Social Issues In Fozen River

When I look at what has changed for the Native Americans I can’t help looking back at the Iceberg model of culture. It seems like the observable cultural traits have changed. They only hardly exist outside of

Imagine coming home to a house that has no warmth or food. Constantly feeling like you are in a place you can’t get out of. This is how poverty may feel to others. The expeirences from the author Jo Goodwin Parker in the story “What Is Poverty” and the McBride family from the novel “The Color Of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute To His White Mother” show that there are various effects of living in poverty that include emotional problems, adolescent rebellion, and

Before 1492, when Columbus sailed the ocean blue, there were many tribes living in North America. Two equally similar and different ones were the Iroquois tribe and the Cherokee tribe. On one hand, they are similar because of their geographies and their economies. On the other hand, they are different because of their cultures and religious beliefs.

The Eastern Woodland Farmers and Hunters both live near the Five lakes between U.S.A. and Canada, they both use snowshoes during the winter, and they both lived near south, southwest of Ontario. The Eastern Woodland Hunters and The Inuit both fish as one of their ways to get food, both were also nomadic people, and they also were both peaceful people(they rarely fight in war). The Eastern Woodland Farmers and The Inuit both used boats to get around in the water, they both

Since the establishment of the thirteen colonies, Americans have established traditions that can easily be compared to that of the Native Americans. Many similarities and differences can be found between the spiritual and civic documents of the Native Americans and the Western people.

Poverty is a main part of life for many people in the world, more importantly the United States. Jeanette Walls shows how big of a problem poverty is in her memoir “The Glass Castle”, with her stories of how she grew up and her family’s struggles. How her family was treated along with what the people living around them found important clearly shows their economical class. The problem of food scarcity, or not having the bare necessities are some of poverty’s main problems. In “The Glass Castle”, the issues of poverty are displayed through not having the basic necessities, not being able to provide for children, and how there is not always enough food to feed everyone in the family.

In the passage, Quanah Parker seeks to help the Indians who are being taken advantage by the whites. Parker leaves, to understand and adopt the “White ways”. Parker states, “If my mother could learn the ways of the Indian, I can learn the ways of the whites” (526). Parker is aware that in order for the Indians to live in better conditions they must be exposed to the ideals of the white people. That is why he learns from the Mexican people who aid him in his journey and John the white man. After learning the “white ways”, he comes back and shares his knowledge to the rest of the Indians. Although at first, they laugh at him, they later come to understand that the “white ways” are not as bad as they presumed it to be. Parker crosses borders because he was tired of the Indians suffering and taken advantage off by the white people. Cultures and community’s cross borders for better living conditions with just treatment, such as Parker in Comanche

King illustrates that when the mother is questioned about her citizenship she replies ‘Blackfoot (King, 137)’. The mother regards her Blackfoot citizenship as superior her ancestors are the founding fathers of this nation. According to the Canadian Mandate “we are a nation which strongly believes in the principles behind multiculturalism and equity for all citizens.” For immigrants in Canada they are willing to give up their prior citizenship in order to be a Canadian citizen. However the mother in the story repeatedly points out the fact that being a Canadian citizen is of no value to her. The mother should not be categorized in the mandate due to her direct ties to the land. Carry Dawson confirms that for Aboriginals, loyalty to land is of greater importance than that of being a Canadian citizen. In her literary study entitled “An Indian Without a Country” at Dalhousie University she argues that for Aboriginals loyalty cannot be held equivalent at a higher status than being a Canadian citizen. Loyalty cannot be held equivalent because it “obviates the history of people with communal identities and land.” Through the use of the physical border King communicates denying the mother access from crossing the border as a metaphor for undermining Aboriginals mobility and movement.

In a absorbing way that made me cringe at times, Shipler allows these ‘invisible’ poor to narrate in their personal stories the structural, social, economic and cultural barriers that impact the families. Although I tend to disagree, Shipler admits that one

I will demonstrate how the Dakota and ojibwe are alike and different by comparing and contrasting their main foods men’s task and camp area.

In the movie Frozen River portrays two women struggling to get by. One of the women lives near an Indian reservation, Ray Eddy, while the other, Lila Littlewolf, lives in the reservation. Lila has been smuggling people over the border from Canada to the United States before, while Ray comes into contact with Lila and is forced to transport people from Canada to the United States. It is shown that it is not hard to transport people from both sides of the border, due to the reservation being on both sides of the border, which is separated by the river. Thus when the river is frozen they can pass it with a car and pass without being checked by troopers, as it is still part of the reservation. When Ray realizes that there can be made quite some money with the smuggling, which she needs, as her husband left her with all their money, Ray goes back to Lila and thus comes into contact with someone in a reservation and thus with the American Indian culture.

As a comparison between tribal and western communities, a brief story is shown about a marriage in Canada. This marriage is the man’s second but the woman’s first, although she already has two children. This part of the film shows the man and woman getting ready for their wedding and talking of how they knew it was the right time to get married. Their wedding marks a right of passage separating them from the dating world and bringing them into the married world. Like the Nyinba tribe, a gift is given in the wedding ceremony to show this but instead of coins they exchange rings.

In “Borders” by Thomas King, the story portrays identity as something very valuable. The title of this short story, “Borders” indicates two borders; one of them is a physical border and the other is a metaphorical border. The physical border is the obvious physical border amid Canada and the United States, while the other is a metaphorical border between someone's identity and citizenship, The mother immensely proud of her blackfoot heritage, furthermore she displays makeship nationalistic views. It is rare and improbable for a young woman to leave the reserve, which suggests that blackfoot people do not hate or despise living their. Accordingly they have no aspirations to move out. The mother feels strongly against America and would not betray her own identity by identifying as an American or a Canadian. In Thomas King’s “Borders”, the story shows proudness of citizenship and it portrays where you are from is a key piece of who you are and your identity.

Native Americans are known for many different qualities they had as a part of their lifestyle. The games and sports they created to play that are now used in today’s society, lacrosse being the most famous. Some of the games played in the early times are either drastically changed or no longer played. There are many different Native American tribes that factor out cultural differences and depending on the tribe, the lifestyle qualities such as sports, games, and rituals differentiate between one another.

While they have different rules due to either living inside or outside the reservation, they both live with economic struggles. Both Lila and Ray live in small trailer houses, which are not well isolated. This causes problems in the winter. Next to that they both do not have a steady job. While Lila continuously switches from jobs, Ray has an uncertain cashier job. Even though they have a different cultural background, they are both struggling to earn money. Lila represents the poverty on reservations. James J. Davis mentions that “according to data from the American Communities Survey, over 50% of Natives were in poverty from 2008 to 2012.” This shows that several in the reservations live in poverty, which is why Lila is an example of the