Taking a Look at Native Americans

In the time this film was made, the “dying days of the classic Western,” Native Americans were being portrayed as the “savage” side less and less. (ref: http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-the-searchers-1956). The director, John Ford, believed that hatred of Native Americans was wrong, but the message in this scene of the film contradicts his beliefs. However this does not mean John Ford was racist, it simply shows the

To Native Americans, the land is sacred and should be treated with respect. They’re a part of nature and nature is a part of them; they are all one. Land does not belong to one, it belongs to all. The Dakota Access pipeline would damage the Native Americans water, and it would hurt the ancestral cultural sites along with spiritual factors. This is shown in “Song of the Sky Loom” and “The Man to Send Rain Clouds” along with the present day focus of the pipeline. Water has always had significance

Every fall, Americans are excited by the return of cooler weather, changing leaves, seasonal lattes, and the endless possibilities for Halloween costume choices. Whether it be for attending a party, going trick or treating, or just handing out candy, a majority of Americans choose to dress up and celebrate the holiday. Choosing a Halloween costume used to be an untroubled task, yet it has become an increasingly difficult decision in recent years. In times of an “easily offended society,” choosing

Native American Assimilation Debate Why should Native Americans have to assimilate into the American Mainstream? Why Can’t it be the other way around? It is so easy for Americans to say “oh what you have is great, but here take this.” I think that instead of forcing our culture and religion onto people we need to consider first listening to Native Americans and learning about their culture. We need to have humility when it comes to learning about other cultures. Americans need to step out of their

john Wayne it was made in 1950 they both show native Americans been represented in different ways. The searchers Native Americans are portrayed as being stupid for swapping a woman for a hat with a feather in it. In the movie we see a native American man giving a man a woman and taking a hat with a feather in it. This shows they are stupid and they don’t have any love for anyone. They trick a native American to leave his ranch and leave his family and

belief that God ordained that Americans must travel from coast to coast. Americans were also supposed to share their “light” to the primitive natives. Natives in the photo are showed in the darker side of the painting. They are fleeing from the giant angel heading towards them. The angel in the middle of the painting carrying a book and telegraph wires to insinuate their intellectual dominance. The painting tries to show how in the early to mid-19th century Americans believed God is always on their

consultation or being overruled by anyone or entity. In the United States Native American tribes or nations are sovereign. Native Americans retain political

centuries. Now more than ever the general public have been airing questions concerning history/historians. With new advances in technology and better research methods, historians can look at history from a different light, and see the hidden truths that various countries and leaders hid behind mass propaganda. Historians can look to the past and gain a clearer picture of what actually happened and answer the questions surrounding the past with better accuracy. This bodes a problem for the public, who have

essay “The Significance of the Frontier in American History,” the United States had recently fulfilled the goal of Manifest Destiny by finishing its conquest of the West. Westward expansion had been an integral aspect of the American identity and its citizens were left wondering what would continue to propel the United States into the future. At the same time, people were also looking back and trying to decide how exactly the frontier had shaped American life. The common belief was that the United

boarding schools in the US. Photographs are used to demonstrate the civilization of Native America Native American Children. Not only can we see the change of the students after civilization, but also the oppressive system in the Indian School. The photographs are used as the monitoring tool of the government too. The photographs provide us evident to all of these. We can know these by comparing the photos before the Native Indian Kids go to boarding school and after they attend the boarding school. By