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During the beginning of the 20th century, Native American tradition, art, and culture was suppressed by governmental bans of Native American customs. One of the commonly misunderstood forms of these Native American customs is dance, which plays a significant role in Indigenous tradition. It was viewed at the time as threatening and hostile as many referred to Indigenous dance as a “war dance” without understanding that each dance holds different importance's. The bans of these kinds of cultural…

Was there a place for the Indian in America? Simon Pokagon provided an answer to all in which the Indians or Americans can relate to. During the discussion in class the article by Simon Pokagon's "The Future of the Red Man," he seem as if he is ready to tell the world about his experience then he felt as if that time was now. Pokagon’s is very perceptible and understanding in this article, which I have been noticed. Clearly speaking he is in my eyes considered a Native American and also a Indian…

In a small native american village, an Indian, who is named Jaguar Paw lives here with his pregnant wife and his young son. This village one day has large group of people come through who ask to pass. They say something happened to their village. Everything is peaceful until Mayan people come early in the morning while everyone is sleeping and attack. They burn down the small village, and kill many people. The people who aren’t killed are taken prisoners. Young children are left to take care of…

The Dry Creek station of the pony express in Nevada experienced many conflicts; some of those conflicts were between the white settlers and the Indians. This conflict only contributed to getting rid of the pony express, which was only was in operation during April 3, 1860 to October 28, 1861. One of the conflicts that occurred at the dry creek station was when a group of Indians killed a man named Ralph M. Lozier and wounded a man named John Applegate after attacking the station asking Si…

The Native American population has suffered many tragedies at the hands of the United States government from their first interactions through the mid-twentieth century. Government policies concerning American Indians worked in conjunction with the prejudices harbored by the majority of the white population in the United States to suppress Native American liberties and strip them of their cultural identity. These policies gave little to no regard for Native American customs, personal expression,…

Latina/o identities: Social Diversity and U.S Politics was quite an interesting reading assignment. It challenged the practices of the wrong contraction of monolithic and singular identity in the U.S. Latina/os. This was accomplished in a number of ways. The theoretical approach on social group identities such as racial, ethnic and gender identities. As well as an approach on the historical mistakes on the diversity and complexity of the U.S. Latina/o Population. While also focusing on the…

“America has always been known to force their cultural opinions on many cultures besides their own, compelling them to revolt against the continuing oppression of American“ - India Cage I almost wrote a short story about the struggle to revolt against the construction of an oil pipeline that has threatened to be built on an Native American reserve but instead of sticking to what my teacher would want at the beginning of my persuasive writing. I choose to not only write about the…

After the Civil War, white supremacy was a guiding principle which gained much popularity through former slave-owners, the Klu Klux Klan, and the government's regulation of Blacks, Chinese immigrants, Native American Indians, and the Philippines. White supremacy is imbedded in American history as a historical phenomenon because of the repetition of whites craving power. White people of the past have thought that they are the only race that is capable of running the world and they have gone to…

“I grew up in a storytelling culture, a tribal culture, but also in an American storytelling culture.”- Sherman Alexie. This tells us that he was born and raised through a storytelling and tribal culture, which was his Native American side. Although they lived on the reservation their traditions of their ancestors did not fade they learned through telling stories and practicing their traditions. However, he soon leaves the reservation filled with his culture and native roots to go to an American…

The Sioux Indians came to North America from Asia about 30,000 years ago. The name Sioux actually means “little snake”, which was given to them by the Chippewa Indians. Sioux were nomadic, meaning that they never stayed in one place for an extended period. Typically they followed the pattern of the buffalo, making sure there would be food and clothing wherever they traveled. The Sioux made the mistake of becoming close with the westward thrust of American expansion at a time when the American…