Essays on Native American

For centuries, Native Americans have cultivated White Sage, a member of the four sacred plants including: tobacco, red cedar, and sweet grass, and traditionally used it medicinally. The name Salvia is derived from the Latin salvus (safe) or, in terms of health, salvus (well-being). In…

The Washington Post cites “a toxic collection of pathologies—poverty, unemployment, domestic violence, sexual assault, alcoholism, and drug addiction” as some of the many issues that afflict high percentages of the Native American community (Horwitz 2014). Statistically, minority groups in America have higher rates of poverty;…

Native Americans have made traditions that remain strong after millenniums of them living in North America. Natives have a rich culture and history, much that we do not know of, as they lived on a separate continent completely unknown to us before the 17th century….

Prejudice and discrimination amongst european explorers against the American Indians is an issue found in Christopher Columbus’ two letters concerning his voyages to America. To explain how prejudice attitude arises, Tajfel proposed the social identity theory. According to this theory, belonging to a group is…

If I could go back in time to be an 18th-century German immigrant, I would hope that I had the money to pay for my passage across the Atlantic. If I did not, this would severely limit the opportunities that would be available and I…

In the beginning, the sea was the earth and the sea turtle was Mother Earth. A turtle can live up to 150 years. It is the symbol of good health and a long life. The hard shell of the sea turtle represents protection and perseverance….

The genres of both stories you could say are folk tale and lesson to be learned. There are metaphors and similes throughout both of the stories. You could say the tree that grew in place of the boy was a sign of the boy’s former…

The sand creek massacre was an extremely sad event that will not be forgotten. It took place in the late fall of 1864, in southeast Colorado near Sand creek, hence the name. The leading factor of this event was that the settlers wanted the land…

Introduction Native American refers to a member of any of indigenous groups and races were living in North and South America before the invasion of other communities. The terms Native American, Indian American and Alaska Native refer to one of the smallest racial minority groups…

Samantha Grace Quartuccio AP US History Leslie Sullivan 15 August 2018 Losing the Past: The Ineffectiveness of Oral History From the Grecians in the east to the Native Americans in the west, oral tradition can be found everywhere. Cultures from around the world have relied…