Dolls, By Native Americans

Other yarn dolls were not dressed with felt or material; instead, the yarn formed the dress for a girl, or the pants for a boy. Yarn dolls were made during the Colonial American period from homespun yarn. Throughout United States history, the most popular handmade doll was the cloth, rag, or yarn doll, especially during Colonial America coming as far back as 1630s.

Charles Chesnutt’s “The Doll” is a story of seeking truth, facing discrimination, and making bold choices for the sake of one’s own livelihood. Through Tom Taylor’s slow-building narrative, Chesnutt reveals the complications keeping the barber from exacting his revenge on the man who murdered his father, Colonel Forsyth. Despite having the perfect opportunity to do so, Tom remains steadfast in the face of the colonel’s taunts, ultimately deciding to stay silent. Aside from highlighting Tom’s emotional turmoil throughout the tale, “The Doll” also ponders how black Americans are to advance and protect themselves, especially as individuals within a societal system built against that very idea of social mobility. The story therefore

The Southwest Native American and their culture is very unique.There art contained their symbols and signs to show what they believe in.This is important because it is a big part of their daily life and practices.They had dolls that represented the Kachina spirits.This is important because this is an important part of their culture and history.In our exhibit the little girl is holding one.They wore turquoise jewelry because it promotes wealth,happiness and fortune.In our exhibit the people are wearing the jewelry.The South West native american culture is very unique because they used dolls to represent spirits.

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.

The Navajo are centrally located in the Southwestern United States. Even though their culture is in America, it differs from the culture of Western America. The difference lies in everything from religion to personal expression. In fact, a significant portion of personal expression done by Navajo individuals is shown through their artwork. The artwork is a not only a representation of the Navajo lifestyle, but their significance to history. The Navajo artwork that will be discussed includes artforms such as sand painting, rugs, pottery, and silver making; these will be defined and the technique and/or creative process will be explained as well.

Theme and tone are some of the most important aspects of understanding a poem. Not only do they tell the reader what the poem is about, it also tells them the author’s attitude and feelings towards the topic. It is crucial to know not only the topic of the poem, but to know what the author is trying to say about that topic as well. Many authors use poetry to express their opinions on certain issues. These issues can be controversial in some cases. The poem “Barbie Doll” by Marge Piercy illustrates her view of a woman’s social role in America.

An artifact has been found that pushes the timeline of the arrival of Native Americans in North Carolina back 4,000 years.

In life, human beings are required to learn and retain a lot of various information. Many people attend school at four or five-years-old, and this is when the learning begins. English, History, Math, and Science. These are the four core subjects in most educational systems. Each subject comes with information that people must retain and use throughout their lives. However, sometimes these subjects can be a bit dull, especially for children. The original American Girl Dolls assist with making history fun and exciting, thanks to Pleasant Rowland.

The Navajo live a much different lifestyle, rather than living in one community, the Navajo practice a more cowboy lifestyle meaning each family has a sizable piece of land in which they live. Unlike the Hopi, the Navajo are a matriarchal society. This means that women are the head of the house and are seen as more important socially and physically. An example of this is their most sacred religious practice, the Kinaalda. This practice isn't so much towards a particular spirit, but rather at the girl who has become a woman. The Kinaalda is a celebratory tradition in which the family and friends or anyone with a relationship with the girl celebrate her fertility. When a girl has her first period, it is seen as a gift that women share, the gift of being able to bare a child. In the Navajo people, there are no traditions for the men, but they are apart of this as the girl must make a corn cake as a token of gratitude and respect for the relationships she has with the people around her. Another important tradition of the Navajo are sand paintings. These are paintings made with sand in which a person sits in the middle after completion in hopes to drive out bad relationships, bad health, or some medical need, and are always performed inside the Hogan. Crafted by a singer's apprentice, the singer himself will conduct a ritual that connects the person in the center to the spirits that can help alleviate their pain. Early Navajo religion

When most people look at a piece of pottery the first thing that comes to mind is the significance of the symbols and the stories behind these symbols. There are some symbols of Hopi pottery that have stories behind them and some that are symbols of either lost significance or the story is unknown. Some of the symbols we think of as symbols, are really the potters own design. Most people make the mistake that symbols and designs are the same thing, but in fact they are very different. Hopi potters, mostly women, have been instrumental in both preserving and developing traditional symbols and innovating designs in response to changes in and challenges to their culture.

Throughout history, dolls have been given to children to play with or to spark their young imaginations. However, in some cultures dolls have been handed down to kids to serve as tools of education and teach them about their heritage in a more entertaining and creative way. Native Americans across North America have used dolls to teach their young about their ancestors and the ancestral ways for centuries with these dolls called Katchinas. They originated from the Hopi Indian tribes. Since then they have created over two hundred dolls. The tribe was first discovered during the 1600’s living in the North West of Arizona. They have continued to live there for thousands of years now. Hopi Indians have sub tribes that consisted of 12 different

A Doll 's House by Henrik Ibsen, is a play that has been written to withstand all time. In this play Ibsen highlights the importance of women’s rights. During the time period of the play these rights were neglected. Ibsen depicts the role of the woman was to stay at home, raise the children and attend to her husband during the 19th century. Nora is the woman in A Doll House who plays is portrayed as a victim. Michael Meyers said of Henrik Ibsen 's plays: "The common denominator in many of Ibsen 's dramas is his interest in individuals struggling for and authentic identity in the face of social conventions. This conflict often results in his characters ' being divided between a sense of duty to themselves and their responsibility to others." All of the aspects of this quote can be applied to the play A Doll House, in Nora Helmer 's character, who throughout much of the play is oppressed, presents an inauthentic identity to the audience and throughout the play attempts to discovery her authentic identity.

From these stories, I was able to identify various elements of Native American culture. For example, passing traditions from generation to generation by telling stories, katsina dolls, and zuni fetishes. Native Americans told stories that always had a main theme and key points in order to teach a lesson. This tradition is highly respected in the Native American culture. In my culture, it is a tradition to share stories that teach a lesson or simply explains a myth or legend. Katsina dolls are seen as teaching tools for young Native American children. Parents used them to pass down traditions and values of their tribe to their children. In my culture, this is not normally done. Stories are told, but most of the time dolls or other tools are

New Heritage Doll Company’s production division has two serious proposals that will be presented to the capital budget committee. The first proposal, named Match My Doll Clothing Line extension, will add year round seasonal clothing to Heritage’s product line. This proposal’s NPV was $7,326.11. The IRR was 24.10% and the MIRR was 20.68%. The Profitability Index was 3.08 and the payback period was 7.11 years. The value of the tax shield is $647,000.

“I’ve been your doll-wife here, just as at home I was Papa’a doll-child” (Ibsen 1491). Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll House tells a story of scandal and deceit set in the Victorian era. Nora Helmer is married to Torvald Helmer and she feels more like his toy than his wife. Nora had to have Torvald to be able to do anything, because of when she lived. Nora borrows money behind her husband’s back (which is illegal at this time) and tries to cover up everything she has done. Ibsen employs the use of many themes and symbols in his A Doll House to show the reader just how Nora was a doll-child who evolved into a doll-wife.