Language Influence On English Language

Popular culture has shaped our understanding and perception of Native American culture. From Disney to literature has given the picture of the “blood thirsty savage” of the beginning colonialism in the new world to the “Noble Savage,” a trait painted by non-native the West (Landsman and Lewis 184) and this has influenced many non native perceptions. What many outsiders do not see is the struggle Native American have on day to day bases. Each generation of Native American is on a struggle to keep their traditions alive, but to function in school and ultimately graduate.

The modern American society is best defined by its education. The “American dream” is founded on going to school, getting a good job, and becoming successful. Ironically, the actual native peoples of this country are actually the least likely to attain this dream. The largest obstacle they face is lack of proper education. The standard educational practices being used for the instruction of Native American peoples is not effective. There are many pieces to this road-block, and many solutions. This can be rectified by having more culturally aware teachers and parents, and by teaching the general population more about the Native American cultures.

Native American people have a unique struggle in society. This stems from cultural epidemics like drug addiction, alcoholism, obesity, and rampant suicide, but also systemic racism and a sort of cultural lag. This is not meant to be a critique of culture, simply an observation of the condition of the families I have helped serve over the course of this internship. To be “Native” has become a slew of stereotypical representations. Stereotypes do not represent reality, but they do affect how individuals view themselves, and limit their ability to become anything but what they are expected to be. This is called the self-fulfilling prophecy. If Native American children grow up in a closed network, such as a reservation or a boundary, they are presented

Native Americans on the reservations are at socially and economically disadvantage compared to persons who reside in metropolitan cities. Life advancement opportunities and individual accountability for better living standards are almost non-existence in many Native American communities. The environment that is around young adolescents are very

Native American’s have always been the aspect that shapes our culture and history today. The rise of the new world started with the discovery of the land of which the Native Americans resided. They are referred to as the indigenous people because they were the people who lived and survived off this land first. The Native Americans have a unique culture that consisted of a bond with nature. They had similar gender roles just like the white population. The men were hunters, warriors, and protectors, while the women tended to the children, their homes, and farmed. While the late 1800 's into the 1900 's and beyond began to bring the struggle to the Native American Indians, they fought a tough battle in pursuit of protecting their land. Throughout history the Native American’s have been oppressed and exploited of their identity.

Native Americans were once the only inhabitants of America, but today, while still technically around, they are really only a minority. Despite this, their influence is still evident in many of the values and overall culture that modern Americans have held, and continue to hold, close. In fact, a lot of the United States’ government systems are heavily inspired by, if not entirely based upon, the Iroquois in particular.

Zitkala Ša’s “Impressions of an Indian Childhood” and “The School Days of an Indian Girl,” as well as Sherman Alexie’s “This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona,” are extremely informative in regard to the gross injustice suffered by Native American cultures across the United States. The effects of forcing Native Americans to assimilate to American ways are still evident today and is most obvious in the shift in their cultural identity. Assimilation destroyed the cultural identity of Native Americans by stripping them of their traditions and subjecting them to a sense a homelessness and abandonment. Assimilation was in a sense meant to strip Native Americans of their established cultural traditions so as to “normalize” them. Customs that

For many Native Americans, there is an insightful feeling of being disregarded within our American society. While being ignored, Native Americans are expected to comply to the stereotypes and misunderstandings of what we know as Indians. If you were to speak with a person who was “Native American” they would culturally identify themselves as a part of their national tribe such as Apache, or Cherokee. In modern times, Native Americans are only discussed in their pre-1900 existence. Throughout schools nationwide, students learn about Native Americans twice yearly, (one lesson around Columbus Day and another lesson around Thanksgiving). In the essay “All Indians Are Dead?” Sarah Shear states, “Students are graduating from high school without even basic knowledge of contemporary Native challenges

Culture is intertwined throughout out everything that Native Americans are. Their religion, way of survival, justice system, holistic views, and so much more, comprise their culture. Over the past 200 plus years, Native Americans have been subjected and forced to conform to European derived ideology. This has impacted Native Americans culture from a past, present, and future perspective. These perspectives will be addressed as well as combined into one.

Native Americans may have been displaced or band from their lands, but because of their suffering they managed to keep their culture alive. Throughout the years Native Americans have been ignored and not taken into consideration in the media. When they are included in media depictions, they generally are portrayed as individuals from the nineteenth centuries or when shown as modern people they are represented as people with addiction, poverty and lack of education. This representation does not reflect among the wide diversity of hundreds of tribal cultures that exist within the borders of the United States. History is a story most often related through the subjective experience if the teller. With the inclusion of more and varied voices, histories

Language change happens every day. New words are constantly being added and new dialects are forming. People have always argued about the causes of language change and tried to control the changes that occurred but ultimately they accomplished nothing. Languages changes and spread as a result of the people who use it daily. African American English and California English are both examples of the different ways language can change. People try to resist the changes in their language because they do not want to see it change. Language change is a natural process that can be affected by others but never stopped. This course has done an excellent job explaining how language change starts and spreads.

But they found the means to engage with their detractors by authoring their own accounts of Indians that challenged stereotypical beliefs, demanded equal political rights, and proved that Indians were neither disappearing nor silent. Native American authors have faithfully presented some of these issues of inherent native rights, the duplicities of federal policies, and the burdens of racial identities in their short stories and novels.

The first issue at hand for the Native-Americans is poor academic achievement. It has been that…”the Native-American lives and education has been under the control of the federal and state governments” (McNamara & Burns, 2009, p. 135). This is due because the unfortunate

The library contains many informative books of all genres. According to the librarian I spoke to, there has been an increase in the popularity of the“learning a foreign language” literature. Multilingualism is on the rise in the United States due to the rapid increase in diversity of language and culture. The assistance of tutors and literature from the library can make the experience of learning a new language easier and more pleasant. The non-English language, in written form, may also be found in restaurants and grocery stores.

Language is important because it's one of the main ways to communicate and interact with other people around us. It keeps us in contact with other people. English language is an example for the importance of a language because it is the international language and has become the most important language to people in many parts of the world. It is most widely used in communicating around the world, Also it is spoken as the first language in many countries. English is playing a major role in many sections like education, medicine, engineering and business. There are many reasons that makes English is the most important language in the world.