The Civilization Of Indians By James Fenimore Cooper

While survival would have been a key goal for the first Tennesseans as the years went by, the four prehistoric tribes evolved and developed increasingly more advanced techniques to move from simply surviving to living. These four prehistoric tribes include the Paleo tribe, the Archaic tribe, the Woodland tribe and the Mississippian tribe. These tribes dealt with changing climates and fluctuating food sources, which defined their developing lifestyles and left clues for future generations to study and share.

The Cherokee Indians lived in North American far longer than any other British decent or human being. Still they were compelled to move from their property (land), which was done in a fierce way, which had been theirs for quite a long time and hundreds of years. This excursion of evacuation was known as the Trail of Tears, and this paper will demonstrate the impacts this moved had on the Cherokee individuals. It will let you know how they lived before they were compel to moved, clarify the occasions that prompted to their evacuation, states of their travel, and what happen to the Cherokee individuals after the Trail of tears.

You're probably wondering who are the Paleo-Indians? Well the Paleo Indians were known as Native Americans. Archeologists assume that the Paleo Indians,were sometimes referred to as Clovis people. The Paleo Indians lived 15000 B.C. to the end of the Pleistocene Ice Age at about 7,000 B.C. Paleo Indians were originally natives of Asia, who migrated to our continent near the end of the recent Ice Age. The Paleo Indians were believed to be nomadic, meaning they were always moving, so they traveled in small groups of 20 to 50 people. Since they were always on the move they traveled light.

In her book American Indian Stories, Zitkala-Sa's central role as both an activist and writer surfaces, which uniquely combines autobiography and fiction and represents an attempt to merge cultural critique with aesthetic form, especially surrounding such fundamental matters as religion. In the tradition of sentimental, autobiographical fiction, this work addresses keen issues for American Indians' dilemmas with assimilation. In Parts IV and V of "School Days," for example, she vividly describes a little girl's nightmares of paleface devils and delineates her bitterness when her classmate died with an open Bible on her bed. In this groundbreaking scene, she inverts the allegation of Indian religion as superstition by labeling

In his book Indians in Unexpected Places, Philip J. Deloria discusses the Native American anomaly and how expectations are interweaved into the concept of what defines an anomaly. He describes Indian anomalies with a mostly negative connotation with the intent of allowing people to look deeper into what they perceive as Native American anomalies instead of perpetuating them. In this way, such ideas about anomalies, as they are tied to ideas linked with racist discourses, cannot be broken until they are separated from expectations. Deloria calls for thinking about why anomalies are perpetuated instead of simply accepting them as they are.

"Double-consciousness this sense of always looking at one 's self through the eyes of others, of measuring one 's soul by the tape of a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity" (Dubois, 8). W.E.B. Du Bois had a perfect definition of double-consciousness. The action of viewing one 's self through the eyes of others and measuring one 's soul. Looking at all of the thoughts good or bad coming from others. This is present in the main character of the book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie. The Absolutely True Diary is about a boy named Junior that is fourteen years old and living on the Spokane Reservation. Junior was born with too

When the first colonists landed in the territories of the new world, they encountered a people and a culture that no European before them had ever seen. As the first of the settlers attempted to survive in a truly foreign part of the world, their written accounts would soon become popular with those curious of this “new” world, and those who already lived and survived in this seemingly inhospitable environment, Native American Indian. Through these personal accounts, the Native Indian soon became cemented in the American narrative, playing an important role in much of the literature of the era. As one would expect though, the representation of the Native Americans and their relationship with European Americans varies in the written works of the people of the time, with the defining difference in these works being the motives behind the writing. These differences and similarities can be seen in two similar works from two rather different authors, John Smith, and Mary Rowlandson.

