Louise Erdrich: ”Fleur"
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This 3 page paper analyzes Louise Erdrich's short story "Fleur." Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: HVErdrch.rtf

Mary Rowlandson and Anglo-Indian Conflict
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A 5 page paper that supports the belief that "Anglo-Indian conflict resulted from vast cultural differences separating Indian and Anglo societies." This notion is supported by Mary Rowlandson's "The Sovereignty and Goodness of God" and demonstrates the way in which religion played a role in the cultural differences that divided these societies. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Rowland.wps

Mato Tilpali: Conflict in the Black Hills
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A 5 page overview of the conflict that has arisen in trying to meet the multi-use designation of this national monument. This paper is written from the perspective of a Native American stakeholder who contends that the Lakota Nation should have control of this region. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PPnaMultiUse.rtf

Medical Application of the Internet
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A 5 page contention that public health is both impacted and addressed by a number of technological advancements. Indeed, often the effectiveness of the health care industry hinges on its ability to accept and incorporate new technologies into its fabric. One of these advancements is the Internet. Emphasizes that the Internet is becoming a greater and greater presence in the issues of public health both as a vehicle for information and as a vehicle for accessing some of the most remote areas of the world in order to effect improved health care. Utilizes numerous examples of possible application of the Internet to the public health issues found on Native American Reservations and other remote locations. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: PPinterH.wps

Metacom of the Wampanoag: Changing Perceptions Over Time
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A 7 page discussion of how the view of this man and his war against the English colonist changed over time. Basing the discussion on the popular nineteenth century play “Metamora”, this paper contends that Americans had softened in many regards as to their perception of Native Americans. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: PPnaWampanoag.rtf

Michael Mann's Movie Adaptation Of "The Last Of The Mohicans"
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5 pages in length. The 1992 movie version of James Fenimore Cooper's "The Last of the Mohicans" was directed by Michael Mann and starred Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe, Steven Waddington, Russell Means and Eric Schweig. As an epic about human conflict, the movie addresses all the necessary elements of social, political and spiritual concern required for such a production; however, the grandiose spectacle of Hollywood film making abilities cannot mask the stereotypical Native American imagery blatantly portrayed in this movie. No additional sources cited.
Filename: TLCMmann.wps

Military Campaigns Against Plains Indians: Indian Scouts and Little Big Horn
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A 4 page overview of the military campaign that ended in catastrophe at Little Big Horn. Custer's troops were not exclusively white. There were, in fact, thirty-three Crow Indians that served as scouts under Custer. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: PPnaClv.rtf

Momaday and Alexie: Writers who connect
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(5 pp). N. Scott Momaday and Sherman Alexie are Native American writers who "connect" with those they love. For Momaday it is the love of land - that unique place where one is born, that is both defining and healing. For Alexie it is the love of self and others as they really are - that same intense love which can be viewed as anger, if one is not aware of the passion involved or the connection of the two. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: BBmomalx.doc

Momaday and Alexie: Variations in the Ways Native American Authors Depict Their Culture
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A 3 page discussion of the differences in the way Sherman Alexie and N. Scott Momaday depict Native American culture. This paper asserts that they aren’t sending different messages to different audiences. The audience is the same and the threats are the same. They just choose to illustrate those threats differently. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: PPnalitalexiemomaday.rtf

Momaday: Spiritual Perspectives
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A 5 page paper which examines the position of Native American author Natachee Scott Momaday which argues that Native Americans have a special understanding of how things, material and living, have a deep connection and how non Natives can benefit from that knowledge. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: RAmomdy.rtf

Morbidity, Mortality, and Native Americans
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This 5 page report discusses modern Native Americans in the United States and the unique health concerns with which they must deal. Certain diseases and conditions are known to affect the Native American population with more frequency and/or severity than other populations, notably diabetes, heart disease, and alcoholism. It is important for Native Americans to be informed and educated on these issues so that they may better understand how these disease processes may alter or impact their lives. It is also important that policy makers and elected officials understand the unique concerns of the Native American populations of the U.S. and address those problems with adequate financial, material, and human resources. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: BWnative.

