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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

The Omaha Indian tribes were settled in many different places. They were known as the Midwestern Native American tribe. They settled in present day places such as northeast Nebraska and northwest Iowa near the Missouri River. They also were settled in present day northeast Nebraska. Many other tribes were settled in Nebraska such as the Cheyenne, Arapaho, Pawnee, Ponca, Otoe, Kansa, Yankon and Dakota Sioux, and the Lakota Sioux tribes. The Omaha Indians main reservations remain in present day Nebraska

The Social Construct of Native American Criminality. Luana Ross. Austin: University of Texas Press. 1998. There is much literature about African American and Hispanic offenders and the punishment of males in the criminal justice system; however, there is not much literature on either Native Americans or women offenders in the criminal justice system. Luana Ross attempts to break this trend with her research in Inventing the Savage: The Social Construct of Native American Criminality. In her book

domestic abuse victims on reservations, at large society is saying America doesn’t care due to reservations having sovereignty. Even with new laws signed into place by President Obama to deal with the rape and abuse problems to Native American women, that come from non Native Americans, the problem with this is it’s a pilot only on three tribes (Culp-Ressler,1).It is said it will expand soon, but how soon? America is not known for being

Many Americans strongly support the idea of America as a ‘melting pot’ of cultures, and that this blending of cultures serves as one the foundations of this country. However, as Vincent Parrillo argues, many Americans also believe that multiculturism in America began once there was European contact, and in this chapter, Parrillo argues this is far from the truth. Parrillo attempts to illustrate that it is incorrect to assume Native Americans were a single entity when in fact there were great differences

Native American women have been through a lot throughout history. The lives of Native American women changed dramatically during initial contact, the American colonial era, and after the American Revolution. Their gender roles changed, almost everything about them changed. After 1992, the life of the Native Americans changed forever due to the arrival from the Europeans. The cultures of the Native Americans linked almost to any environment; from mountains, prairies, deserts and forests to arctic

Women have lived in the shadow of men as second class citizens for centuries. However, in many countries and tribes, some women have been looked upon as equals, instead of existing in the shadows waiting on men. Then again, several tribes and countries such as the United States of America’s Native American, African American, Euro-American, and Africa’s countries Nigeria, Benin, Niger, Rwanda, Ghana, and Sierra Leone have overcome obstacles to create strong, able female leaders that rule universities

The depiction of minorities, specifically women and Native Americans, in Western film has changed drastically from the early 1930's to the late 1980's. These changes represent the changing views of American society in general throughout the 20th century. In the early part of the century, women and Native Americans were depicted as a burden. Women were viewed as a form of property, helpless and needing support. These minorities were obstacles in the quest for manifest destiny by the United States

Native Americans and European Compare/Contrast Essay Europeans lived a much more modern way of life than the primitive lifestyle of Native Americans. Europeans referred to themselves as “civilized” and regarded Native Americans as “savage,” “heathen,” or “barbarian.” Their interaction provoked by multiple differences led to misunderstanding and sometimes conflict. These two cultures, having been isolated from one another, exhibited an extensive variation in their ideals. Europeans

Scholarship Spring 2013 Oppression, Sexual Violence and Their Effects on Native American Women Isabella J. Baxter '15 Gettysburg College, baxtis01@gettysburg.edu Follow this and additional works at: http://cupola.gettysburg.edu/student_scholarship Part of the Native American Studies Commons, and the Women's Studies Commons Baxter, Isabella J. '15, "Oppression, Sexual Violence and Their Effects on Native American Women" (2013). Student Publications. Paper 87. http://cupola.gettysburg.edu/student_scholarship/87