... the Europeans, trouble began in which groundless fears, 2 prejudices, and misunderstandings have led to tragedy. The main problem was a belief that the non-Indian cultures, values, religions, life styles, abilities, and achievements were more advanced and of a higher order than those of the Indians. And so it ... an advantage, in that your cattle are tame and domestic, while ours are wild and demand not only a larger space for range, but art to hunt and kill them" (Calloway 65). Declining populations of deer and other game forced most tribes to come to terms with raising livestock ... i...

• Word Count: 2237
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

... historical facts allows the reader to more vividly imagine what is being described, and allows Cooper to draw on the reader's knowledge of the French and Indian War. Already, the specter of racism has "reared its ugly head", as one of the characters of the book exhibits a stereotypical reaction to a ... an effort with the title as it is. An interesting tidbit that one can pick up from the book is a description of the lost art of psalmody. Embodied in one character in the book, Gamut, this antiquated practice of putting biblical verses to song "on the go" is ... with other interpretatio...

• Word Count: 1482
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... far removed in both time and interpretations from the original one Shakespeare created four hundred years ago. Having been portrayed in literary criticism as a giant fish, a grotesque monster, an American Indian, an African slave, his incarnation changes from "a savage and a deformed slave" to the "quintessential colonial victim". Especially in recent years, Caliban has been a major socio-political emblem throughout ... before had listened exclusively to Prospero's voice since he spoke their language, but had silenced Caliban, who was indeed the play's dramastic center. Caliban, they arg...

• Word Count: 2369
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... far removed in both time and interpretations from the original one Shakespeare created four hundred years ago. Having been portrayed in literary criticism as a giant fish, a grotesque monster, an American Indian, an African slave, his incarnation changes from "a savage and a deformed slave" to the "quintessential colonial victim". Especially in recent years, Caliban has been a major socio-political emblem throughout ... before had listened exclusively to Prospero's voice since he spoke their language, but had silenced Caliban, who was indeed the play's dramastic center. Caliban, they arg...

• Word Count: 2429
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... Dr. Cajete, we watched a film entitled, "In the Light of Reverence." I recalled when I first watched this film; it was shortly after I presented our Institute's mission with the All Indian Pueblo Council Governors and Tribal leadership. A presentation before me was a discussion on strategies for protecting Traditional Cultural Properties within Federal, State, public and private lands that New Mexico Tribes, Pueblos ... occupied by the spirits of our ancestors, who continue to carry on the daily life as they did when they lived within these sites. Ancestral objects and articles are not ...

• Word Count: 1349
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... processes in relation to associated features of the skull or cranium further "proved" racial superiority, with "whites" superior to all others: "that of the white being oval, that of the Indian cylindrical, and that of the Negro "eccentrically elliptical"." (Stanton 31). This so-called science (phrenology) issued in a new era that granted "races" a biological reality. Phrenology inspired scientists ... valleys, became a particular topic of discussion. Instead of attributing the Indians with human characteristics, the scientists totally ignored the fact that the "savages" may have creat...

• Word Count: 1439
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate