Academic papers on Native Indian Studies

A One-On-One Interview With an Elderly Native American Widow
A 6 page report on the interview process with a seventy-four year old widowed female of mixed Cherokee heritage. Asserts that the interview process can allow a student to quickly come to the realization that individual behavior and relationships...
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Mahabharata
This 5 page report discusses
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Aboriginal Women in Canada
An 8 page paper which discusses the historical importance of the aboriginal women of Canada, who have served as powerful providers to their families. Maria Campbell's "Halfbreed" is used briefly in the discussion. Bibliography lists 3 additional...
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Role of Native Americans
A 5 page research paper that summarizes the political, social and economic roles that Natives Americans have played in both colonial and modern times in North and South America. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Alaska: Analysis Of Two Articles
5 pages in length. The colonization of America continued for many decades, with indigenous populations ultimately displaced when European settlers successfully overtook the territory and transformed it into their own. Alaska's native inhabitants...
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Louise Erdrich/Storytelling in Tracks
A 5 page research paper and analysis of Louise Erdrich's novel Tracks. The writer discusses the role that Chippewa culture plays this novel and argues that it is the cultural "glue" that provides support for members of the tribe, both as individuals...
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BERGER AND THE INDIGENOUS NATIVES
This 5 page paper examines the thesis of Thomas Berger in his book The Long Shadow. The thesis is that indigenous people (i.e., natives) in the Americans are being as shabbily treated today by corporations and private concerns as they were hundreds...
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Arthur Kopit/Indians
A 5 page analysis of scenes from the play. Kopit's play tells the plight of the American Indian in the nineteenth century through the eyes of William "Buffalo Bill" Cody, who -- although caught in the conventions of his day -- at least acknowledges...
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Momaday: Spiritual Perspectives
A 5 page paper which examines the position of Native American author Natachee Scott Momaday which argues that Native Americans have a special understanding of how things, material and living, have a deep connection and how non Natives can benefit...
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The Relationship Between Landscape and Mythology Among the Hopi
A 5 page discussion of Hopi mythology as it related to landscape and environment. The Hopi myth of how they are charged with caring for the fourth world is related and a discussion is provided as to how landscape serves as an important in such...
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Genetically Engineered Foods: An Interdisciplinary Perspective
A 7 page paper discussing this topic from social, geographic and anthropological perspectives. Many are fearful of using genetically modified foods, but there is no real evidence assessing long term effects either good or bad. However, loss of the...
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INDIANS: TEXTUALISM, MORALITY, AND THE PROBLEM OF HISTORY
This essay by Jane Tompkins is analyzed for thesis and the arguements that she utilizes in proving her main theme. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Joy Harjo/She Had Some Horses
A 5 page essay that analyzes "She Had Some Horses," a poem by Native American poet Joy Harjo. The writer argues that Harjo uses imagery and symbolism to convey the frustration and violence that this "she" suffers, not only from society, but also...
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Sociology and the Multicultural Individual
5 pages. This paper focuses on a hypothetical person who is half Native American and half Caucasian from a sociological perspective. The paper describes her life, the people around her, what she does and how the sociological impact of being of two...
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Book Review of
This is a 5 page book review of
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