American Indian Museum Report

The history of the Native Americans after the arrival of the Europeans is a history of wars, treaties and agreements, and broken treaties and broken agreements. As late as 1994 the governing bodies of tribal communities have signed treaties and agreements with the U.S. (Niles, 1996). As recently as 1999 the U.S. Supreme Court almost overturned treaty rights of the Chippewa Indians of Minnesota.

The American territory was sprawling across the Mississippi River and into new Native American territory. The Great Plains and far West were occupied by both Indians and Hispanics whose custom and way of live were distinct in language religion and kinship and governance. The white settlers and hunters were a threat to the resources in which they used for survival.

Native American art is a profoundly expressive culture that has been a way of life for so many Native Americans. Native American art history has advanced over thousands of years and is composed of several idiosyncratic styles from the differentiating cultures of diverse Indian tribes. From Navajo to Hopi, each tribe has a particular history, which consists of many types of Native American arts including beadwork, jewelry, weaving, pottery, carvings, kachinas, masks, totem poles, and more. To truly understand Native American art, we will explore Native American art history, its subjects, and if Native American art has a spiritual connection to it.

Given that this “visit” was more like a virtual experience, I was still able to access a couple of my senses, just as if I was at the actual exhibition. Through the use of anecdotes and detailed images, I am able to see all of the personal experiences an individual had while practicing a particular dance and what it meant to them. In this exhibition, there are ten different dances displayed, including the: Yup´ik Yurapiaq and the Quyana (Thank You) Song Dance, Yakama Girl’s Fancy Shawl Dance, Cubeo Óyne Dance, Yoreme Pajko’ora Dance, Mapuche Mütrüm Purun, Tlingit Ku.éex ' Entrance Dance, Lakota Men’s Northern Traditional Dance, Seminole Stomp Dance, Hopi Butterfly Dance, and finally, Quechua Danza de Tijeras (Scissor Dance). All parts of the exhibit were insightful, but the two that sparked my interest the most were the Yup´ik Yurapiaq and the Quyana (Thank You) Song Dance and the Quechua Danza de Tijeras (Scissor Dance).

George Gustav Heye Center - The Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian is a fascinating building at the Bowling Green area of Lower Manhattan. It’s close to Battery Park that displays an elegant view of the water. You can see ferries floating by headed towards Staten Island, since South Ferry Terminal is nearby. It allows you to appreciate the hidden gems of the city located in the outskirts Manhattan. One of those very treasures is the museum mentioned previously.

Culture Vision is an online resource that provides healthcare professionals with essential information about all ethnicities. As a healthcare professional, it is a priority for all patients to receive essential care no matter their ethnicity. Culture Vision can help drive that care that may be a different due to their culture and beliefs. In this paper, I am going to explore the family and social issues of American Indian’s that Culture Vision points out, as well as a peer-reviewed article that focuses on the family and social issues with infants.

My first impression of the National museum of American Indian was the architecture. It is a beautiful and historical building in the Alexander Hamilton U.S. custom house. Upon first glance I saw various mesoamerican exhibits depicting the way they lived in their habitat it was amazing to see what they used and how genius their creations were. The Taino exhibit was smallin comparison but it was quite impressive. I noticed that they were taino objects made out of wood and sculptures. There were objects used for hunting and I also observed a mask from Cuba. This visit was a great insight into whoTaino Indians were. I am looking forward to learning more about the culture in class.

On Monday, I went Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. This museum is located in 4th Street and Independence Avenue, SW Washington, D.C. I want to know about American tribe’s story. So I visited there. By visiting museum, I could experience about American tribe’s culture, clothes, language and so on. In that time, I could find ‘Oklahoma’. Oklahoma is one tribe of American tribes that I found in class. There is a ‘Kaw calumet’. It is a product of Oklahoma that represent a sacred badge of friendship. It is used by some Indian leaders in opening ceremonies of treaty meetings. ( These ceremonial pipes marked the solemnity of the occasion.)

In order to understand the difficulty many contemporary artists face when trying to accurately portray their culture, it is important to know where these stereotypes originated from. The word “Indian” is a European-derived concept. Prior to the invasion of the Europeans, Native American people were not considered Indians. They were members and leaders of their own socio-political and cultural groups. Dichotomy arose soon after the arrival of the Europeans, and Native people quickly lost their identity when they were merged together under a single defining word. There are currently 10 to 20 million people in the United States today with Indian blood, but only a small percentage identify as predominantly Indian.

I enjoyed reading your post. You mentioned that Ed had difficulty learning about his family’s history. Due to not knowing and not being told about his heritage he had lower self-esteem growing up. He didn’t know who he truly was because he was not allowed to ask questions regarding his American Indian heritage. A study by Brown, Gibbons, and Smirles on the development of tribal identify in adolescent found that adolescent develop a sense of tribal identity through engaging in tribal activities as well as learning from tribal adults in their home (2007). Ed identified being curious about his heritage and the reasons he was treated so differently. However when he inquired he father would not give him answers and told him not to ask. His father

I visited the National Museum of the American Indian with the professors and the Ajou students. Recently, I have studied the American history, so I looked forward to visit there.

Buffalo Bill, the pawn shop, and The museum of Native American Culture were three important central images in the poem, Evolution. In Evolution, Sherman Alexie illustrated systematic degradation of Native American people and their culture. Buffalo Bill opens up a pawn shop at the border of an Indian reservation, across the street from a liquor store. This location was strategically placed to insinuate that Native American people are alcoholics. Buffalo Bill is an image used to symbolize the American government and white people. Alexie created an extended metaphor throughout the poem that highlights the deceit that the American government played against the Native American community and the subsequent usurpation of land, identity, and self that they had to endure. Native Americans have been systematically oppressed since the 17th century, after European settlers came into America and stole their land, identity, culture, and traditions.

As the educator assigned to the student, I would personally apologize to the patient and inform the patient that she is a student and not aware of the American Indian culture. That touching someone without the patient consent is an unacceptable, especially in American Indian Culture (“Communicating With Your American Indian,” 2004). So it is imperative for clinicians as well as students to have an education in various cultures in order to bring awareness.

Webster's online dictionary defines civilization as "a society in an advanced state of social development". Without the restraints of society, the behaviour of people will regress to their savage beginnings, due to the fact that one's need for survival will overpower all other impulses. The descent into savagery, man's inherent desire to survive over anything else, and the need for civilization and order shows how society unnaturally holds everyone together. Society artificially bonds everything together by imposing rules and structures and without the reminders of civilization and its conventions the savagery of human nature emerges.

The true definition of civilization can vary from person to person. Everyone has their own perspective, but some can agree A civilization can be defined as when a society reaches an advancement in cultures, governments, and socialization. In the chapters there are many different civilizations to chose from and compare. The two civilizations that interested me the most were the ancient Athenians and Rome. The similarities and difference in these two are numerous ancient civilizations create such a diverse conception in many ways.