End-of-Life Issues
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This 3 page paper uses a web site to help explore how Native Americans may choose to face end-of-life issues. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: HVEndLfe.rtf

English Colonists Perceptions and Beliefs as Applied to Native Americans
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A 7 page overview of early colonial interactions with Native Americans. The manner in which European colonists viewed the Native Americans whose lands they invaded varied both according to geography and according to time. The Puritans as a whole would proclaim their belief that all people were equal before God. Puritan proclamation and act, however, were two different things. In practice, race, class, and literacy were salient issues.
Filename: PPnaPuri.rtf

Environmental Contamination on Navajo and Hopi Land
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A 6 page review of the problems these people are experiencing with toxic waste resulting from the dumping of radioactive material and the environmental destruction that has occurred as a result of extensive coal mining. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PPnaRadioactive.rtf

Eskimo Essays
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A 10 page paper discussing Fineup-Riordin's book from an ethnographic standpoint. Discusses the Yup'ik Eskimos from the various facets of their lifestyles: religious, mythological, and warring. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: Eskimo.wps

Ethnic Essays
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A 5 page contrast and comparison of two essays dealing with ethnic issues. The essays are "Crimes Against Humanity" by Ward Churchill and "For the Indians No thanksgiving" by Michael Dorris. Both of these essays are incredibly powerful, and both speak of the conditions involving Native Americans. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAchiefs.wps

European Diseases and Aboriginal People
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A 9 page paper which examines the affects of European diseases upon aboriginal people of the world. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: RApoxnat.rtf

European Expansionism: Intercultural Interactions Produced By War And Disease
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5 pages in length. The writer discusses how European expansionism culminated in war and disease for the Native Americans. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: TLCexpnd.wps

European Misperceptions and Stereotypes: Racism in Native American Society
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A 5 page discussion of the reasons behind the racism which has existed in regard to Native Americans for the last five hundred years. Identifies Europeans misperceptions and stereotypes regarding Native American culture as being at the root of this racism. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PPnaMisp.wps

Eve Ball/Indeh: An Apache Odyssey
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A 6 page book review that examines Eve Ball's text of the words of the patriarch of the Mescalero Apache, Ace Daklugie, son of Juh, nephew of Geronimo, the story that Daklugie related to Ball before his death in 1955 is an eye-opening experience to anyone who has never considered history from a Native American perspective. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khindeh.rtf