Native American mascot controversy

The controversy arisen from the Dakota Access Pipeline has created a divide between Native American activists verses a large United States pipeline company and police officials. Both Energy Transfer Partners and indigenous activists sociologically construct this situation to result in very different ideals of what the pipeline will contribute to society. The Native Americans advocate environmental rights while the corporation advocates economic growth. The legal consciousness of Native Americans…

constitution provides the right to practice any religion, and therefore US constitution provides protection for the Church. However, what happen to the things that are not encapsulated within the definition of a particular English word? For instance, Native American people do not have any particular place or building to congregate and pray or perform their religious ceremony.…

The American history between a man and a woman in the human race has portrayed the woman as a weaker individual and that the man was the rule of the household. This was not only culturally accepted in society, it was the norm of the community. The question that remains is whether or not if this was morally the correct way of living and what rights do man perceive they have within the society? History reveals that centuries when a census was performed, it generally only counted the man; therefore…

his personal views regarding the future of Native American culture as it is subjected to the pressure of the American legislative system. These ideas are conveyed through both the progression of the storyline and the individual roles, with intertwined actions, of each of the story’s well calculated characters. This paper will first summarize the plot of Wind from an Enemy Sky and will then explore the views of D’Arcy McNickle regarding the state of Native America through the analysis of select…

mission is? Official website of Bureau of Indian Affairs tells that, their mission is to “enhance the quality of life, to promote economic opportunity, and to carry out the responsibility to protect and improve the trust assets of American Indians, Indian tribes, and Alaska Natives (“Indian Affairs | Who We Are”).” This leads us to the fact that by law, to become an Indian, BIA should provide you with the card for your recognition as an…

privately, or publicly. In the United States, millions of Native Americans on reservations are stifled from receiving the much needed dental care they deserve, and the consequences are damaging to their health and prosperity. Tribal sovereignty is the right of an independent authority to govern tribal members. In regards to dental care, this is the right to train, license, and employ professionals. Right now this system is not working. Native Americans are faced with oral ailments at a…

Indians that is. Native Americans were predominantly living west of the Mississippi river and were not going to be susceptible to American society. So this might have caused some disputes with the Americans and Natives. However, the most important and valuable gain was the Port of New Orleans, and the Mississippi river. With the Port of New Orleans it secured trading routes, considering how the port was one of the largest ports in the gulf, plus it prevented any interruption in American finance…

Our country has a very rich history, or so we are taught. We are taught that english immigrants battled native american savages and the british for their freedom, but what they don’t mention is the fact that the native americans were only protecting their land from invaders. History books tell the story of how wealthy plantation owners helped build our economy. However they don’t mention that our economy was built off the backs of hard working slaves. This is the history of our country and what…

In The New Jim Crow, author Michele Alexander suggests that mass imprisonment of African Americans in the late 20th and early 21st centuries established a totally new racial caste system. This new system was strikingly oppressive and this novel explores the topic of racial injustice in America’s legal systems today. Alexander proves her claim by referring to racial problems in the past, such as the War on Drugs and Civil Rights. The War on Drugs correlates to past problems. The first claim…

1. The Boston Massacre was a result of American colonialists who harassed and intimidated the British military in regards to the Stamp Act. This act violated the rights of the American colonialists because it was passed without their consent and did not benefit them. Several people were injured and killed in this attack between the British military and the colonialists. Many would say that this was propaganda to promote opposition against the British rule. The Boston Tea Party was also a very…