Native American mascot controversy

Before discussing the film Windtalkers, it is necessary to address the historical background that is presented in the movie, as well as the role of the Native Americans in the national context. The Second World War altered the way of life for most of the Native American community. Many Native Americans began abandoning their reservations and moved to the cities in search of better jobs and pay; others joined the U.S. armed forces, in order to protect the free world from the Nazi aggression. The…

From Hollywood film to actual history, people now know that Native American Indians weren’t as bad as Hollywood liked to portray them. With such animosity between whites and Native Americans during 1864, Indian civilizations became substantially extinct. With the rising popularity and value of mining gold during 1864 and the years following shortly after, soldiers and white Americans increasingly began to overtake the Native Americans homes, reservations, food supply, and everything they owned.…

on the complexities of the relationship between Native Americans and European Americans, criticizing Caucasians for hypocrisy and fight for power between the two. His many examples comparing the relations between Whites and Native Americans in his essay, while formidable to producing his argument, are helped significantly by a metaphor presented through the mentioning of Mary Rowlandson, a historical figure who was held captive by Native Americans. Alexie’s argument as to the counter…

For many years in history, Native Americans have been mistreated. The past is not something that is easy for them to look at. They’ve been beaten, attacked, forced out of their homes, and killed. Even nowadays they are often mocked and made fun. The way we have treated and viewed Native Americans has evolved over the years, but the past still haunts them. In “The Diary of Mary Rowlandson”, the settlers invaded the villages, beat the natives over the head, cut open their bowels, stripped them…

originally designed for the Native Americans with the purpose of casting out their heathen ways by showing them the word of God. The primary reason that people learned to read and write was to be able to read the Bible. By having people able to read the Bible, they would be a more moralistic people who worked and abided by rules. This stream of thought carried on to the 19th century as a means to end crime and poverty. This way of thinking started with the Native Americans, as the colonists…

American Imperialism Imperialism was defined as building an empire (Bagley). According to Stearns, there were several motives behind the spread of imperialism. One motive was to establish cultural superiority, which was enforced mainly by American and Europe. Another motive was to establish a particular religion in other countries such as the spread of Christianity. A major reason behind imperialism was economic gains, which was evident in America (Stearns 423). American imperialism was based…

were looking to expand and look for new land and they both ended up settling in North America. Both the England and Spaniards have similar settlement with each other but they are also different from their reasons to how they interacted with the Native American and not to forget their economy and political outcome. The counties of Wester Europe went around the world setting up colonies and they did this with the idea that these colonies would help to make them rich which is mercantilism. It…

differences and isolate their community from that of the natives, when they find themselves in contact.” He concludes by stating, “In both cases, the other’s identity is denied: either on the level of existence, as in the case of the Catholics; or on that of values, as in that of the Protestants, and it is absurd to ask which of the two parties goes farther down the path to the other’s destruction.”17 Las Casas hoped to assimilate the natives into the ‘self’ as to “reject all nonrelative…

In the story “From the Downtown at the Buzzer” the issue of race is brought up because Effinger discussed why blacks have dominated the basketball stage. Normally African Americans grew up with less money and basketball courts were easy to find in their neighborhoods. They didn’t have the same opportunities as wealthier white men to play other sports like hockey or golf. As much as our nation tries to make life equal for all…

two most powerful nations in 1812, and their warfare directly affected American trade. The War of 1812 was fought between the United States and Great Britain. There were a few reasons for the war 1812. The British were at war with France and thus decided to place trade restrictions and embargos on America stopping the nation from trading with France. Another reason was that Americans wanted to expand their land but the Native Indians supported by Britain were standing in their way and making it…