Academic papers on Native Indian Studies

A Summary and Review of Four Books and Articles on Spirituality
This 6 page paper provides four separate summaries and critiques of books or articles which are related to New Ageism. Andrew's Medicine Woman, McKenna's In Praise of Psychedelics, Burrough's Nova Express and Ross's New Age: A Kinder, Gentler...
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Religion as a Coping Mechanism: The Cherokee Indians, Religion, and the Trail of Tears
A 15 page discussion of the problems which confronted the Cherokee people during the turbulent years leading up to the Trail of Tears. This paper suggests that while many Cherokee had converted to Christianity, their native religion undoubtedly...
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REMOVAL OF NATIVE AMERICANS FROM THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
This 8 page paper discusses the history of the Trail of Tears in regard to the Chicasaw and Choctaw Nations. History, brief overview, conclusions drawn. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Native American Survival as it Relates to Alexis de Tocqueville
A 6 page discussion of Native American survival into contemporary times even in the face of great odds. Notes the perceptions of Alexis de Tocqueville on his trip to the U.S. in 1831 and asserts that even given the dire predictions...
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Patterns of Indian-European Interaction
A 7 page assessment of the contention
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A 5 page overview of the key concepts presented in this 1999 publication. This paper contends that is a much needed treatise on gender issues which have been so frequently overlooked by the world
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The Nature of Gender Roles in the Tale of Ramayana and the Gender Roles Found Today
This is an 8 page paper discussing gender roles in Ramayana and those of today. The tale of Ramayana first said to be written around the year 1000 B.C. outlines the traditional gender roles in dharma. Rama as the male role model was obedient to his...
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Native American Women
A 12 page paper examining the realities of Native existence, as opposed to the view of largely white male anthropologists and historians have taken over the years. Native women were intensely involved in their tribes
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Perdue/Slavery & the Cherokees
A 5 page research paper that examines how slavery evolved as a facet of Cherokee society. Principally, the writer concentrates on the work of Theda Perdue, who argues in her text Slavery and the Evolution of Cherokee Society that the adoption of...
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U.S. Policies Regarding Native Americans: 1865-1896
A 5 page overview of U.S. Indian policies between the years of 1865 and 1896. This paper asserts that while many of these policies were deleterious, none were more so than policies regarding Native American land. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Jhumpa Lahiri
This is a 6 page paper discussing Jhumpa Lahiri
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The Lakota Sun Dance: An Overview of the Interconnectivity With all Aspects of Lakota Culture and the Changes Incurred During the Reservation Period
A 15 page overview of this sacred reflection of Lakota culture. The author points out that the Sun Dance is intertwined with such cultural elements as the Sacred Pipe, Lakota oral history, and even the most simplistic aspects of their ceremonial...
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Thomas King/Medicine River
A 3 page essay that examines the basic theme of community in King's novel, Medicine River. The main story line in Thomas King's Medicine River (1989) concerns the efforts of the protagonist, Will, a Blackfoot bachelor and photographer. A great deal...
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Native Americans: The Relationships Among Knowledge, Literature And History
8 pages in length. The writer provides two smaller essays on 1) Native American stereotyping and 2) the difference between history and literature. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Colonial Cognizance of Native American Distinction
A 4 page overview of the fact that despite the tendency of early historians to skim over details on group distinction among Native Americans, early colonists were very aware of those distinctions. The author reviews Daniel Richter
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