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Native American Influences on Modern American Culture
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This 3 page paper looks at some of the influences that the Native American practices and culture have had on the development of modern American culture. Influences discussed include ecology, spirituality, food, arts, and language and place names. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
Filename: TEUSnativcul.rtf

Native American Involvement and Effectiveness in the Treaty Making Process
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A 7 page discussion of the degree of involvement of Native Americans in the drafting and implementation of treaties. Contends that even those groups who played the largest role in the treaty making process were essentially ineffective in terms of avoiding the final deleterious impact to the people and their land which so characterized Native verses non-Native interaction. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PPnaTrty.wps

Native American Languages: Diversity, Cultural Relativity, and the Need for Perpetuation
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A 4 page discussion of the importance of Native American languages. This paper reviews the article by William L. Leap titled "American Indian Languages". Emphasis is placed on Leap's points about the intimacy which exists between language and culture. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: PPnaLng.rtf

Native American Leadership and the Struggle to Preserve Political and Cultural Autonomy: Pontiac, Tecumseh and Handsome Lake
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A 6 page overview of the different Native American approaches launched in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in response to white invasion into Indian lands. The author emphasizes the contrast which existed between these three great leaders. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PPnaLead.rtf

Native American Marriage Customs
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5 pages in length. Native American culture revolves around spirituality and religion; therefore, it is not surprising to find that their strong religious beliefs had a great influence upon how their social structure – inclusive of marriage customs – were established. Bibliography lists 5 sources. The writer discusses past and present Native American marriage customs.
Filename: TLCcstom.wps

Native American Oral Tradition
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A 7 page research paper/essay that offers a close reading of a passage from Polingaysi Qoyawayma's autobiography No Turning Back. The writer discusses a quoted passage in detail and discusses it, drawing on a secondary source. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: khpolqoy.rtf

Native American Oral Tradition: Parallels in the Literature
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A 5 page analysis of Gerald Vizenor's ““Word War in the Word Wards” (a chapter in “Bearheart the Heirship Chronicles”) and “An Insatiable Emptiness” by Evelyn Lau. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: PPnaBearheartBulimia.rtf

Native American Plight as Revealed Through Helen Hunt Jackson’s “Ramona”
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A 5 page review of this fictional novel by one of the most notable American authors of the nineteenth century. This paper reviews the issues surrounding Native American land and their relationship with the United States government which grounded Jackson’s novel. Where Jackson failed to raise attention to the plight of the Native American with the factual “Century of Dishonor”, she succeeded in the fictional love story “Ramona”. The novel is, in fact, an outstanding example of the use of fiction to effect political change. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: PPramona.rtf

Native American Roles and Values
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A 5 page discussion of the changing roles and values in Native America. Distinguishes between the traditional roles of women, men, and children and the stereotypical views of these roles. Asserts that in many ways contemporary Native Americans are no different than "mainstream" America in terms of their roles and values. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PPnaRole.wps

NATIVE AMERICAN TREATMENT BY THE THREE MAJOR IMPERIAL POWERS
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This 10 page paper discusses the treatment of the Native Americans in North America by the imperial powers: Spain, France, England and American Colonists. Views of Francis Parkman examined. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: MBparkman.rtf