Mortuary Practices of the Cherokee Indians
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A 7 page discussion of the manner in which mortuary practices of the Cherokee have changed over time. Compares and contrasts post-contact practices with those that existed prior to contact with European cultures, noting grave good associations, burial types, and gender differences. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: PPnaMort.rtf

My Navajo Identity: A Description Utilizing Sociological Concepts
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A 7 page outline of the factors that shape one student's identity. Her Native American culture interrelates with all aspects of her life. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PPnaNvID.rtf

Native American & Euro-American Values
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A 3 page research paper that contrasts and compares Native American values with European-descended American values. The writer focuses, in particular, on the manner in which these two groups differ in regards to the way they perceive land. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: khnaea.rtf

Native American & Slave Resistance
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A 3 page essay that discusses the ways in Native Americans and slaves resisted domination. Rationalization for the history of white supremacy in North America has rested largely on the idea that white dominance was for the "good" of suppressed peoples. Early English settlers proposed that they were bringing Christianity and "civilization" to Native Americans. Southern slave-owners liked to picture themselves as good Christians who "rescued" blacks from African savagery. From the inception of white dominance, the behavior of these oppressed groups illuminated the lies of rationalization through their multiple acts of resistance. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: khnasr.rtf

Native American Acculturation & How it Affects Educational Achievement
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A 9 page exploration of cultural obstacles which face many Native Americans on their moving from the reservations into the dominant white culture and how these obstacles influence educational performance. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: Natived.wps

Native American Beliefs: Iroquois and Hopi
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A 6 page paper which examines the beliefs of the Iroquois and the Hopi Native American tribes. Physical environment and beliefs is the focus of the paper. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: RAirhop.rtf

Native American Casinos: An Interesting Impact on the U.S, Economic System
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A 4 page consideration of the economic impacts of Native American gambling casinos. Using the example of the Mississippi Choctaw the author illustrates that not only have the Choctaw prospered from their casino, so has the U.S. economic system. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: PPnaCas2.rtf

Native American Communication
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An 8 page paper discussing Native Americans' communication through songs, dance, art, clothing, hair styles, face paintings, totems" and other means. Drum calls and smoke signals also were used by Plains groups, where there were no forests to obscure sight and the travel of sound. A few of the methods of communications among Native American groups are clothing, divination, drums, dance and oral histories, which are discussed in this paper. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: KSindianComm.rtf

Native American Influences on Modern American Culture
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This 3 page paper looks at some of the influences that the Native American practices and culture have had on the development of modern American culture. Influences discussed include ecology, spirituality, food, arts, and language and place names. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
Filename: TEUSnativcul.rtf

Native American Involvement and Effectiveness in the Treaty Making Process
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A 7 page discussion of the degree of involvement of Native Americans in the drafting and implementation of treaties. Contends that even those groups who played the largest role in the treaty making process were essentially ineffective in terms of avoiding the final deleterious impact to the people and their land which so characterized Native verses non-Native interaction. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PPnaTrty.wps

Native American Languages: Diversity, Cultural Relativity, and the Need for Perpetuation
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A 4 page discussion of the importance of Native American languages. This paper reviews the article by William L. Leap titled "American Indian Languages". Emphasis is placed on Leap's points about the intimacy which exists between language and culture. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: PPnaLng.rtf

Native American Leadership and the Struggle to Preserve Political and Cultural Autonomy: Pontiac, Tecumseh and Handsome Lake
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A 6 page overview of the different Native American approaches launched in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in response to white invasion into Indian lands. The author emphasizes the contrast which existed between these three great leaders. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PPnaLead.rtf

Native American Marriage Customs
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5 pages in length. Native American culture revolves around spirituality and religion; therefore, it is not surprising to find that their strong religious beliefs had a great influence upon how their social structure – inclusive of marriage customs – were established. Bibliography lists 5 sources. The writer discusses past and present Native American marriage customs.
Filename: TLCcstom.wps

Native American Oral Tradition
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A 7 page research paper/essay that offers a close reading of a passage from Polingaysi Qoyawayma's autobiography No Turning Back. The writer discusses a quoted passage in detail and discusses it, drawing on a secondary source. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: khpolqoy.rtf

Native American Oral Tradition: Parallels in the Literature
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A 5 page analysis of Gerald Vizenor's ““Word War in the Word Wards” (a chapter in “Bearheart the Heirship Chronicles”) and “An Insatiable Emptiness” by Evelyn Lau. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: PPnaBearheartBulimia.rtf

Native American Plight as Revealed Through Helen Hunt Jackson’s “Ramona”
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A 5 page review of this fictional novel by one of the most notable American authors of the nineteenth century. This paper reviews the issues surrounding Native American land and their relationship with the United States government which grounded Jackson’s novel. Where Jackson failed to raise attention to the plight of the Native American with the factual “Century of Dishonor”, she succeeded in the fictional love story “Ramona”. The novel is, in fact, an outstanding example of the use of fiction to effect political change. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: PPramona.rtf

Native American Roles and Values
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A 5 page discussion of the changing roles and values in Native America. Distinguishes between the traditional roles of women, men, and children and the stereotypical views of these roles. Asserts that in many ways contemporary Native Americans are no different than "mainstream" America in terms of their roles and values. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PPnaRole.wps

