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First Generation Of Chinese-American, Japanese-American And Indian-American
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6 pages in length. The writer discusses the historic aspects of first generation presence including how, when and why they arrived, what they did for a living and how America has been both a blessing and a curse to them. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: TLCFirstGen.rtf

Flood Stories Among the Toltec, Maya, and Navajo
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A 4 page review of the flood stories of these three distinct Native American cultures. The authr emphasizes that while there are distinct differences in detail, each of these stories share certain commonalities. Bibliography lists seven sources.
Filename: PPnaFloodStories.rtf

Forced Cultural Assimilation As Seen Through The Eyes of Three American Authors
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A 5 page overview of the problems which are inherrent in with policies of forced cultural assimilation. The author reviews Doris Goodwin’s “Wait Till Next Year”, Sherman Alexie’s “Indian Killer” and Mary Patillo-Mcoy’s “Black Picket Fences”, to provide a basis for the argument that forced assimilation causes more problems in American society than it offers solutions. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: PPassimi.rtf

Genetically Engineered Foods: An Interdisciplinary Perspective
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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 natural form is the functional equivalent of extinction, and we can never know when new insights or new technological advances will reveal benefits of natural life forms crucial to human survival. If the natural form disappears before those capabilities come to be, then we can miss out on benefits that can be integral to our ultimate survival. This is the point at which interdisciplinary considerations converge. Each has a different perspective, but each ultimately is concerned with loss of the natural form. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: KSgenEngFood.rtf

Genocide and Native America: A Reflection of Racism
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A 2 page overview of the attempts by Europeans to completely annihilate Native Americans and their culture. Identifies racism as the reasons behind those attempts and concludes that while they were almost successful, some remnants of Native culture live on. Native Americans continue to be targets of racism, however, till this very day. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: PPnaGenB.wps

Geronimo
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A 10 page exploration of Geronimo, the great Apache warrior. Bibliography lists six sources.
Filename: Geronimo.wps

Governmental Treaties and Policies Targeting Native Americans 1830-1890
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A 3 page overview of a few of the treaties and policies that targeted Native Americans in this time period. The author contends that these treaties and policies were varied yet almost all served to the detriment of the indigenous peoples and to the advantage of the U.S. government and those non-Native peoples that government encompassed. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: PPnaTrt2.rtf

Greed: The Underlying Motivation for European/Native American Interaction
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A 5 page consideration of the motivations that characterized the early interactions between Native Americans and the Europeans that invaded their shores. European peoples not only took advantage of Native Americans but committed one atrocity after another in their attempts to prosper from them. The Native Americans, though initially deceived by the Europeans, quickly learned the lesson that these people were there only out of concern for their own gain. No sources are listed.
Filename: PPnaSpn3.rtf

HOUSE MADE OF DAWN
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This 15 page paper analyzes Momaday's House of Dawn for messages about imperialism and postcolonial stresses of hybridity among the Native Americans. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: MBdawn.rtf

How Race is Depicted on Television:
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This 7 page paper examines the issue of race in terms of how it is depicted on television. This paper specifically examines the depiction of Native Americans primarily, and addresses their depiction in both news and dramatic television programs. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: GSPhilte.rtf