-Native American movements and legislation, at this time in history, was essentially at an all time high. The Indian Appropriations Act of 1871 ended the U.S government 's policy of treaty making with Native American tribes. This contributed to the destruction of tribal sovereignty because it took away the tribe’s ability…

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    behind and the representation of Native Americans has progressed. Today we have films like Rango and True Grit which although still don’t serve the ideal representation of Indians, have come a long way from how Native Americans were depicted during the era when stars like John Ford, John Wayne and Randolph Scott dominated Western Films. In Rango we have an Indian character who is known as “Wounded Bird”. Wounded bird is dressed in some stereotypical Native American clothes and is characterized…

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    After the end of World War I, Americans began to feel a distinct lack of national identity. They felt disconnected from their past and were unsure where the future was taking them. Compared to their European counterparts with their long and rich history full of art and literature, Americans felt that their country was inferior and provincial. A call to restore the American pride rose from the ranks of writers and artists, demanding the creation of a new history of the United States, one that…

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    Native American response paper This response paper will be on the articles A Tour of Indian Peoples and Indian Lands by David E. Wilkins and Winnebagos, Cherokees, Apaches, and Dakotas by Debra Merskin. The first article discusses what the Indian tribes were and where they resided. There are many common terms to refer to the native people including American Indians, Tribal nations, indigenous nations, first peoples, and Native Americans. Alaskan natives are called by their territories like the…

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