Native American mascot controversy

Substance Abuse in Native American Communities Problem Statement: What actions should Donald Trump take to combat substance abuse disorders in American Indian and Alaskan Native communities? 1.5 Background: According to the World Health Organization, substance abuse is defined as, “the harmful or hazardous use of psychoactive substances, including alcohol and illicit drugs.”1 In 2014, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration reported that roughly 20.2 million Americans had…

Williams family who lost their daughter as a captive to the Bear tribe of the Mohawk Native Americans. The book deeply explores religion and how it relates to the ideas of savagery and family through comparison of experiences in the lives of the Puritans and the lives of the Native American captors. The Deerfield Massacre occurred in 1704 in Massachusetts. The massacre was carried out by a tribe of Native Americans in retaliation against French and English attacks. The small town of Deerfield…

came as president Polk, wanted to expand America’s boundaries as a part of the Manifest destiny, an authorization from god to occupy North America, Canada, and South America. The manifest destiny saw the natives as inferior to the Christian beliefs of the settlers. In addition to seeing the natives as inferior, they were also seen as incapable of taking care of the land as they had not developed it which was a part of the manifest destiny to develop the land. The move to Basque Redondo, however,…

The American Revolution The American Revolution started in 1765 and ended in 1783 after the French and Indian War. The reason why the American Revolution occurred was because the colonists were tired of the British monarchy and aristocracy. The colonists had the right to revolutionize against the British. During this time the British Crown had no idea how the colonists lived and the rules he was suppressing on them seemed unjust to the colonists. At first he sent men to settle the land and…

Native Americans do possess the potential to save the world that we live in today. The secret to doing, so in my opinion, is to change the mentality of the general society from their “anthropocentric” mentality to the Native American’s “nature-culture nexus.” In doing so, society will switch from their insatiable desire of progress to the indigenous realism that emphasizes the ideology of equity amongst all living things and is constantly innovating from experiences. This, in turn, will result…

However, this is nothing new, it has been going on ever since Christopher Columbus stepped foot in America. In the film industries, Native Americans have mostly always been depicted in negative ways. However, there have been movies that have tried to portray the reality of Native American lifestyle and culture in America. They still have some, but less, Native American stereotypes or myths than other movies .Two of those movies are Thunderheart (1992) directed by Michael Apted and Powwow Highway…

the Native Americans on the Front Lines of a Historic Protest, Erika Larsen talks about an issue that has been effecting Native Americans nationwide. The article is about a large oil company that is trying to transport oil across the nation via underground pipeline. The problem is that they are trying to install the pipeline under sacred Native American reservations in North and South Dakota. This situation is not something that hasn’t already happened previously in history. Native Americans…

Native Americans have been overlooked when dealing with Colonial history due to a lack of evidence and bias. Early historians did not have access to evidence that came directly from Native Americans. Most of the evidence came from journals, diaries and other forms of record that belonged to the colonists, which described their encounters with Native Americans. This lack of evidence leads to pro-European bias because early historians only had the Europeans’ perspectives. The exploration of new…

people are told to think of ideas associated with Native Americans, common terms are usually things such as scalping, red skin, weird religions, and uncivilized. However, these terms are all very stereotypical. Yes, there are a few tribes that match these descriptions, but the majority are peaceful and modern. One of these peaceful and modern tribes is the Iroquois. The Iroquois tribe is most likely one of the oldest and most well known of Native American tribes, and they have managed to…

In Christopher Columbus’ letter, on October 12, 1492, Columbus wrote, “They ought to be good servants and of good skill.” This shows that the Indians looked to be innocent and easily taken advantage of. The Natives were nice towards the Europeans so they concluded that they will be easily exploitable. In Jan van der Straet’s Painting, The Discovery of America, Amerigo Vespucci Awakens America in 1575, illustrates America as a naked woman who has just woken up…