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The Myth of the Vanishing Indian has served a vital function in U.S. history. The removal of the Cherokees indeed illustrates the pervasiveness of this myth. After the arrival of the Europeans to the Americas, the indigenous population dwindled significantly. This myth attempts to explain this phenomena by claiming that the disappearance of Native Americans after their contact with the European settlers was inevitable unless they assimilate because they were “culturally and genetically weaker”.…

Tensho Shobun was an artist that was friends with a great line of artists during this period, including Josetsu and Sesshu. He became very familiar with the Ma-Xia style and used this strong Korean influenced in this works. His ax-cut rocks are influenced by Ma Yuan and his trees are of those of Xia Gui. The Song Dynasty inspired many works in this period and contain many of the similar attributes. The use of mistiness is incorporated throughout this screen as well as far away mountains. The use…

Where the Domino Fell is a book by James S. Olson and Randy Roberts, it speaks on the history of the Vietnam War, which happened from 1945-1995. This war involved the North Vietnam and South Vietnam after the World War II ended. A war that the Vietnam needed a new system apart from that of the French colonial government, which created so much discomfort, from the way they treated people. Hence, a revolution was necessary to them, to make a change and making things better. My aim in this paper is…

People go to war coming back changed as a person which is sometimes believed to be better and other times believed to be worse. Many people go to war for the sake of serving the country while others fear war and are scared of all the horrors people believe are involved in the act of going to war. The two poems talk about war but their purpose is different for the reason they are talking about war. The two poems can be compared due to their different points of view, the message the poem is trying…

Little Red Riding Hood has been told and fluctuated around for hundreds of years through many generations. It can be traced as far back as the 10th century in European folktale. Although, the best known versions were written by Charles Perrault and Brothers Grimm in the 17th and 18th century, the story has changed significantly in many ways since. Depending on versions the people in the tale can vary such as in the French version it is a woodcutter that comes in and saves Red and her grandmother…

The Tlingit indians are the northernmost of the Northwest Indian Tribes. The Northwest Indian tribes, consist of the Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, Kwakiutl, Bella Coola, Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka), Coast Salish, and Chinook tribes. They mostly live in northwest area of California, and Alaska. The Tlingit traditionally got much of their food by fishing, with salmon as the main food source. They also hunted seals and sea otters and gathered wild berries and roots. The Tlingit used cedar wood from…

Nikyra Capson Wampum as Hypertext: An American Indian Intellectual Tradition of Multimedia Theory and Practice The wampum as hypertext is an interesting observation made by the author, and at first, I didn’t believe that it could completely meet the requirements. The definition of hypertext; is text which contains links to other text. I was confused on how belts could be considered fit into the definition, especially since they didn’t have any words and are mostly made up of patterns.…

Spanish has developed greatly over several centuries. Many immigrants, colonies, explorers or added words to the language have influenced the language itself. Spanish is the language that 332 million people call their own. The history of Spanish can go back at least back to the Indo-Europeans. Research by Historical Linguistics shows how the Indo-Europeans were connected with the Spanish language. To begin with, William Jones, a British judge who lived in India was the first person to suggest…

that God had called forth certain hardy souls from the old and privilege ridden nations and that in bestowing his grace he also granted a peculiar responsibility. This made Americans presuppose that they were not only divinely elected to maintain the north American continent but that they were also to spread abroad the fundamental principles in the Bill of Rights. The destiny under God to do his work was one of the three reasons for expansion during Manifest Destiny. One of the four reasons for…

The Americas – Period 2 consist of North America and Latin America 600-600 CE. Many changes happened whether they were political, economic, or social. Changes over time for North America included trade expansion, tribal government, and agriculture. For South America changes were in the pyramids, Mayan astronomy, and village organization. North America's change in trade expansion and continuity in village life, nomadism, polytheism, and shamanism. Latin America's change in Pyramids, ceremonial…