Native American Renaissance

Alcoholism Alcohol consumption was initiated on reservations when traders in the nineteenth century started to offer it to oppressed and depressed Native Americans. Natives represent, in fact, the ethnic group with the highest degree of alcohol consumption in the United States. Confinement on reservations after displacement brought for Native Americans identity conflicts and assimilation problems. This situation promoted the abuse of liquor to mitigate the psychological pain inflicted by the dispossession

Pocahontas and the Mythical Indian Woman Pocahontas. Americans know her as the beautiful, Indian woman who fell in love with the white settler John Smith and then threw her body upon the poor white captive to protect him from being brutally executed by her own savage tribe. The magical world of Walt Disney came out with their own movie version several years ago portraying Pocahontas as a tan, sexy Barbie doll figure and John Smith as a blond-haired, blue-eyed muscular Ken doll. Although Disney

1.)What are some of the common misconceptions about indigenous writers? In what ways do the writers we've read play on those stereotypes? Some of the common misconceptions is that indigenous writers are that they could not speak English, uneducated, all lived in teepees, and their medicine was primitive. The writers that we have read about dealt with these stereotypes was by including hints and lines that these stereotypes are false. “Lullaby” by Leslie Marmon Silko has a line about where the Indians

the novels Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich and The Way to Rainy Mountain by N. Scott Momaday, the reader gains views of Native American culture, both past and present, through two disparate means of delivery. Both authors provide immensely rich portrayals through varying literary devices in efforts to bring about a better understanding of problems contemporary Native Americans face, especially regarding their own self-identity. The story of Love Medicine revolves around a central character, June

all have a story to tell. With all of the rapid changes the county was going through over the course of a century, there was plenty to document and American literature was born. The industrial revolution created an influx of immigration, and that too brought created events to write about. Throughout this paper discussion will focus on what Ethnic American literature is, and

author's message illustrates the reality of a situation in society. In the 1960’s, the raise in protest against the prejudices of Native tribes lead to a Native American Renaissance in literature. As a result, the Native American literature depicts the destruction of the roots Native American culture. Authors, Sherman Alexie and Leslie Marmon, expressed their view on Native American culture through poetry. The combination of Alexie’s Evolution and Marmon’s Where Mountain Lion Lay Down with Deer leads to

Since the 1950s conditions for Native people were very difficult and had moved beyond the conditions of the early half of the century in which Native people had to struggle to simply survive, or prove that they were worthy of adaptation into white society. The Termination policy of the 1950s, which sought to end federal recognition and support of Indian tribes and relocate Indians to urban areas, continued a pattern of breaking up tribal customs and dislocating Native people from reservations. Thus

A changing Nation The Hawaiian renaissance was a time period in Hawaii’s history that influenced many people during that time. King Kalakaua created conflict between the Hawaiians and Americans. The United States of America failed to recognize Hawaii’s opposition to annexation and created compromises that made a big impact on how Hawaii flourished culturally, politically, and economically. Hawaiian Monarchy was slowly dying due to their powers being taken away. Hawaiian Culture was beginning to

of trade. Native Americans shared ideas, agriculture, firearms, animals, diseases and later slaves. The Columbian exchange is responsible for introducing cattle, horses, chickens, and pigs into America. They also import firearms to the new world. Before such weapons were proposed to Native Americans, they used canes and sharpened sticks as weapons for defense and hunting. Although these may be seen as positive effects of the exchange, it brought lethal diseases to the Native Americans as well. Measles

and was also the forerunner for eliminating Native Americans in North America, but Europe acquired new ways to develop their economy further than what it already was. This discovery was what led to Europe's powers early on in the 1400’s. Europe's discoveries led to the modernization of cultures along with great societies such as the New World, which became the country it is today. The Columbian Exchange refers to the time period in which the Native Americans of North America traded plants, animals,