... because of the cultural background shared by teacher and student, thus inferring that an Indian teacher would be better for Indian students. Philips also states that just because a teacher is Native American will not automatically guarantee a better relationship with the students that an Anglo teacher would have. Mostly because, often times an Indian that becomes a teacher would have become so assimilated to ... in government boarding schools for three to five years. Not only was instruction exclusively in English, but the schools forbade the use of tribal languages and the practice of ...

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... every aspect of their culture. This makes it difficult for a predominantly white, European, secular society to interpret Native Indian spirituality. There is no single Native American religion, but rather as many religions as there are Indian peoples. Religion and ritual were a function of all activity: from the food quest and other survival-related work to technology, social and political organization, ... , historians can conclude there are common characteristics that seem to be shared by all of the Native Americans. Although there are many points of contrast, the beliefs of Native Am...

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... through one's relationship with a God or many gods that every other relationship on this earth is made. While the religions of both of these societies taught that almighty forces ruled the fates of their lives they did not believe these forces did so in similar ... therefore creating rituals for dates and times of the year that related to agriculture (15-16). The association of supernatural forces and nature in the Native American culture's creation stories resulted in the origin of humans to be usually from some aspect of earth itself " whether it is a cave, an ... in carrying it out ...

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