Essays on Native American

Have you ever wondered which document is more compelling for Americans? The Declaration of Independence or the Preamble to the Constitution? It’s actually The Preamble to The Constitution. Nowadays Americans live their daily lives based on the fact that their rights are protected by the…

Imagine being in a sold-out stadium for your favorite sports team in a crucial game and your team is down late with little time left, just when everyone thinks all hope is lost the crowd slowly starts to get louder and louder. You look around…

The problem It is unethical as a designer to taking aspects of a culture that is not their own and utilize its works, be it art, lettering, patterns or any aspect, without doing the proper amount of research to suport your deisgn and at the…

Imagine your race depicted as a cartoonish mascot, with fans cheering and waving foam crucifixes whenever their favourite sports team scores a goal. This is exactly what Native Americans experience when they see fans of teams such as the Washington Redskins and Cleveland Indians. Furthermore,…

Indigenous peoples all over the world have sustained their lives reconstructed in the blink of an eye by colonization, and our ever-growing need to economically prosper at the expense of others. To get to appreciate a certain culture you must try to acknowledge every aspect…

Washington Redskins, K.A.A. Gent, Cleveland Indians, Chicago Blackhawks, Exeter Chiefs, and HC Plzen. These are just a handful of the many professional sports teams still using stereotypical Native American team branding all around the world. It is predominantly North America and Europe who are continuing…

Settler colonialism was an unmitigated disaster for Native Americans. Prior to the arrival of our fore fathers, the indigenous people were free. They had a vibrant culture with an established values and belief system. They hunted and fished for food. They had communities with leaders,…

For millennia, Native Americans throughout North America and primarily in what would become the United States survived on their own with little interaction on the global scale, being self sufficient and forming tribes amongst their vast homelands. With the introduction of European colonialism in the…

“This land is mine, God gave it to me and if I wanted to sell it I would have put it up for sale” (Standing Bear, PBS 2012). Standing Bear, one of the most notable god fearing Indians in the Ponca tribe was a strong…

Andrew Jackson’s address to Congress on the text called “On Indian Removal” and Michael Rutledge text titled “Samuel’s Memory” both talk about the same subject which was the removal of Indians from their native lands for white settlers to take over. These texts, however, differentiate…

Westward expansion during the nineteenth century played a vital role in American history. The west provided more economic chances for America. Unfortunately this expansion came with consequences, especially to the lives of Native Americans. Although moving westward provided more opportunities to Americans, Natives were devasted…

Smoke Signals goes into the lives of a group of Indians, getting by on a Native American Reservation. Contrary to most films about this group of people, the director chooses to personify the natives in an nonbiased state. Most Native Americans are depicted as barbaric,…

Disney movies are well-known for their adorable creatures, sappy romance stories, and happy endings. Disney’s first film based on a Native American heroine was churned out just like any other: it overlooks as much of the bad stuff as possible to create a happy, romantic,…

Migration is a concept that is known all over the world. People move from one area to another in search for a better life, to escape prosecution, environmental issues, and many other reasons. However, not all migration is good. One of these types of migration…

While most people believe that the idea of Manifest Destiny was primarily beneficial for American citizens, it ultimately did more harm than good, as many conflicts with the land, people, and animals arose with Native Americans. White settlers moving west found that the Native Americans…