Poverty hits children hardest in the world. When I was younger, the Armenians had faced the hard facts of poverty after they break up with the Soviet Union, war with Azerbaijan, and a devastating earthquake. My family moved into our motherland Armenia while our nation was going through these huge dramatic changes. Furthermore the poor economy and inflation destroyed numerous hopes and futures. In the novel, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie, Arnold Spirit, describes his hardships involving poverty living on Spokane reservation. The people on the reservation are stuck in a prison of poverty. They are imprisoned there due to lack of resources and general contempt from the outside world, so they are left with little chance for success. Like Arnold, I also went through hardships regarding poverty and education.

The book “How the Indians Lost their Lands” by Stuart Banner is about how he claims everything really went down for the Native Americans of being kicked out from their birth home from the so called “Americans”. Stuart Banner, “who is a law professor at the University of Los Angeles school of law, seemed to have never denied any knowledge regarding the transfer land trade of the United States from Native American to non-natives in the early 17th century to the end of the 19th century” (“Author Introduction: HTILTL”). Instead in “How the Indians Lost Their Land”, he describes and admits the truth of the way it really happened in the early 17th century. In this book Banner mostly criticized about how the Native Americans lived on their private property, due to their birth right, but were tricked into selling their land because of the beliefs

Institutional structures have the power to configure adolescent growth through repression and liberation. The capability that adolescents have to create their own destiny and choose their own social institution can be limited, but not impossible. In Trites article, “Do I dare disturb the universe?” the author argues that kids have personal power, whether they acknowledge it and use it to their own advantage or not. Michel Foucault declares that “Power is everywhere; not because it embraces everything, but because it comes from everywhere” (Trites). Power is inevitable, there will never be no such thing as power in this world; it will never diminish or fade. Trites also conveyed that, “power not only acts on a subject but, in a transitive

James Smith was from the colony of Pennsylvania and was captured while working on Forbes Road. Similar to Robert Kirkwood, Smith provides an account of Indian life from the perspective of a civilian. He wrote of his experience living with the tribes that were present in the state of Ohio.

Cooper challenges the assumption that white characters exhibit certain character traits simply because they' are white and Native Americans exhibit certain character traits simply because they are Native American. He does so by introducing the interracial friendship of Hawkeye, Chingachgook and Uncas who have a very different racial history but look past race and develop a bond that saves other and leads to unification between whites and Indians. The novel’s setting is three years into the French and Indian War, and the struggle over the unfamiliar Native frontier brings about tensions between an expanding national culture and a diminishing Native American population (Cooper 13). Chingachgook and his son Uncas are the last of the Mohican tribe who have an uncommon friendship with a white man named Hawkeye. While Hawkeye may identify as white, he most closely associates himself with the Indians, he is a

Instituted compulsory enfranchisement by stating Indian women who married non-Aboriginal men automatically lost their Indian status, and any children resulting from the marriage would also be denied Indian status.

Imagine being in quicksand, unable to get yourself out. Scared to death of suffocation. That is how poverty can impact people. It can last much longer than ten minutes, but a lifetime. The cycle does not just stop there, it is common for it to be generational. Does poverty have the ability to define a person? Poverty and personal identity can go hand in hand. In The Absolutely True Story of a Part-time Indian, Sherman Alexie describes the devastating effects poverty has on an individual’s identity. Poverty has lasted in Arnold’s family for generations, it has proven to create many obstacles time and time again for him. Being poor drastically affects Arnold’s basic needs of survival, it infringes the joy he has in his life, and constantly reminds him what it is like to be a Native American on the Spokane Indian Reservation. This all, in return, impacts Arnold’s sense of self.

Reading Gary and Rose’s article has been by far the most captivating. I purposely chose an article that focuses on a culture that is the most unfamiliar to me. From thoroughly reading this article I acquired knowledge about the American Indian and Alaska Natives cultures. I learned ways to provide multicultural counseling by adapting techniques to match the American Indian and Alaska Natives beliefs and values. These cultures value families. Gary and Rose discuss, in great detail, the importance of family involvement with counseling these populations; thus, enhancing my competency in becoming an effective multicultural counselor and my abilities to