Essays on Euro-American

Introduction

While many academics debate ethical topics such as anthropological research, the modern day tribal members face more pressing issues, many of them economic. An important component of modern first peoples economic rights include the 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, which Congress enacted in order to control the way in which the National Indian Gaming Commission conducts business. Even though the Oneida of the twentieth and twenty-first century are separated from their relatives in central New York, Iroquois and others, the Oneida are included in discussions about gaming and economics with these and others who are connected to the nations ...

Art is the most powerful tool in human history. The power of art in education and information is explicit in the works of literature. In the article "The other history of cultural performance", Coco Fuco presents an exemplary masterpiece in blueprint that provides an insight on the cultural barriers along the racial lines. His argument majorly dwells on the vice of the western cultural stereotype that undermines and disregard the performance of the blacks. Such a prejudice is very prominent in the Euro-American cultures. The whites perceive themselves as the natural right and superior beings. They are not only ...

Indian/Native American Boarding Schools

Native Americans were marginalized and suppressed by the US government in the 19th century. Given that the Native Americans were the minority in the country and acted as a threat to the state, they were forced into reservations where they could be easily monitored by the US government (Adams 67). Though the Native Americans were oppressed in their livelihood, some chose to continue embracing their culture and not that of the foreigner. In the late 19th century, the Native American youth were forced into boarding schools where they had to adapt to the European way of life (Hirschfelder 28). This ...

In the events of 1982, Wade Davis, an ethno botanist traveled to Haiti to investigate on the history of Haitian zombies. In his investigations, he found out that living beings can be turned into zombies with some unique powders’ such as Tetrodotoxin and Datura. When these two powders are combined together, they may force a living being to get induced in a deathlike state there after fully controlled by the voodoo priest known as the Bokor. What followed next was the awakening of the bodies. Essentially, the zombies would hang around the graveyards as they had the ideal knowledge of their ...

In every society, various unique characteristics that define communities and individuals living there. In this case, Native Americans have several things that differentiate them from other cultures; these include norms, values, roles, rules, as well as beliefs. Additionally, their designation of authority, control and power gives them a unique brand. To begin with, Native American is a diverse culture, whereby approximately 500 recognized tribes make up the society. Each of these groups has diverse languages, beliefs, customs as well as beliefs. Native Americans have tremendously experienced substantial issues in relation to substance abuse and addiction. The settlers who settled in the ...