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Oral Traditions, 2005.
This paper discusses oral traditions as presented in Thomas King's "One Good Story, That One" and in Alistair MacLeod's "No Great Mischief".
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 35.95
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This paper that Thomas King is a Native American author; whereas, Alistair MacLeod is Scottish. The author compares their use of language, structure and the interaction of past and present. The paper relates that King's stories are based in Native oral tradition; however, MacLeod's fiction is about his family's mythic past.
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"Thomas King is a Native American whose stories are based in Native oral tradition, demonstrate great respect for elders, and illustrate the myths of his people. At the same time, King blends the current experience of his people into the narrative. Alistair MacLeod writes of his family's mythic past and his narrative, which also depends on oral tradition, moves between the past and present, with greater focus on his forefathers. This paper will compare and contrast the structure of King's One Good Story, That One with MacLeod's novel No Great Mischief to show that King's deceptively simple story is just as complex as the novel."
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Creation Stories, 2006.
This paper explains and compares the Norse or Hungarian creation myth and the "Old-Man-in-the-Sky" creation myth of the Salish tribe of North America.
1,100 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 38.95
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This paper explains that the one common theme, found in both stories, is the presence of the "all powerful", which, in the "Old-Man-in-the-Sky", was the one who had complete control over all things on earth and, in the Norse story, was father eternity who had control over the world. The author points out that some of the key features of the "Old-Man-in-the-Sky" myth are the distinction placed on the white man as inherently different from the Native Americans and the essential part played by a beaver, an otter, a bear and a buffalo, which are found in the area the Salish people lived (northern parts of Washington stretching to Montana). The paper states that both of these myths reflect the cultures of the people who adopted them and help explain why each society performs the way they do.
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"The second of the creation myths comes from the Salish Native American Tribe and sometimes called the Flatheads. There are only two main characters to this story, Old-Man-in-the-Sky, and Old Man Coyote. This story begins with the world already created by Old-Man-in-the-Sky. After creating the world, Old-Man-in-the-Sky drained off the water and collected it into the "big salt holes" to from the oceans, and the land dried out except for the lakes and rivers. One day Old man Coyote became lonely and went up to the sky world and would talk to Old-Man-in-the-Sky."
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Thanksgiving: Fact or Fiction?, 2006.
Sorts out historical facts from the origin myths of Thanksgiving.
3,140 words (approx. 12.6 pages), 20 sources, APA, $ 91.95
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Many historical facts have been lost in the shuffle concerning the Thanksgiving Holiday traditions in America, in favor of origin myths commonly accepted by mainstream society. This paper examines some of these origin myths and sorts them out from the true historical facts.
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"Although physical remains of their settlement have not been found, historians and geographers have utilized surviving navigation logs and other records to reconstruct the 1526 voyage. Based on the latest research, the San Miguel de Gualdape settlement probably was situated on the mainland of what today is McIntosh County in Georgia, opposite Sapelo Sound. Disease and disputes with the local Guale Indian village caused many deaths in the settlement, and finally in November 1526, the African slaves rebelled, killed some of their Spaniard masters, and escaped to live with the local Guale tribe."
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The History of Slavery and The Baptist Church, 2006.
A discussion of the history of the Baptist Church in the United States of America and its view on slavery.
2,307 words (approx. 9.2 pages), 9 sources, APA, $ 71.95
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This paper discusses the split in the American Baptist Church based on the different views on slavery of those in the North and in the South, and how clergymen used or abused the pulpit to voice their opinion either for or against the abolishment of slavery.
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"Antislavery Baptists, or as they were commonly known 'emancipating Baptists, and The Baptist General Committee of Virginia acknowledged that "hereditary slavery was 'contrary to the word of God and recommended the use of every legal measure, to extirpate this horrid evil from the land." Some Baptist ministers attempted to inscribe the theology of the equality of all souls into church policy, issuing declarations against slaveholding and creating emancipation plans. Baptist churches had groups of their ministers form protests and 'issued declarations against slavery.' John Leland, an articulate minister, submitted a resolution to the General Committee:
Resolved, That slavery, is a violent deprivation of the rights of
nature, and inconsistent with a republican government; and therefore recommend it to our Brethren to make use of every legal measure, to extirpate the horrid evil from the land, and pray Almighty God, that our Honorable Legislature may have it in their power, to proclaim the general Jubilee, consistent with the principles of good policy."
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Alaskan Native Tribal Reservations, 2006.
This paper discusses the causes of poverty on the Alaskan Native tribal reservations.
1,555 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 51.95
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This paper explains that the reasons for the poverty on the Alaskan Native tribal reservations are related to (1) the culture, (2) the geography, (3) educational problems, (4) the exploitation of the natives by governments and large corporations and (5) substance abuse. The author points out that substance abuse is the single most important debilitating force among Alaska Natives, which have a higher rate of substance abuse than other cultures: 80% of all Native deaths are alcohol and the rate of fetal alcohol syndrome among Alaska Natives is the highest for any population. The paper stresses that, because solutions, which have been imposed from outside, will most likely be ineffective, there is a growing awareness that solutions to those problems must be generated at the community level and come through a re-commitment to traditional Indian values and beliefs.
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"There are ever shrinking resources for subsistance hunting and fishing. That brings us to the next topic which is exploitation of the Native. The oil companies have upset the delicate balance between the native and his land. Those companies have damaged the land through drilling and oil spills. For example, some natives think that a partial answer to their poverty is an Native-owned and operated fishing Co-op, made up of fisherman living on an average income of about $500 a year. Last year they contracted with a Japanese firm that agreed to buy their entire catch at an excellent price. After the Japanese ship had been cleared by Customs, Immigrations, Agriculture, and Public Health agencies and U.S. Consular authorities in Japan, the governor intervened to force the Japanese to cancel their agreement on the grounds that the contract violated the North Pacific Fisheries."
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Leslie Mormon Silko, 2004.
This paper analyzes "Ceremony," "Yellow Woman" and "A Beauty of Spirit" and illustrates the importance of nature to the culture of the Laguna people and their survival.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 23.95
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An analysis of "Ceremony," "Yellow Woman" and "A Beauty of Spirit" that illustrates the importance of nature to the culture of the Laguna people and their survival.
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"Leslie Mormon Silko: Introduction. The Laguna Pueblo are a Native American people that according to Silko in "Yellow Woman" and a "Beauty of Spirit" embrace the whole of creation and the whole of history and time. In this essay and in her novel "Ceremony" we see that the Laguna are not only connected to nature but are part of it. The land and its creatures are their creation, their history and their time."
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Aztec Art, 2005.
A description of various forms of Aztec works of art.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 31.95
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This paper discusses various forms of Aztec works of art, including those from a recent find, on exhibit at the Guggenheim Museum. This paper looks at how the works of Aztec art counter historical views of the Aztec culture.
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"The culture of the Aztecs was primarily forged from the culture of their predecessors the Olmecs, the Toltecs and the inhabitants of Teotihuac. The Aztecs flourished as a civilization for two millennia before being decimated by smallpox and the Spanish conquest led by Cortes. In order to justify the systematic destruction of the Aztecs, the Spanish often represented them as a barbaric and savage culture. However, artworks uncovered in archaeological expeditions have uncovered the inaccuracy that such an assumption represents as the totality..."
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