Sweat lodge

To prepare for their Journey, the morning of their adventure, they would awake early, cleanse their body carefully by means of sweat baths, and then plunge into the frigid river. Finally, they would cleanse their mouths with willow twigs. A child on their Weyekin Journey would sit with their legs crisscrossed without clothes, food or water and meditate until their Weyekin, also…

Fitting in is not the easiest thing to do. I went to a predominantly African American middle school in a predominantly African American community. I assumed all schools curriculum were the same but I was wrong. My mom moved us to a community across town that had more Caucasians than African Americans and I had to then transfer schools. At my former school I was a top notch student academically and was sure to carry that reputation with me. That was not the case. I struggled in the new classes…

The ideas put forth by Sigmund Freud in his work Civilization and It’s Discontents are able to help us understand Hamlet by William Shakespeare on a more subconscious level. The ideas such as the Oceanic Feeling, the Superego, Thanatos, and aggression are all key elements to the infamous closet scene in Hamlet’s Act 3, Scene 4. When Hamlet enters his mother’s closet in an attempt to restrict her from sleeping with Claudius, he ends up experiencing unconscious feelings of erotic desire,…

I decided that I would explore the Native American way of healing and their relations with the indigenous beliefs (religion). We first need to discuss about the difference between the terms illness and disease. According to Arthur Kleinman, the term disease is defined as the specific diagnose ailment while the term illness is the side effects of the disease treatment and impact on one’s sense of being.15 This is specifically important in Native American culture since they treat illness and…

PTSD-GHOST FROM THE PAST In 2015, people of Nepal had to go through two destructive earthquakes. Many people died, and many lost their houses. I survived, but a close friend of mine lost his life. I could feel the pain that his family was going through. It affected his mother the most. After those earthquakes, many aftershocks were shaking the surface of Nepal. I could see his mother shouting his son 's name and asking people for help. The death of her son made her mentally ill. Each of the…

Every story is told from a perspective, whether it’s from first, second, or third person. However, different perspectives impact the content of the story in their own ways. For one, stories that are told from the first person are advantageous because it allows the reader to get a closer look at the main character as a whole. This makes the information provided in the story valid for the character that is being focused on. The story, “Legless Joe Versus Black Robe” from the book Born with A Tooth…

This paper will discuss how the Navajo Indian and their view of the disease process, along with their traditional medical practices. The second part will talk about how the Navajo view Western medicine by looking at how they seek treatment for certain illness. The Navajo is the largest Native American tribe in the United States. They live in an area that encompasses Colorado, Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico and is about “25,000 square miles” (Coulehan, John L. 1). They…

Methamphetamine has slowly become more and more prominent in the United States. The drug is highly addictive which makes it easy to be abused. One of the most prominent users of meth have become the Native Americans. Their struggle, that started thousands of years ago, has consumed their population and has caused them to live in hardship. This then is translated into drug abuse. Indians on many reservations are resorting to drugs to escape the harsh reality that they face everyday. One of the…

play outside. Not being able to play sports outside limits the amount of things you can do. Depending on where you live you can head up to the mountains and spend your day at the lodge. Otherwise you can stay inside and keep yourself warm while shooting baskets. Play a pickup game with your friends and get a good sweat going. Another way basketball is more of an advantage is that the workouts that come with it to help improve your game can help with other sports and activities. Dr. James…

or large gatherings, were banned, as the government viewed them dangerous and as opportunities for Aboriginal peoples to organize their protests. In 1925, other cultural bans were introduced which outlawed pow-wows, as well as rituals such as sweat lodges, and the Sundance. These practices were only allowed again in 1951. (Lee, 2012, pg. 1). Aboriginal Canadians are still suffering from the after effects of having their land and identities being stripped away from them. This had an economic…