NATIVE AMERICAN TREATMENT BY THE THREE MAJOR IMPERIAL POWERS
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This 10 page paper discusses the treatment of the Native Americans in North America by the imperial powers: Spain, France, England and American Colonists. Views of Francis Parkman examined. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: MBparkman.rtf

Native American Uniformity in an Ecological World View?: A Polemic Approach to Demonstrating or Refuting the Validity of a Popular Perception
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A 15 page discussion of the popular perception that Native Americans exhibit a uniform ecological world view. Presents supporting and detracting arguments for this view. Notes first that the sheer diversity of Native American cultures and individuals would make it unlikely that such a uniformity in view exists. The author then points out demonstrated differences in the way that Native Americans interact with their environment as opposed to the way those of European backgrounds interact with theirs, differences which would appear to support the contention of a uniform ecological world view among Native Americans. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
Filename: PPnaEco2.wps

Native American v. White Values
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A 3 page research paper that examines the differences between Native American and European American values. The writer looks specifically at the text of James Welsh's novel Fools Crow and a collection of original documented edited by Milner, et al. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: khnavea.rtf

Native American Water Rights: Direct and Indirect Impacts
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A 10 page overview of the issues surrounding Native American water rights. Although water rights are not always mentioned in historic treaties, the Supreme Court ruled in 1908 that by establishing Native American reservations Congress implied and reserved the priority water rights necessary for present and future use. This paper provides an overview of the current impacts to those rights concentrating on the impacts of damming and mining. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
Filename: PPnaWatr.rtf

Native American Women’s Roles in Religion
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A 12 page paper examining the realities of Native existence, as opposed to the view of largely white male anthropologists and historians have taken over the years. Native women were intensely involved in their tribes’ religions, as well as in nearly every other aspect of their societies. Women’s involvement had less to do with gender-based division of labor than it did the Native view of the nature of life. Everything is connected, everything has a purpose. Men’s roles were no more important than women’s, only different. Each sex shared responsibility for their people’s survival, and each shared in the observances and ritual of their religions. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: KSindWomRel.rtf

Native Americans
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This 10 page paper begins with a brief historical overview of Native American Indians and some of the acts of oppression committed against them. Some statistical data are included in the descriptions and discussions of the culture. The types of Native American social issues a social worker might encounter when working with this population are identified and the need for cultural competence is discussed. The writer also comments on what areas need further research and the ethical principles that must be followed in such research. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: PGntvam6.rtf

Native Americans and Euro-Americans
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A 5 page paper which examines the differences between Native Americans and Euro-Americans. The paper also examines solutions to any problems. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: RAnaeua.rtf

Native Americans and Government Policies
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A 5 page exploration of how Native Americans fared in the face of policies imposed on them by the government that stole their land. This paper contends that regardless of the degree of Native American involvement with government policies, Native Americans consistently were at a disadvantage. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: PPnaTrty3.rtf

Native Americans And Health Care
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A 5 page discussion of the relevance of traditional Native American cultural dictates to the effectiveness of health care professionals. Discusses the importance of recognizing traditional cultural dictates and being both receptive to those dictates and willing to modify ones approaches in consideration of them. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: NAnurse.wps

Native Americans and Hetch Hetchy Valley
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This 13 page paper discusses the history of the Hetch Hetchy Valley with emphasis on its place in Native American history. The paper seeks to persuade readers that the O’Shaughnessy Dam should be dismantled and the valley returned to its original state. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: HVHetchy.rtf

Native Americans in the 19th Century
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A 5 page paper which examines the perspectives and conditions of the Native Americans during the last half of the 19th century. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: RAnat19.rtf

Native Americans' Unsuccessful Resistance
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A 5 page paper which discusses why Native Americans were unsuccessful at resisting the colonization efforts of the Europeans. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: RAnatvres.wps

Native Americans/Preserving Independence
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A 3 page research paper that discusses the strategies used by Indians to preserve their independence in the face of colonial expansion in the eighteenth century. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: khnapi.rtf

Native Americans: Social Status and Social Group Interaction
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A 5 page overview of Native American social interactions and the factors influencing those interactions. The author emphasizes that not only is the topic of Native American culture multifaceted in terms of the number of cultures which it encompasses but so is the temporal nature of that culture. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: PPnaSoc.rtf

Native Americans: The Four Directions
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A 3 page paper on the four directions as perceived by Native Americans. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: RA4na.rtf

Native Americans: The Relationships Among Knowledge, Literature And History
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8 pages in length. The writer provides two smaller essays on 1) Native American stereotyping and 2) the difference between history and literature. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: TLCNatAmLit.rtf

Native Experience: Literature and Film
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A 4 page paper which examines, comparing and contrasting, native experiences as seen through fiction and film. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: RAnalit.rtf